G8 2008: what we're calling for

When the world's 8 most rich and powerful nations - the G8 - meet in Japan this July, we're demanding they put aid, health and climate change at the top of their agenda. Explore these stunning photos and find out why.

Aid

The G8 have pledged to increase aid money to poor countries. It's time they kept their promises.

Reliable and flexible aid can mean more children in school, or more people able to earn a decent living.
G8 leaders have promised to increase annual aid by US$50 billion per year by 2010, but based on current trends this target will be missed by $30 billion.
This road in Ethiopia was paid for with aid money.
Health

Decent health care remains a dream for many. The G8 must make health care for all a reality.

Nurse Melifa Mphasa listens carefully to a patient's pregnant belly
Women and children at the Chipapa Rural Health Clinic
Dr Lewen Taleb delivers a baby at Sayoun General hospital, Yemen.
Climate change

G8 countries must stop harming and start helping.

Srey Sap Sak attends her rice paddies in her village of Thmey.
A maze of electrical wires and ruined buildings is all that remained after a devastating typhoon hit the Philippines in December 2006
Early warning systems along the banks of the Río Coco
G8 2008

G8 2008

Oxfam was at the G8 Summit in Japan, keeping the pressure on world leaders to deliver justice for the world's poorest people.

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