What is Stand Up?
STAND UP, TAKE ACTION is a worldwide call to show your support to end poverty and achieve and exceed the Millennium Development Goals.
From October 17-19 people will literally and symbolically STAND UP and TAKE a variety of ACTIONS to demand their governments deliver on commitments to end extreme poverty.
Two years ago, over 23 million people answered the call to STAND UP setting the first and largest Guinness World record of its kind. Last year, the movement grew massively to over 43 million. This year you have three days to take part in the STAND UP action and be counted for the Guinness World record.
The final figure of people Standing Up is a massive total of 43,716,440 participants in at least 6,540 events around the globe spanning 127 countries. They broke the world record - set last year at 23.5 million - for the largest number of people to “Stand Up Against Poverty” in 24 hours. 
