As you might have noticed if you visited the last European Student Conference in Dublin, student membership in IPPNW is not distributed evenly throughout Europe. There are large gaps, even in countries which formerly had very active student groups.

This development might not seem to influence the work of IPPNW right now, but it will have serious repercussions in the future, when finding interested physicians to continue IPPNW's mission will pose an even greater problem than today.

A recruitment campaign, which would not only include students but also physicians from countries with low student participation, might be just the right way to ensure continuous student activity and lay the foundation for future generations of IPPNW physicians within Europe, while at the same time getting them acquainted directly with the experienced physician members.

But we need you for this! This website will show you some ways of how you can help. "Joining the campaign" might simply mean printing out our handouts and passing them on to interested students. It could also mean translating documents, travelling to other universities, meeting with physicians and students from other countries - how much you want to contribute depends entirely on you.

This campaign is designed to last for one whole university year - from October of 2004 until Juli of 2005. That's when we will come together for the next European Student Conference and evaluate the campaign and the progress we've made within the year - hopefully together with many new and interested students from all over Europe !

Read on to see how we plan to structure this campaign.