14 September - 17 October Called by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty Global Month of Action
On 14 September, 3,000 people marched to the Treasury, calling on the UK government to withdraw its funding from the IMF and the World Bank until they stop imposing damaging economic policy conditions on poor countries… Christian Aid March on Treasury
15 September Outside the German consulate in Edinburgh Launch of GCAP Scotland
15 September, Singapore On Friday 15 September, under the banner of "Stand Up Against Poverty: We Must Have A Voice", around thirty people donned t-shirts and face masks and silently protested against the World Bank and IMF's policies that restrict the voices of the poor… Annual Meetings of WB/IMF
15 September, Singapore Annual Meetings of WB/IMF
Launch events - Liberia
Launch events - Philippines
On October there was a global attempt to set a Guinness World record for the largest number of people ever to Stand Up Against Poverty in 24 hours… Stand Up World Record Attempt
23,542,614 people Stood Up Against Poverty in 24 Hours!
People from over eighty countries Stood Up Against Poverty…
Harare, Zimbabwe
China
Senegal
India
Liberia
Togo
Australia
Dubai
Somalia
And around the UK Over 70,000 people Stood Up Against Poverty… in schools, workplaces, homes and places of worship
Forest Gate Methodist Church
Leicester Progressive Synagogue
St Mary Magdalene Church, Littleton
St Ninians Church, Edinburgh
Downfield South Church, Dundee
Brick Lane, London
Christ Church (URC), Morecambe
St Paul’s Church, Hamstead
Emmanuel Church, Ormskirk
Whitegrove School Hall
Woodhouse Close Church, Durham
Southwell Methodist Church
St Peter’s Church, Burnham
Bishop’s Palace, Wells