Margaret Clark, Assistant Programme Director Advocacy, visited the club at the February meeting. She spoke about Advocacy and development, speaking for those who can’t speak for themselves (disabled, disadvantaged etc). The work is carried out through training, workshops and mentoring, enabling others to follow the pathway. She demonstrated the importance of Lobbying on Women’s rights etc especially MP’s. She suggested that we remember to lobby our local MPs though not in a party political way. It is very useful to ask the Parliament Outreach Service to speak to the club.
There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals issued by the UN in 8 Programme Areas aiming to eliminate poverty. It is important that Clubs report their activities because the Consultative Status at the UN is up for discussion in June. Margaret is pictured with Judy Nixon and the Toilet Twinning Certificate which arrived recently following our fund raising for the charity, http://www.toilettwinning.org/what-is-toilet-twinning/