173 Million People Stand Up Against Poverty

Sister Germaine , representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations , shares the news from the UN. More than 3,000 events were held in more than 120 countries as part of the campaign “Stand Up, Take Action, and End Poverty Now”. Governments were urged to keep the promises they made in 2000 and take action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. See also video Showing “Stand Up Against Poverty” event held at “Proyeto Juan Diego” run by the Daughters of Charity in Brownsville, Texas, USA.

The Guinness World Record was broken by the more than 173 million people around the world who joined forces with the United Nation’s call to world leaders to take action to stamp out poverty. This is nearly 60 million more people than took part in this effort in 2008. At least 100 million people in Asia took part while Africa had nearly 40 million participants. The Arab region has 30 million, Europe, 2 million, Latin and North America, 200,000 each and Oceania had more than 170,000.

For the full story visit the international site of the Daughters of Charity

Tags: Daughters of Charity, NGO, United Nations

3 Comments

Sr. Pat Connolly on November 11, 2009 at 8:47 am

Congratulations to Sr Sharon Horace and the people of Proyecto Juan Diego. Great spirit, creative way of sharing the message of “Stand Up Against Poverty.” Hopefully this will inspire us throughout the year in the efforts to cut extreme poverty and to stand up for our brothers and sisters in our efforts.

Grateful for you inspiration,
Sr. Pat Connolly, DC

Sr. Paule Freeburg, DC on November 12, 2009 at 4:44 pm

Thank you and congratulations to all involved in this wonderful video. What an inspiration! It is a personal invitation to do all possible for our brothers and sisters who live in poverty and injustice. Thank you for sharing and calling us to the Gospel in action.