By Zoe Anderson from NICVA
Published on 06 Jul 2005
NICVA staff were among the 225,000 crowd that marched on Edinburgh to tell G8 leaders to Make Poverty History in the world's poorest countries.
NICVA staff were among a crowd of over 225,000 people who marched on Edinburgh on Saturday 2 July 2005 in support of the Make Poverty History campaign.
Lisa McElherron, Zoë Anderson (both public affairs unit) and John McCormick (information officer) joined colleagues from the Northern Ireland offices of Oxfam, Trocaire, Concern and Save the Children.
 | Spelling out POVERTY. NICVA brought the letter E for a banner that would spell out POVERTY along the railings of Princes Street Gardens. It was decorated with messages of support for the campaign. |
 | Pants to Poverty. Campaigners from Leeds provided the letter Y for the POVERTY banner. |
 | Seven letter word. The completed banner on Princes Street. |
 | Getting ready to march. Northern Ireland marchers get behind their banner. |
 | Cranes in the Meadows in Edinburgh prepare to hoist the Make Poverty History logo aloft. |
 | Marching the route around the city. |
 | Peaceful protest. By the end of the day, thousands of messages had been pinned to the POVERTY banner in Princes Street. |
 | One of thousands. One of the messages pinned to the POVERTY banner reads, 'Our world - our future. Don't waste it.' |
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