ONE members’ voices resonated around Paris to call on G20 leaders to break the cycle of famine

Nov 1st, 2011 5:48 PM UTC
By Sara Kianpour

The “F-word” resonated loudly last night in Paris as anti-poverty campaign group ONE teamed up with the City of Paris to send a shocking message to G20 leaders, who are meeting later this week in Cannes. The square of the Paris Town Hall was plunged in complete darkness while ONE’s “F-Famine” and “A future without famine” videos were projected onto the wall of the Town Hall.

On the eve of the G20 summit in Cannes, hundreds of members of ONE, along with a few celebrities including Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Friedreric Diefenthal, gathered on the steps of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris to recall on world leaders that if the drought is an act of nature, famine is man-made.

With the exceptional support of the City of Paris, the latest clips of ONE, called “F-Word: Famine is the real obscenity” and “A future without famine” were projected onto the walls of City Hall, first in their French version and the English version.

The names of over 400,000 ONE members who have signed the petition calling on G20 leaders to break the cycle of famine were also projected on the building in the center of Paris. This exceptional mobilization was living proof of all ONE Members’ voices calling our leaders to make sure people are hungry no more.

As Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, said : “Today we are reach 7 billion worldwide. The challenges of population growth are numerous but one that is particularly urgent is food. A few days before the G20 I seize on this occasion to call for global mobilization against hunger…”

At ONE, we hope that the voice of all our members will be heard and strong commitments will be taken and actions implemented by the G20 leaders.

It’s not to late to add your voice to the 400,000 people who have signed the Hunger no More petition

TAGS: Featured, France, G20, Hungry No More, Paris