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14 September - 17 October Called by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty www.whiteband.org Global Month of Action
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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
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15 September Outside the German consulate in Edinburgh Launch of GCAP Scotland
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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
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15 September, Singapore Annual Meetings of WB/IMF
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Launch events - Liberia
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Launch events - Philippines
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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
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23,542,614 people Stood Up Against Poverty in 24 Hours!
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People from over eighty countries Stood Up Against Poverty…
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Harare, Zimbabwe
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China
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Senegal
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India
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Liberia
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Togo
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Australia
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Dubai
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Somalia
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And around the UK Over 70,000 people Stood Up Against Poverty… in schools, workplaces, homes and places of worship
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Forest Gate Methodist Church
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Leicester Progressive Synagogue
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St Mary Magdalene Church, Littleton
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St Ninians Church, Edinburgh
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Downfield South Church, Dundee
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Brick Lane, London
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Christ Church (URC), Morecambe
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St Paul’s Church, Hamstead
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Emmanuel Church, Ormskirk
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Whitegrove School Hall
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Woodhouse Close Church, Durham
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Southwell Methodist Church
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St Peter’s Church, Burnham
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Bishop’s Palace, Wells
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