We have some good news about our Fix the Food System campaign!
After thousands of CAFOD supporters wrote to both the UK government and the World Bank to show we are standing up for the rights of small farmers to freely use, save and share their seeds, they have started to listen.
Over 70,000 parishioners from 762 parishes have signed in solidarity a letter written by Salina, a small farmer from Bangladesh calling on the World Bank to protect farmers’ seed rights.
We have just got back from the World Bank’s annual meeting in Morocco where we delivered the letters directly into the hands ofthe Director on Global Food Practice.
And our campaign is working! Following our latest actions, the World Bank agreed to meet with CAFOD representatives in both London and Morocco and have started to look at the issue.
This is an important step forward in this campaign. But we know that big businesses will continue lobbying the World Bank to try to put profits before access to food.
Next year we will continue to strengthen international solidarity and build on what we’ve achieved this year.
For now, though, let’s take some time to celebrate and enjoy a glimpse of what we can achieve when we work together.
Join us in prayer for a fairer global food system where everyone has enough.
With our prayers and best wishes, Andrea and the rest of the CAFOD campaigns team
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