Stand-Up and Speak Out Against Poverty

8 Millennium Development Goals - 7 years left to reach the promised targets - A Maltese -and international - call to Stand-Up and Speak Out - 1 minute is all it takes

In October, 2007, more than 43 million people around the world acted out in solidarity against global poverty by standing up and speaking out; 15,497 out of the global figure were people who stood up in Malta. This action was not just a means of breaking a world record but rather a means of delivering one powerful message to governments around the world to keep their promises referred to as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (For more info on the MDGs, see: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/)

We have reached the halfway mark to 2015. There has been some progress, but there is still a long way to go. We need to take urgent and inspired action now, to remind our governments we expect them to deliver.

Stand Up, Take Action 2008 will be held over a three day period from October 17th -19th. By starting on a Friday and concluding on a Sunday, everyone, whether at home, at work, at school, university or in a place of worship will have the chance to take part.

All it takes is 1 minute to stand-up as a group or individually between the aforementioned dates. It is encouraged that some reflections on poverty or any of the MDGs are shared during this minute. After the stand-up has been performed, one can report the number of people who took part in the activity in Malta to standupmalta@gmail.com.

The following format could be used:
Name of Individual/Organisation:
Number of People who stood up against poverty in your group:
Comments/Message:
Photos by email are also highly encouraged.

This campaign is being promoted nationally by SKOP - The National Platform of Maltese NGDOs (http://www.skopmalta.org/) in collaboration with STOPoverty! Neqirdu l-faqar! (http://www.stopovertymalta.org/) and worldwide by the GCAP internation (Global Call to Action Against Poverty - http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/).

Check out the activities in your respective country.

For more information you can contact the SKOP secretariat by email: mariogerada@gmail.com or angie.farrugia@gmail.com

Information provided by Angie Farrugia, Maltese NGDO platform SKOP