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Partnering for a better world

9/07/09

by: briandrpm

I am hoping that bloggers participating in this important event will also take time to write about Stand Up Take Action Against Poverty. I see these as two sides of the same cause. www.bloggersunite.org/event/stand-up-and-take-action-against-poverty-and-fo... only I do not have the experience of BlogCatalog. My latest post at the event site gives more information.

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  • The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated. To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our sol

    The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on October 17 throughout the world. It was officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992, but the first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France, in 1987 when 100,000 people gathered on the Human Rights and Liberties Plaza at the Trocadéro to honour victims of poverty, hunger, violence and fear.