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For people living in countries in debt crisis, the situation is critical. In Ghana, a country deep in debt crisis, food, water and energy prices have all skyrocketed. Ghanaian debt campaigner, Bernard Anaba told me: “Lives are being destroyed because of the debt crisis”.
But the owners of Ghana’s debts don’t care. Rather than cancel unfair debts, financial giants like BlackRock have been holding out for billions in profit. Billions that could instead go to healthcare, education, or tackling the climate crisis. As Bernard puts it:
“Lenders put profit before people – and without legislation forcing them to come to the table, they're free to drag their feet and make unfair demands.”
“If a new law was passed to force greedy lenders into negotiations, then countries like mine could take a step towards justice and break free from this vicious exploitative debt cycle.”
Thanks to supporters like you on our side, we’ve already made huge progress towards making this new law a reality – and key politicians have told us they’re listening. Just this week we handed in our petition to party leaders backed by thousands of supporters like you. We’re now in a strong place to build on our successes after the election.
friend, could you give £10 today to make sure we can cut through the post-election noise to put debt cancellation high on the political agenda? And win justice for millions of people living in countries in debt crisis. I know that not everyone can afford to donate right now. But if you can, whatever you can give will add strength to our campaign.
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