Discover October 17
Basic informations to discover and understand October 17.
On the occasion of October 17th, Mr. Cassam Uteem, former President of the Republic of Mauritius (1992-2002), and the International Movement ATD Fourth World announce the launching of the International Committee for October 17th.
People in extreme poverty and all those who join them to tackle extreme poverty and exclusion are the first partners of this international day.
International organisations supporting celebrations for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty include:
The United Nations, for further information please consult the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
International Movement ATD Fourth World
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
Amnesty (...)
International organisations supporting celebrations for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty include:
The United Nations, for further information please consult the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
International Movement ATD Fourth World
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
Amnesty (...)
October 17th is the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The day was first celebrated in 1987 by thousands of participants at the Trocadero Human Rights Plaza in Paris, France.
Joseph Wresinski was born to immigrant parents in a poor neighbourhood of Angers, France. He grew up in a family which suffered from chronic poverty and social exclusion.
In 1946, he was ordained as a priest and served in industrial and rural parishes where, right from the beginning, he related to the most deprived families.
In 1956, he was assigned chaplain to 250 families in a emergency housing camp in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris. The families lived in quonset (nissan) huts erected in a (...)
In 1946, he was ordained as a priest and served in industrial and rural parishes where, right from the beginning, he related to the most deprived families.
In 1956, he was assigned chaplain to 250 families in a emergency housing camp in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris. The families lived in quonset (nissan) huts erected in a (...)
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October 17th is the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The day was first celebrated in 1987 by thousands of participants at the Trocadero Human Rights Plaza in Paris, France.
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On the occasion of October 17th, Mr. Cassam Uteem, former President of the Republic of Mauritius (1992-2002), and the International Movement ATD Fourth World announce the launching of the International Committee for October 17th.
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From 155 countries
From 155 countries
Busani Sibindi Zimbabwe , Bulawayo
If we focus on MDG NO 1 AND put maximum effort on it we can then be able to solve NO 2. Poverty is an interconnected source of other problems and needs to be dealt with severely. The world can (...)continue
Tanzanie
In a women’s group of Tandale, we discussed about the question of money at school. Primary school is in theory free, but in fact we have to pay a lot of things. A teacher recently told some (...)continue
Tanzanie
Tandale - group 1
In our women’s group at Tandale, we discovered that we were many parents faced with the problem of not having the birth certificate for one or more of our children.
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