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DKK 414,000 to fight modern slavery

24/03/2006: The money from the humanitarian bottle refund collection at Roskilde Festival 2005, which raised more than 400.000 DDK (approx. USD 66,514), was donated in Cambodia last Tuesday.

Sebastian Marot, Friends, and Oung Chantol, CWCC, with the cheque for DKK 414,000 handed over by Nikoline Agger, DanChurchAid, and Mia Skov, Roskide Festival.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2006

The Danish Development Minister, Ulla Tørnæs, applauded when the money from last year’s bottle refund collection from Roskilde Festival was donated to DanChurchAid partners in Cambodia.

On March 21, at a donation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, DKK 414,000 (approx. USD 66,514) was donated to DanChurchAid partners Friends and Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre (CWCC).

Representatives from Roskilde Festival, the Cambodian press and the Danish Development Minister were present when the cheque for DKK 414,000 was handed over to two of DanChurchAid’s partner in Cambodia.

50 women and children represented the distressed children and young people who will benefit from the money - money to fight modern slavery and human trafficking.

Roskilde '06 focus: Act against slavery

Each year, Roskilde Festival chooses a humanitarian focus. Along with the funds from the refund collection, a part of the festival’s profit is donated to this focus.

Again, the humanitarian focus for the festival in 2006 is slavery in Cambodia. More than 700 people have volunteered for DanChurchAid to collect empty bottles and cans to support the fight against modern slavery in Cambodia as part of the project Act against Slavery.

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CWCC received half of the donation and will spend the money on establishing a workshop for former slaves in order to offer them the opportunity of getting an education. The organisation Friends will use the donation for further research on the issue of child slavery in Thailand.

After the donation ceremony, the Danish Development Minister, Ulla Tørnæs, underlined the importance of engagement from governments and civil society, locally and internationally, to join forces against slavery and human trafficking.

Information Director of DanChurchAid, Thomas Ravn-Petersen, said that a strong and close cooperation already exists between Cambodian and Danish civil society from the Danish music festival, Roskilde Festival, DanChurchAid and the Cambodian partners, Friends and Women’s Crisis Centre.

”With support from Danida (Danish International Development Agency), the cooperation will now be four-dimensional,” stated Thomas Ravn-Petersen.

After the ceremony, the Danish Development Minister, Ulla Tørnæs, and her companions were shown round CWCC’s new crisis centre in Phnom Penh for women and children who have been exposed of assaults or human trafficking.

More information about DanChurchAid and Roskilde Festival, please view our Danish website .