This is a formatted version of a Jae Project RSS Feed http://www.jaeproject.org.uk News from Jae Project http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=73 Campaign for a Fair Deal for Cocoa Farmers and help make the world a little sweeter.YOU have the chance to make a difference to the lives of millions of cocoa farmers - all you have to do is sign the Dubble Chocolate Challenge Manifesto at www.dubble.co.uk/chocnchange Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:32:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=72 As creative educators and supporters of Fairtrade, Jae Project are proud to say we are now working with the dubbly delicious Fairtrade chocolate bar and website project, Dubble! Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:54:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=71 As Christmas approaches and you start eyeing up that tasty new iPod, maybe its time to rethink Apple. Who would have thought it; the most beautiful designs, the cleanest looking technology in the world, but unfortunately Apple products are not as green as their name might suggest! Read on to see our three big ones for Mr. Steve Jobs (Apple big cheese). Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:41:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=69 In the year 2000 world leaders agreed to the Millenium Development Goals (MDG\'s), an historic commitment to reduce poverty and inequality throughout the world by 2015. These weren\'t wild or un-realisitic goals, and they are still achievable with nine years to go. But now world leaders are starting to come up with excuses, they are starting to mumble and shuffle their feet, just like you might if you forget a piece of homework, or when your late to class! Read on to see Marco Tempest\'s (The Virtual Magician) Stand up video! And for more info on how you can get involved! Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:44:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=68 Well, Jae team member, Ros drummed and danced along to Whitehall to number 10 Downing Street with over 3,000 others as part of Christian Aids "Drum 4 Justice" march in September. We were there to ask the UK government to cut funds to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as their polices are pushing thousands of people into poverty across the world. Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:11:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=65 Jae stands for Justice Arts and Education and we believe that our global society is in need of a greater degree of justice. Not as an abstract concept but as a real and tangible thing.  We need a fairer world, a more peaceful and harmonious relationship with our global neighbours and a closing gap between the haves and the have nots.Unfortunately we don\'t live in that world.  In our world, your life is decided by an accident of birth.   Your wage, education and life expectancy are not based on your choices, ability or hard work, they are not even necessarily based on those of your parents.  It is this deadly cycle of poverty, that holds billions in its grasp. Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:57:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=67 It has been a pretty miserable August here in rainy old London, but we did get one piece of news which helped keep the summer alive! Ben & Jerry\'s launched a new Fairtrade Vanilla Ice cream, that uses Fairtrade sugar and vanilla - YUM! This is the first ice cream product to carry the FAIRTRADE Mark in Europe. Ben & Jerry\'s make many delicious ice creams, but the Jae team give this one, 10/10 for moral fibre, we even made a corny video to go with it! Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:38:06 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=66 Check out Fairtrade jeans for the ladies from M&S. Marks and Spencer\'s have just brought out bootcut jeans for women that have received the Fairtrade cotton certification! Fairtrade cotton is a new initiative for the high street and M&S have been the one of the first to supply their own brand of Fairtrade cotton products (they also supply Fairtrade cotton socks and t-shirts). Like all Fairtrade products, the jeans help local farmers to invest in developing their own communities. Supplies of Fairtrade cotton are very limited at the moment, but by buying M&S Fairtrade certified cotton products you enable the farmers to invest in their businesses and grow more of it. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:43:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=62 The kindly people people at Tonic Tshirts have come up with a great idea. They will donate 20% of all sales if you visit their website through www.tonictshirts.com/jae. Needless to say we are extremely greatful for their innovative generosity. They have loads of great designs, my favourite is the Hasselhof hair design, 100% pure 90\'s bliss! Unless you spent the better part of the 90\'s living on the moon or by some bizare turn of fate you had forgoten the genius of the man read on and have a look at his latest music video! Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:32:40 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=64 The Hemp Trading Company (THTC) have been long standing supporters of Jae, always around to help, with donations of time, t-shirts, publicity we are so grateful to Gav and everyone at THTC. THTC have kindly started a new promotion, if you go shopping on www.THTC.co.uk, once you check out, enter the promotional code "Jae" and you will get 10% off your order, also Jae will recieve 10% of your order. A great deal all in all, THTC have some brilliant political shirts and as the name suggests they are all made from the finest hemp which is needless to say a very ethical way to do t-shirts! Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:38:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=61 We need your help this summer, Jae need to raise money to continue our work with educating children and young people about global issues and justice! Come and join us at our fundraising stalls, where there will be all kinds of creative fun!If you can spare the time to volunteer, get in touch with the office on 020 8887 6950. read on for more information on the events! Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:26:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=60 We have had a brilliant year so far, impacting over 2000 young people since November 2003, we estimate that we have spent over 15,000 hours with young people in three years. Our team has grown from two to five, our turnover has trippled. This year coming we are planning to tackle more issues and to improve our level of support to teachers and young people, enabling them to go on and make a difference as Global Citizens. Now more than ever we need your help, right now we are in need of donations, and its easier than ever, you can donate online, don\'t forget to gift aid it if you can. Alternatively you sign the pledge we\'ve started over at pledgebank. Read on for more info. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:42:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=59 A couple of weeks ago we started testing our new RSS News Feeds now we are pretty confident that they are working OK now. If your not sure what RSS is or what all the fuss is about take a look at the BBC\'s handy explanation. In short you can collect feeds from your favorite websites in one place so you don\'t have to remember to visit each one to check for news, the news is all delivered in one place; kinda like a glorified paper boy! Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:43:22 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=58 This man was captured on camera in 1989, he was standing up for his rights and the rights of his people. He stood alone, shopping in hand against a column of Chinese Type 90 tanks. Several photos and video footage was taken of the man\'s heroic act but to this day his identity is unknown though the sincerity of his protest continues to inspire millions to this day. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:00:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=57 Jae feature in the Times Educational Supplement, in a report from the Cocoa Summits Tour! We were rather excited and thought you might be too! Here are some snippets from the article and a link to the full piece. Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:35:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=56 Jae went on tour with Dubble Fairtrade chocolate, Trading Visions and Comic relief contributing to Cocoa Summits in 4 venues across the country for young people. The tour started at the Hay Literature Festival in Hay on Wye on 30th May, then moving to Liverpool, Hull and finally to London on the 9th June. The events were attended by students from both primay and secondary schools and their teachers. Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:56:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=55 Over the past three years since Jae project started as a charity we have always tried to get money for the projects in the immediate future. The one thing that always reared its ugly head at management meetings was MONEY & money for the future to sustain us. So the question that was always asked was how we can get a steady flow of money into the Charity. Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:48:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=54 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has formed a new corporate initiative to create a sustainable and profitable brand: (PRODUCT) RED, which will raise funds for and awareness of the Global Fund and the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. This initiative has been supported by the likes of Bono and Giorgio Armani. Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:58:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=53 We had a fun and creative day with year 10, taking them on an interactive journey exposing the realities behind the fashion industry in the developing world. It being a VERY hot and sunny day, the sweat shop installations were very realistic with the students working hard at making logos and wool looms under both hot and pressured conditions. Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:05:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=52 This was a tough read, more difficult than his autobiography “My Experiments With Truth”. The editor has done a good job and provides useful context for the writings but the layout of the book is still very difficult to plough through. As it is a compilation of Gandhi’s writing’s it the threads of the argument are not always easy to pick up. Despite being challenging in its format the book was great and I am glad I read it, especially the chronological and situational context of the texts. Though I am not yet persuaded on non-violence. It remains to me a policy and not a creed, the challenge comes when you try to bring Gandhi’s non-violence, the non-violence of the strong, as he put it, into our world. Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:56:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=51 Everyday thousands of people are being trafficked to other countries or other areas within their country. It’s all around us, and that’s why we need to make a stop to this. Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:16:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=49 Summer is coming and with it comes thoughts of holidays and good times, or at least we hope that the good weather will be arriving soon! It\'s important to remember the environment especially on holiday, which is when our carbon footprint is often the largest. Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:40:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=48 Jae take BitterSweet to Coldfall Primary School! The students had a great time presenting what they had learnt throughout the day. We went into the school to lead a BitterSweet day with the year 6 students to remind them why buying fairtrade chocolate is so important, and encouraging them that they can make a difference! Thu, 25 May 2006 13:26:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=47 Jae take BitterSweet to Sir John Cass Foundation Primary School, with great success! We had a brilliant two days with Sir John Cass Primary School, taking years 3, 4, 5 and 6 on an interactive and educational journey all about chocolate! Thu, 25 May 2006 12:50:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=45 Starting in May Jae project are running a 10 week photography course at the Somerford Grove Adventure Playground. The free course is for 10 to 16 year olds, looking at human rights issues in a creative way, using photography to express how they feel about the world around them and use images to tell a story. Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:25:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=44 Jae is now a member of the STOP THE TRAFFIK coalition. It\'s is a major global coalition working together to help stop the sale of people, to see the traffickers prosecuted and to protect the victims of human trafficking and those vulnerable to this crime. STOP THE TRAFFIK will raise awareness of the problem call for change through the education of people in source and receiving countries as well as by equipping them to be advocates for change. Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:10:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=43 Jae have been invited on tour with Trading Visions, Dubble Chocolate and Comic Relief as part of the CHOCOL-8: THE COCOA SUMMITS! The Cocoa Summits will be presented across the country, where the ultimate aim is for the delegates to produce their own ‘Chocolate Challenge’ manifesto, which will be presented by a ‘CHOCOL-8’ delegation of eight young people, to decision makers, governments, chocolate lovers and industry. Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:42:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=42 We are launching our interactive projects, BitterSweet and Flight of Fashion into the schools of London, already with great success! I\'m the new school\'s coordinator and I\'ve been busily creating links with the Primary and Secondary schools of London and Greater London, promoting Jae\'s educational and creative days for young people. Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:13:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=41 On the 3rd of April we did a theme day at Bacons College in Rotherhithe, Southwark. By all accounts it was a great day, the students were challenged about their attitudes to clothes and many were impacted by taking on the roles of Factory Workers. The interactive and creative nature of the day means that students both enjoy and engage with the issues, and are often moved to take action. Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:38:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=38 It always interests me to read about the religious views and creeds that motivate the great political leaders and freedom fighters. This is an incredibly short book, I read it on the train up from Kent. With only two chapters it can fit in your back pocket. Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:06:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=28 This Sunday, the 22nd of Jan, is Global Lounge at the Vibe Bar in Brick Lane, London. We will be partnering with 148 and PCC to raise money and awareness for projects in Sri Lanka and Kenya. As always we will be raising awareness of Justice Issues around the world not to mention a healthy supply of Fair Trade Candy Floss curtosy of the Co-op. Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:29:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=27 A team from the UK and Kenya went to work alongside Paalam Project in Sri Lanka, in Tamil Eelam we distributed bikes to local villages and visited lots of areas affected by the Tsunami. We went to Sri Lanka in March 2005 and after 3 months you could still see the drastic affects of the Tsunami especially in places in the North. But many places you would not believe that the Tsunami was ever there, these of course are the tourist places were the government have made sure the aid money have rebuilt and restored these areas. But what about the places were the people are living in areas covered in sand and crashed buildings, palm trees on the floor and clothes, photos and memories scattered over dirty shores. Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:58:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=26 The Jae Project work in partnership with Paalam Project. Paalam Project is based in Wattala on the west side of Sri Lanka and also in Jaffna in the North. They run a school, medical centre, children’s home, garment shop and training centre. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:40:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=9 Work in schools and in the non formal sector. BitterSweet for primary students Flight of Fashion for secondary students If you are interested in booking either Flight of Fashion, BitterSweet or enquiring about our sessions on human rights, childrens rights, poverty or trade please contact us. Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:34:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=25 In August 2005 a group of 15 young people from London (including me) went to Kenya for 3 weeks to take part in an international camp in Nairobi. 9 of the people I travelled with were between the ages of 14 and 19, Many had never left England before, although one boy had been to Wales. Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:47:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=3 MAKE POVERY HISTORY asked Jae Project to hold a stall at the biggest music event of the decade, estimated that 3 billion people watched it, all the latest a-level celebrities were there, you’ve got it its Live 8! Jae were at Live8 making and selling fair-trade candy floss and badges. We also did an instillation based around a poem by Zippy named “Can I change the world in my sleep?” Although some of us want to make a difference can we actually be bothered to leave our bed? Fri, 25 Nov 2005 03:52:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=1 Over the years we have worked closely with projects in Sri Lanka so we have been anxiously following news of the Presidential Elections. Please think of Sri Lanka as they face a period of uncertainty. If you are so inclined please pray for a sustained and meaningful peace. Google News Feed........ BBC on Sri Lanka........ Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:23:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=5 I wanna be a clown But I can’t be bothered to buy the make-up I wanna be mayor of New York city But I can’t be bothered to meet the public Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:18:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=8 On Wednesday 13th April 2005, Tottenham based charity, JAE, hosted the second FLIGHT OF FASHION Inter-schools Event. It was attended by over 100 students, aged 14 to 16, from six schools accross London. The day educated and encouraged young people to think about their role as consumers of fashion items, and to inform them just how much their choices can alter the lives of people accross the globe. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:36:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=6 How often do you see a stylish t-shirt that is fair-trade? How often do you see a stylish t-shirt that is also organic? How often do you see a stylish t-shirt that contributes towards Justice Arts and Education work? THTC have designed a new tshirt for the Ecologist of which £2 from every tshirt goes to Jae Project. Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:28:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=7 On Thursday November 4th 2004, Tottenham based charity, JAE, hosted the FLIGHT OF FASHION Inter-schools Event. It was attended by over 150 students, aged 14 to 16, from ten schools across London. The day educated and encouraged young people to think about their role as consumers of fashion items, and to inform them just how much their choices can alter the lives of people across the globe. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:12:00 GMT http://www.jaeproject.org.uk/story.php?piece=10 Mass rally at Westminster on the Wednesday 2nd November from 12pm - 6pm Alongside lobbies being held across Europe and around the world, the Trade Justice Movement are calling for trade justice - not free trade - when the World Trade Organisation meets in December in Hong Kong. Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:55:00 GMT