COWS, MUSIC AND NGO's
IN SEARCH OF A SYMBOLIC 0,7%


The NGO's know a lot about recruiting motivated people. People that are searching for something more in their lives than their own personal interests and that are ready to give a helping hand to the more vulnerable sectors of our world.

Music has always carried a message for change, and rock in particular has been tied to messages of protest and to the search of alternative forms of live. This year the NGO's are back in Escalarre for the Doctor Music Festival and we want to take advantage of the good vibrations and the energy of the festival to defend our causes.

The following organisations have a stand at the festival: the Youth Red Cross, various Development Agencies (Alternativa Solidaria Plenty, Ayuda en Accion, Educación without Frontiers, Intermon, Medicus Mundi, MON-3, Clowns without Frontiers, SOS Africa, Survival International), animal rights defense associations (ADDA, Trenca and the Pyrenee Bear Support Group) and others (Special Olympics, the Ramon Santos Association for cannabis studies and more to be confirmed).


0,7% OF the Gross Domestic Product(GDP): OUR JOINT PROPOSAL.

Do you know what percentage of the GDP the Spanish government has dedicated to official help for development, after the UN and the Spanish Society fixed 0,7% as a reasonable amount?

a) 0,7%b) 0,43%c) 0,5%d) 0,28%

Keep your answer and participate in the Great NGO quiz. Questions, answers and ... you may win a batch of NGO products.

Each one of us has a personal message, but given the extent of the festival and the urgency of the matter, the NGO's have united their voices, with the support of the 0,7% Platform, for a double common claim to the spanish government: the concession of 0,7% of the GDP and a fair and transforming Development Law.

For these claims and other general ones, you can find us at the NGO tent and help us in our claims. We'll be waiting for you!


OUR ACTIVITIES

In addition to our quiz, you have more reasons to come and participate in other projects at the NGO tent of the festival (open from 12h00-18h00):

- We will show videos of various organisations every day (11-12-13 July) from 12h30 to 14h30.

- As we are so close to its natural habitat, the Pyrenee Bear Support Group will give us a talk on the why and how of the reintroduction of this animal in the Pyrennes. Come and defend the bear on Saturday 12th at 13h00.

- The Ramon Santos Association for cannabis studies gives a talk on Friday 11th at 15h00 and Alternativa Solidaria on Sunday 13th at 12h00.

- Balloting of the NGo quiz: Sunday at 17h00.

- We will have two clown workshops: the first one on Friday 11th at 17h00, and the other one on Saturday 13th at 15h00.

- Come and help us paint a mural: it will be there at all hours in our tent.

- Condoms will be distributed once we find a sponsor!


Come and visit us at the festival! The NGO stands are open from 12h00 to 22h00.

You can also visit us at our WEB pages or leave a message at our emails: