ID Project - Take Action!

You can write an email to your MP or other political representative about any issue that interests you.

If you are interested in charities then a good website is www.g-nation.co.uk. It contains lists of NGO's with interests in many different areas. This a basic list of other campaigns you might want to get involved in. Obviously this is just a taster there are loads more, if you want to get stuck in...

Link to People and Planet Fair Trade web site

Link to UNICEF End Child Exploitation web site

Link to Amnesty International Youth and Student web site

Universal Birth Registration
www.writemedown.org
Sign a petition for Universal Birth Registration and find out other activities you can do to support this campaign.

Unicef Youth Voice
http://www.therightssite.org.uk
The Unicef website on the rights of the Child includes an ‘Act now’ section with different activities and campaigns to join.

Human Rights
http://www.amnesty.org/actnow
Amnesty International’s ‘Act Now’ page with different action ordinary citizens can take to improve human rights from joining AI online to supporting AI’s different appeals. Also a good source of information on human rights and conflict.

Book Aid
http://www.bookaid.org/cms.cgi/site/getinvolved/
Book Aid’s website offers many ways in which the class or school could get involved from collecting and donating books to holding an event for World Book Day. It also includes resources for the classroom:

TeacherNet
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/library/healthandfundraising/
Teachernet’s health and fundraising ideas, including assembly activities and links to many charities offering resources for schools

Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/campaign/mdg/index.htm
Join the Millennium Development Goals’ campaign including action on health and education.

Habitat for Humanity
http://www.habitat.org/default.aspx
Habitat for Humanity offers lots of ways you can get involved from learning about building better, more affordable houses to participating in the Act! Speak! Build! Week taking place in April 2006 or the building of a school.