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Now is the time – only ten days to go
Now or never, our actions count. Have your say by joining the biggest global mobilization against poverty and inequality and for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Hundreds of billions of dollars are being found to bail out wealthy bankers and financial institutions, but the emergency summit on the MDGs held at the UN in September was only able to generate $16 billion in commitments to ending poverty. The message seems loud and clear: bankers can be bailed out but impoverished people can wait.
With "Stand Up and Take Action" we can show world leaders that just weeks after they recommitted to taking action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, millions of citizens are watching them and will hold them to account for meeting their commitments.
This year, the main focus of Stand Up is Take Action. All actions count: political or personal, from tree-planting to government lobbying, from donating blood to marching in the streets. Take a look at our List of Actions for more ideas.
Here are some examples of actions taking place around the world:
- South Korea:- general assembly on poverty
- China: Poverty and Migration forum in Beijing
- Georgia: street actions
- Ghana: "Games Against Poverty"
- Chile: activity centre with an interactive wall
- Nepal: voice their desires to deepen democracy in public hearings, planting of over 10000 trees and student events
- Indonesia: voice demands for poverty reduction, women's empowerment and a better health budget
- Art of Living: movement - planting more than 100 million trees worldwide
- India: joining 90,000 people marching to Parliament
- Nigeria: Music Against Poverty during an event to commemorate Fela Kuti
- Uganda: bringing their demands to Parliament
- South Africa: protest march to present their policy demands to the office of the President
- Germany: asking their government for more and better aid and asking parliamentarians to act for the MDGs in basketball stadiums, schools, market places and numerous events across the country
- Italy: asking their government for more and better aid in simultaneous events in football stadiums, airports and train stations.
Many people worldwide are already joining in and have registered their events on www.standagainstpoverty.org. Make sure to register now.
With only two weeks to go, we also need you to keep spreading the word. Use our e-card to tell the world or link to www.standagainstpoverty.org.
