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As Christmas approaches some people in the UK are struggling to afford food, but millions in the world’s poorest countries are finding their plates empty because of a huge injustice.

In Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia thousands of children are malnourished and valuable livestock have died due to a lethal combination of rocketing food prices and drought.

You can help prevent this desperate situation from happening again.

Unchecked by our government, bankers and other financial speculators are betting on food in financial markets, causing dramatic rises in the cost of food and contributing to an increase in global hunger.

The cost of food in Kenya and around the world has hit a new record high.

Jane Anmyango, a campaigner from Kibera in Kenya said that food prices had tripled in 2008. Her eldest son said to her, “Mum, if there’s not enough, let the children have it.”

It’s heartbreaking and unfair that Jane and others like her are not able to adequately feed themselves or their families.

The good news is, just-released European proposals contain big steps forward to make food commodity markets more transparent and help regulators see what’s going on. But the proposals don’t go far enough to prevent financial traders pushing up the price of food.

By giving a gift of £30 this Christmas, you can help us tackle the root causes of hunger.

Your gift can help us put pressure on George Osborne for strong and effective regulation. Without strict limits on the profiteering of banks and hedge funds, lives are at stake.

With your help, we will be pulling out all the stops to regulate the financial industry’s activities, which are currently being allowed to ruin lives worldwide.

Your donation could help pay for the following activities:

£15 could help pay for a batch of action cards to ramp up the pressure on George Osborne to vote for strong regulation.
£30 could pay for campaign packs for local WDM groups empowering them to fight for regulation of food speculation in Europe.
£100 could help us organise an event in Brussels to educate MEPs about the role of financial speculation in driving up food prices.

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