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Global Month of Action

Global Month of Action. 14 September - 17 October. Called by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty www.whiteband.org. Christian Aid March on Treasury.

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Global Month of Action

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

  2. Christian Aid March on Treasury 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…

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

  4. Annual Meetings of WB/IMF 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…

  5. Annual Meetings of WB/IMF 15 September, Singapore

  6. Launch events - Liberia

  7. Launch events - Philippines

  8. Stand Up World Record Attempt 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…

  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

  12. Harare, Zimbabwe

  13. China

  14. China

  15. Senegal

  16. India

  17. Liberia

  18. Togo

  19. Togo

  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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