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People & Planet is the largest student network in the UK campaigning to alleviate world poverty , defend human rights and protect the environment. The network consists of over 45 university and college groups, more than 150 sixth form groups, individual campaigners and a support office located in Oxford.
The organisation was originally founded in 1969 as Third World First by a group of students, supported by non-governmental organizations including Oxfam.
Lord Joel Joffe CBE, then Chair of Oxfam, said of the organisation in 1999, “Over the last three years People & Planet has become an extraordinary organisation which attracts student supporters on a scale unmatched within the UK charity and campaign sector. More than any other youth organisation it is encouraging the emerging generation to see themselves as global citizens with a responsibility for taking action on global problems of poverty and the environment.”
Some groups are part of the People & Planet network, having the full support of the central office in Oxford, without being called 'People & Planet'.
The network has recently launched an internet-based initiative called The Forum Project to develop a web forum to allow the groups to share information, knowledge and coordinate their campaigning.
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