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"Human Blackboards" at a Youth Alive concert29 August 2008 A recent event ‘Youth Alive’ saw over 1000 young South Australian’s sign "human blackboard" petitions that call on the Australian chocolate industry to commit to addressing the problem of exploitative child labour. Read more 
Federal Parliament Hears of Our Students’ Fight Against Child Slavery21 October 2008 The mobilisation of students from Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula as part of a campaign against people trafficking and child slavery in West Africa has been highlighted in Parliament by local Federal MP Bruce Billson. Read more 
Chris Pyne MP Champions Ethical Chocolate in Australian Parliament20 October 2008 In support of the Don’t Trade Lives campaign, Chris Pyne MP put forward a private members motion to “shine a light” on the plight of hundreds of thousands of West African children, who are forced into back-breaking labour on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast and Ghana which produce almost three quarters of the cocoa beans used in chocolate. Bruce Billson MP and Anna Burke MP supported Pyne’s motion. Read more 
V-Gen "Gorilla" Campaign Targets CMA meeting in Bondi17 October 2008 In October, the Confectionery Manufacturer's of Australasia held their conference at Bondi's, Swiss Grand Resort. Inspired by World Vision’s ‘Big Chocolate Just Say: “Yes!"’ campaign and the recent success of fellow Vision Generation Groups interstate, NSW Vision Generation was ready to make its mark! Here’s an update from one of the creative young activists that took part... Read more Students support Don’t Trade Lives forum22 September 2008 Students of Glen Waverly Secondary School combined with others in the area to support a Don’t Trade Lives forum on the 23 September. Local media printed a story promoting the Vision Group the students attend and the forum. Keep up the good work! Queensland MP takes a stand against human trafficking22 September 2008
Kerry Rea, Federal MP for Bonner in Queensland, introduced a private member's business motion to the House of Representatives on the issue of human trafficking. She encouraged her colleagues to support campaigns seeking to eradicate human trafficking. NSW Politician moved by Don’t Trade Lives Campaign25 June 2008
Member of the NSW Legislative Council and Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Aboriginal Affairs, The Hon Robyn Parker, gave a speech in the Council in support of the Don’t Trade Lives Campaign. In her speech she encourages further action on the issue of human trafficking and promotes the Millennium Development Goals. Trade Lives Mornington Peninsula MimeJune 2008
A passionate group of Vision Generation members held a mime in the main street of Mornington Peninsula. Not only did they take time miming to raise awareness of the campaign, they filmed it, so we can all see what an amazing job they did! South Australian MP promotes fair trade chocolate29 May 2008
Chris Pyne, the Federal MP for Sturt in SA, has written to the PM asking for the Government to consider purchasing only Fair Trade chocolate for vending machines for Government Departments across Australia. He explains further in a short speech he gave to the House of Representatives on 29 May. 
Rosanna Baptist Church in Victoria promote Don’t Trade Lives6 April 2008 A passionate Don’t Trade Lives supporter organised a presentation on the campaign at her local church in Rosanna, Victoria. A fellow attendee constructed an Easter egg with a shackle attached to it, which was one of the images used in the early stages of the campaign. Well done! |
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