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1 14 September - 17 October Called by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty www.whiteband.org Global Month of Action

2 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

3 15 September Outside the German consulate in Edinburgh Launch of GCAP Scotland

4 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

5 15 September, Singapore Annual Meetings of WB/IMF

6 Launch events - Liberia

7 Launch events - Philippines

8 On 15 - 16 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

9 23,542,614 people Stood Up Against Poverty in 24 Hours!

10 People from over eighty countries Stood Up Against Poverty…

11 Harare, Zimbabwe

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13 China

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15 Senegal

16 India

17 Liberia

18 Togo

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20 Australia

21 Dubai

22 Somalia

23 And around the UK Over 70,000 people Stood Up Against Poverty… in schools, workplaces, homes and places of worship

24 Forest Gate Methodist Church

25 Leicester Progressive Synagogue

26 St Mary Magdalene Church, Littleton

27 St Ninians Church, Edinburgh

28 Downfield South Church, Dundee

29 Brick Lane, London

30 Christ Church (URC), Morecambe

31 St Paul’s Church, Hamstead

32 Emmanuel Church, Ormskirk

33 Whitegrove School Hall

34 Woodhouse Close Church, Durham

35 Southwell Methodist Church

36 St Peter’s Church, Burnham

37 Bishop’s Palace, Wells

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