28.09. - 30.09.2007
Overriding Trident Tour
October 2007 From September 28th-30th of 2007, a group of more than 30 medical students, doctors and political activists cycled the English countryside from Dover to London in order to reach this conference, informing the public on their way about the dangers of nuclear weapons, holding Target X installations and meeting with mayors and media on the way. Background of the tour was the decision of the British parliament to renew the Trident nuclear weapons program for an estimated cost of £25 billion. more...
Photo Exhibition at Tehran University
New IPPNW student chapter in Iran
1-2 May 2007 IPPNW-Iran started it's activity by holding a photo exhibition at Tehran university. It was organized by the eight main members of IPPNW-Iran and consisted of the following parts: A photo exhibition of peaceful activities, introducing IPPNW, NWIP and SCWVS by distributing some brochures, attracting new members and the Target X project first performance in Iran. The visitors seemed so enthusiastic to be familiar with these organizations and their peaceful activities.
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New Coordination
18.09.2006: One of the many active student projects is the NWIP, which was started by Danish and Swedish medical students. In Helsinki, many different student workshops were conducted and a lot of positive feedback was given both by the students and doctors. Also, the coordination role of NWIP was handed over to a new trio of students. The coordinators since the 2004 Beijing World Congress were Inga Blum, Martina Grosch and Camilla Mattsson. more...
31 students on the road for abolition
Baltic Bike Tour
September 10 2006: From August 21st to September 6th, 31 brave students made their way more than 1.000 kilometers around the Baltic Sea in a valiant effort to reach the IPPNW World Congress in Helsinki, informing the public on their way about the dangers of nuclear weapons, holding Target X installations and meeting with decision makers in Estonia, Russia and Finland. more...
2004/2006
European Student Report
September 5 2005: This report is structured along the following five goals: Develop and support international student projects; support the student chapters in the local work and attempt to get them in touch with their affiliates; improve communication and governance within the student movement; represent the students’ voice within the BoD and the Planning Committee for Helsinki 2006; and foster growth amongst student chapters in the Global South. The report touches on our achievements in the past year and identifies the obstacles we have encountered, outlines our plans for the coming year and formulates our recommendations for future student work within IPPNW. more...
Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project
Target London
August 2006 The students of the Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project spent a weekend in London from August 4th to 6th. After intensive briefings and strategy sessions, they went on to the streets on Hiroshima Day to talk to passers-by about what would happen if a nuclear bomb exploded on London. more...
Meeting active students from around the world
IPPNW Student movement
The IPPNW Student Movement www.ippnw-students.org consists of thousands of active medical students all over the world. Local student groups organize projects in their region, bringing medical aid to people who cannot afford it, demonstra-ting against nuclear war or raising awareness about certain issues through lectures and events.
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