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Roskilde Festival

Humantohuman a success at Roskilde Festival 2008

700 refund collectors worked hard during the festival collecting cans, bottles and cups. Thanks to their help we have reached our goal at 700.000 Danish Kroner – and we are still counting.
Also the humanitarian campaign “Fair Phone – Fair Future” was successful. The festival guests played unfair games, made art out of old electronics and helped the campaign by demanding fair phones with their signature.

Fair Phone - Fair Future

In 2008, Roskilde Festival's humanitarian focus was on the unfair and dangerous conditions in the mines of Congo, where people put their lives at risk everyday to dig out the metals that are an essential part of our mobile phones. Read more...

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Get involved: Keep an eye on the website for next year's Roskilde Festival events, and how you can get involved in Roskilde Festival humanitarian focus.

Since 2002 Roskilde Festival and DanChurchAid have worked together on humantohuman, which is the idea behind Roskilde Festival’s humanitarian focus. The festival audience help people in need all over the world. From one person to another – human to human.

 

 

 


14/07/2008: DanChurchAid at Roskilde Festival
DanChurchAid played host to a number of activities at this year’s Roskilde, related to both the volunteer refund work and the humantohuman campaign focus on the DR Congo: “Fair Phone – Fair Future.” These activities were symbolic of the often-unfair mining practices that are behind the production of the many mobile phones we buy and use every day. Read more...


13/06/2008: Bad connections
Mobile phone batteries from at least four leading mobile phone producers contain cobalt from DR Congo. These companies run the risk of supporting illegal export and unfair mining practices, which often involve severe human rights abuses. A report by DanWatch, May 30 2008. Commissioned by DanChurchAid and Roskilde Festival Copenhagen. Read more...


22/05/2008: Fair Phone – Fair Future
Most people know of fair trade coffee and bananas. But when it comes to mobile phones and other electronic equipment, the trade is far from fair. DanChurchAid and Roskilde Festival aim to change this now. Read more...