Don't just take our word for it. Read the testimonials to our work both at Advocacy International and Jubilee 2000.
Testimonials
"Your extensive advocacy work has in no small way helped in securing the debt package which we received from the Paris Club (of creditors). This package will help guarantee the future of millions of lives in Nigeria. No words can really express how grateful we are for your extraordinary commitment." Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance Minister of Nigeria (voted Finance Minister of the Year, 2005) in a letter to Ann Pettifor, after the G8 and the Paris Club had agreed to write off $18 billion of Nigeria's debts.
"Pettifor was the genius behind the Jubilee 2000 campaign that in 1999 pressurised the rich world to write off more than $100bn of the world's 42 poorest nations' debts. Using her background as a commercial lobbyist in the energy and retail sectors she built an anti-debt coalition of 90 organisations in 50 countries... Pettifor had the communication skills and tireless energy to transform a good idea into political reality. She created the first worldwide petition, with 24 million signatures and built a "big tent coalition" including Bill Clinton, Gerhard Schroeder, the Pope, the Dalai Lama, Mohammed Ali, Bono and thousands of international policy makers. She forced big changes". Judges of The Good List, compiled by Paddy Coulter of the Reuters Foundation, Caroline Diehl of the Media Trust, Fiona Fox of the Science Media Centre, Geoffrey Lean and Paul Vallely of The Independent, published in The Independent newspaper, September 2006.
"Advocacy International took a leadership position in the task of calling international attention to the burdensomeness of the debts with which Nigeria had to cope. With impressive industry and diligence, the necessary information about Nigeria's improved financial management efforts was collected, analysed and disseminated to carefully targeted audiences. This greatly improved their understanding and appreciation of the country's responsible attitude to the management of her national economy. Nigeria's external debt is now vastly reduced. The process derived immense benefit from the careful and persistent support of Advocacy International, whose impressive expertise and hard work deserve our unreserved acknowledgement and gratitude." The Honourable Christopher Kolade, High Commissioner of Nigeria, London.
"Ann Pettifor is leading one of the most creative, strategic, and analytic groups in the global advocacy arena. Advocacy International conducts world class policy and economic analyses, pools expertise in globalization, economics, and development and designs and implements media and advocacy strategies, thereby helping to accelerate action towards a more peaceful, equitable world community." Dr. Paul S. Zeitz, Executive Director, Global AIDS Alliance.
"I pay tribute to the Jubilee 2000 campaign and its dignified breaking-the-chain demonstration in Birmingham....Our view is that the most persuasive case for more debt relief is that it is only when those countries can escape the burden of their debt that they are able to develop economically." Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, House of Commons.
"I say...to all who support Jubilee 2000 as I do...we thank you - for the wide of the individual generosity you show, the breadth of the national campaign you have led, the sweep of your achievement so far and yes, the scale of your ambitions that we are summoned to meet." Gordon Brown, British Chancellor of the Exchequer.
"Now this (Jubilee 2000) is a campaign with a broad base....and even though I am not a candidate for anything anymore, I can spot a big tent when I see it....I very much want the United States to take the lead......" President Bill Clinton
"When a plea for debt relief becomes the common cause of a coalition that embraces both the Pope and the pop world, creditors should take notice..." Financial Times editorial
