global month of action

14 September - 17 October

Called by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty www.whiteband.org

Global Month of Action

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

15 September

Outside the German consulate

in Edinburgh

Launch of GCAP

Scotland

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

15 September, Singapore

Annual Meetings of WB/IMF

Launch events - Liberia

Launch events - Philippines

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

23,542,614 people Stood Up Against Poverty in 24 Hours!

People from over eighty countries Stood Up Against

Poverty…

Harare, Zimbabwe

Harare, Zimbabwe

China

China

Senegal

India

Liberia

Togo

Togo

Australia

Dubai

Somalia

And around the UK

Over 70,000 people Stood Up Against Poverty… in schools, workplaces, homes and places of worship

Forest Gate Methodist Church

Leicester Progressive Synagogue

St Mary Magdalene Church, Littleton

St Ninians Church, Edinburgh

Downfield South Church, Dundee

Brick Lane, London

Christ Church (URC), Morecambe

St Paul’s Church, Hamstead

Emmanuel Church, Ormskirk

Whitegrove School Hall

Woodhouse Close Church, Durham

Southwell Methodist Church

St Peter’s Church, Burnham

Bishop’s Palace, Wells