The One World Centre Isle of Man

Raising awareness of issues of Global Poverty, Inequality and Injustice and encouraging a response
Registered Charity No 911. Open Weekdays 1 - 5pm Saturdays 10 - 12:30

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		Events

	Make a Mosaic


		Earlier this year the One World Centre launched a community art project, Make a Mosaic. We provided schools and community groups with 2ft x 2ft boards to create a mosaic of their own design using the Fairtrade mark. Each group had to eat and drink their way through as many Fairtrade products as possible to collect the labels for their board!


	Charity Challenge:


	Charity Challenge IoM is an innovative and creative One World Centre initiative, sponsored by the H&S Davidson Trust, to encourage year 12 students to become more aware of the quality of life for the majority of the population of the world. Through researching the work of an NGO either supported by the IoM Overseas Aid Budget or registered in the IoM & working overseas, the students will encounter some of the development issues that youngsters are facing on a daily basis.

	Eco Day:


	The Eco Day is held in one of the Island’s secondary schools each year. so far it has been to Ballakermeen High School in 2005, Ramsey Grammar School in 2006, Castle Rushen High School in 2007 and QEII in 2008. The aim of the Eco Day is to create an “educational experience” that enables year 7 students to explore issues related to themselves and their local environment, within a global frame work. To find out more

	The Global Village:


	The Global Village Project was launched in January 2005 challenging local primary schools to research a country in the developing world. The final outcome of their work was to create a 6ft x 6ft freestanding display that would depict a typical dwelling in that country and reflect the diversity of culture. To find out more

	Climate Coalition

	Through the Climate Coalition a number of local organisations and individuals are working hard to maintain a high awareness on the Isle of Man of Climate Change. Currently the Coalition is working at organising viewings of the Al Gore film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ in Parishes around the Island. Information about these events will be available on our home page, if you’d like to talk about organising a showing in your Parish please contact us. In February the Climate Coalition attended the DTI Energy Efficiency Exhibition at the Villa Marina where members of the public were asked to complete questionnaires designed to guage general opinion on matters of

energy use. The results of the questionnaires are available below.

All information about the Climate Coalition will be available on the Island 21 website as well as the One World Centre Site


	For the questionnaire

	For the results of the questionnaire from the Energy Efficiency Exhibition

International Question Time

During the run up to the Manx General Elections in November 2006 a select panel was assembled for an International Question time chaired and recorded by Roger Watterson from Manx radio
David Anderson MHK. Phil Gawne MHK. Hamish Killip Former UN weapons inspector and Cheryl Cousins One World Centre Co-ordinator. faced an open audience to discuss wider global Issues and the Islands role internationally.

The issues discussed were:
Overseas aid: we are asking Government to make a firm budgetary commitment to meeting the UN target.
Carbon emissions: we are calling on Government to set a measurable IoM target of successive annual 3% reductions of carbon emissions.
Migration: We seek to encourage the government to promote racial tolerance through policy and practice.
Role in International Affairs: We encourage Government to speak out on issues of global poverty injustice and inequality.
Fairtrade: we urge Government departments to support the Island’s Fair trade bid by encouraging the purchase and consumption of Fair trade produce wherever possible.

For the questions we sent to the individuals standing in the 2006 election

Wearable art –
Three brave volunteers took to the catwalk on the 5^th& 6^th May and used the medium of fashion to express some important messages to audiences of over 300 people! The Wearable Art show at Centenary Hall in Peel was a good project for the One World Centre, not just in the late night parties costume making (& chocolate eating) and the show itself, but in raising awareness of global poverty in a wacky user friendly way! Each costume created it’s own challenge on the way to the catwalk, whether it was trailing tealeaves or fitting through doorways – but once on stage all three made a bold statement and received a great reception from the audience!

Miss World: Many cultures, one costume.
This Miss World costume signified unity of cultures from around the world and embraced the diversity of styles found across the continents.
It started with a Peruvian style hat and an Islamic hijab, moving down to Maasai beads around the neck and also on the arms which were decorated with aborigine art. Indian fabric was draped around the upper body and met at the waist by a Japanese Obi Sash belt for a Kimono, followed by Manx tartan kilt, traditional Indonesian trousers, a Middle Eastern sandal straps around the ankles and Universal western trainers. The costume was surrounded by a cloak of many cultures

Fairtrade flapper
The Fairtrade flapper dress used 1920’s style to showcase just a small number of Fairtrade items that are available on the market. To create the fringing tonnes of Fairtrade chocolate was consumed – all in the name of art! The bottom layer was made from Fairtrade teabags and coffee beans. The dress was accessorised with a Fairtrade chocolate wrapper rose, Fairtrade tea handbag, Fairtrade coffee bean necklace and Fairtrade sultana cake headband.
A poignant thought to reflect on is that the flapper dress style of the costume was popular during a time of colonialism when many of our trading routes were established.

Four Fifths
The Four Fifths ball dress represented the huge inequality of the distribution of wealth across the globe. Only a 5^th of the world’s population are considered rich, and they are mainly in the West.
The golden headdress was made from willow, papier-mâché and Fairtrade chocolate coin cases, which were continued down to the upper part of the bodice. The number of coins decreases as they meet rags about a fifth of the way down the costume. The ball dress skirt was also constructed from willow and papier-mâché covered in layers of rags and ending with scraps of newspaper. The money fan indicates the disposable wealth of the western world.

Festival of Trees:

2007
Our second entry into the Festival of trees was an ethical shopping tree.
We filled our Ethical shopping basket from our shop to make a difference campaign with gifts whose labels gave facts and statistics about our shopping habits, and about the people who produce the products we buy. Distributed liberally between the presents were gift aid catelogues from charitys including Oxfa, Christian Aid and Send a cow.

2004
The Manx Co-op and the One World Centre, working in partnership, won runner up in the travellers choice award in the 2005 Save the Children festival of trees competition!
Entitled ‘Hope’ we depicted a symbolic branch, bursting into blossom hung with images of people from around the world. We wanted to share the dream of millions of people in this world for ‘an end to exploitation’, ‘progress without pollution’, ‘equal opportunities’… a world without poverty, inequality or injustice.14 local companies entered trees in this years competition staged at Ronaldsway airport. Around 800 votes were cast by visitors to the airport in December. The event raised over £8000 for Save the Children... the response indicated to us how many people really do support us in our aim to raise awareness for justice in our world!

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