Calling all citizens to stand up and take action against poverty, climate change and gross negligence by persons in power
The event is one of thousands being held around the world as part of “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now.” Citizens across the globe are demanding that world leaders keep the promises they made in the year 2000 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The Goals are a set of 8 benchmarks to eradicate extreme poverty, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality & empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat major diseases, ensure environmental sustainability and develop a global partnership for development by the year 2015.
Last year, more than 116 million people – nearly two percent of the people on earth – participated in “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now,” breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest mobilization of human beings in recorded history.
“Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now” is coordinated globally by the United Nations Millennium Campaign and Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) in collaboration with a side range of partners.
For more information on the mobilization, visit www.standagainstpoverty.org. For more information about the Millennium Development Goals, visit www.endpoverty2015.org.
http://standagainstpoverty.org/
Stand Up and Take Action - Chennai ChapterRSVP to this event
Date: October 16,2009
Venue: Elliots Beach
Time:5PM-8PM
Contact Volunteers Rohith: 9840709717/Tanmay: 9962385581
Love,
YES!+ Chennai Team
www.yesplus.org
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