” “100 thousand roses will be sold all over Switzerland next Saturday, March 25th, to raise funds for human rights. On the occasion of the yearly ecumenical campaign, "Bread for your neighbour" and "Action for Lent”, several hundreds of groups and parishes of the country will bear witness to their solidarity with those who have to fight for their rights, explain the promoters of the event, “do not fall from heaven”. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, human rights must be conquered at the cost of tough fights: “on March 25th add the organisers of the sale by buying one rose at five francs, 100 thousand people will show their solidarity with all the discriminated and disadvantaged people of the south of the world”. The campaign has been endorsed by many celebrities: politicians, singers, athletes and journalists will be in the stalls to promote the sales of the Max Havelaar roses, which will be offered by Migros. The proceeds will go to Codimuj, an all-women association which in Chiapas, one of Mexico’s poorest regions, fights for the emancipation and improvement of the lifestyle of native women, and to Preda, another organisation based in the Philippines composed of women who have been victims of abuse and injustice and who denounce prostitution and the sexual exploitation of children and who are active supporters of children’s rights. ” “
