Help prepare the next UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty !

The Irish 17 October Committee and ATD as one of its members is looking for volunteers to support the preparation of the next UN Day for Eradication of Poverty Gathering on Custom House Quay in Dublin.

  • You want to support the events marking the next UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Friday 17 October?
  • You are interested to discover the history of this UN Day and its impacts worldwide?
  • You would like to know more about how people experiencing severe and chronic poverty can act as experts and have their say in policies for a just and sustainable world?

Write to: committee@17october.ie  or contact Pierre at 089 440 15 23

Detailed presentation of this UN Day is available at www.17october.ie

Next meeting of the Irish Committee is planned on Thursday 9th October 2014 at 3pm at the ATD office  26 Mountjoy Square. New people are welcomed!

The UN theme for 17 October 2014 is :“Leave No One Behind:  Think, Decide and Act Together Against Extreme Poverty”. The International 17 October Commitee who met in Dublin in May 2014, invites us to focus on this message.

“Leave No One Behind”- putting an end to discrimination based on social disadvantage, and ensuring that no one is forgotten in our efforts to build a more equitable world. “Think, Decide and Act Together Against Extreme Poverty”– deciding to do what it takes to ensure that people living in extreme poverty become the primary partners in programmes to overcome poverty and promote development. Only by working together with them will we be able to ensure that no one is left out.