Hello and welcome to another Jae Project update, there is loads in this edition, so much is going on at Jae Project there has never been a better time to get involved!

Sorry to those of you who recieved the newsletter distinctly lacking in formating! We thought we would try a fancy new way of making it and didn't test it fully, so if you have a webmail service such as hotmail you may not have recieved the letter in all its glory.

• Bitter Sweet: Primary
• Fight of Fashion II
• Make Poverty History '05
• The Works
• Tsunami Appeal
• Sri Lanka
• Realeyez

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On February 3rd and 4th 2005 Jae hosted the BitterSweet experience in a Primary School in Tottenham, London. With year 5 on the first day and year 6 on the second day. These were two very interactive and exciting days filled with lots of fun and lots of chocolate. All of the students were separated in to 3 groups each going to a separate instillation room:

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Jae Project will be hosting another Flight of Fashion Interschool event on Wednesday the 13th of April. This springs event will build on the success of the Autumn event. For more information see the conference page on the website. Also we have finnished editing the video from Flight of Fashion this can be downloaded from the web.

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THE CRUCIAL PART. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.

In 9 words...

TRADE JUSTICE. DROP THE DEBT. MORE AND BETTER AID.

The gap between the worlds’s rich and poor has never been wider. Malnutrition, AIDS, conflict and illiteracy are a daily reality for millions.

But it isn’t chance or bad luck that keeps people trapped in bitter, unrelenting poverty. It’s man-made factors like a glaringly unjust global trade system, a debt burden so great that it suffocates any chance of recovery and insufficient and ineffective aid .

It doesn’t have to be this way though.

You can join with millions of people who are working to make a difference, to be a positive influence and MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY in 2005

Trade Justice Week is coming up and as part of it there will be an All Night Vigil in Central London on the 15th of April, held at the same time as vigils all over the world. There will be live music, cafe's and loads more so come down and join in the fun.

Jae Project are selling white bands to buy some to sell to your friends contact: tanya@jaeproject on the 3rd Feb Nelson Mandela spoke about make poverty history at Trafalgar Square for those that missed it, here is his inspiring speech in full.

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We invited those who support our work and those who are interested in our project and activities to an evening to see the DVD of Flight of Fashion, see some of the young people who did the dance workshop perform and take part in a short drumming workshop. This evening was an exciting showcase for our achievements and exposing people to our future plans. All those who attended were given an information pack explaining our achievements and plans.

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You will all know of the terrible events which took place in South East Asia in December 2004, the tsunami has devestated the region. Jae Project has been working in partnership with the Paalam Project in Sri Lanka for some time now, so we asked if you could send money to help with the rebuilding efforts. Many of you did and continue to do so, maybe the crisis has gone out of vougue but the process of rebuilding peoples lives continues.

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Tracey & Tanya have just returned from Sri Lanka, and will be posting a full report in the next edition of the newsletter!

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Realeyez - a group of young people that can't be ignored, and can have our voices heard.

We are a group of people who want to change things, we don't just talk about the stuff going on in the world, we do something about it

So if you get a bit pasionate about human rights and want to be a part of a group of young people who dont just talk about making a difference but do! Visit the website and get involved!

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