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On October 17-19, 2008 Stand Up & Take Action
Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals
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Stand Up 2008
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Stand Up and Take Action has finished!

Around the world over 100 million people in over 2,000 events across more than 100 countries registered to Stand Up and Take Action against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals, from October 17-19.

116,993,629 Stand Up and Take Action. THANK YOU!

Stand Up 2008 pictures

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Download the final count picture and PDFs here.

Stand Up 2008 videos

Watch videos from Stand Up and Take Action 2008 events across the word.

Take Action!

Following Stand Up and Take Action 2008, there are many other ways for you to take action and get involved.
Here are some actions you can join now:

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Or find out more about getting involved:

  • Global Call to Action against Poverty
  • UN Millennium Campaign
Stand Up Blog
You're amazing!
Oct22
by Helena Suarez
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After some frantic counting, recounting and verifying, we finally have the figures for how many people took part in Stand Up and Take Action 2008.

The worldwide number is… 116,993,629. That’s almost 2% of the total world population!

Here’s how the figures break down:

  • Africa: 24,496,151
  • Arab region: 17,847,870
  • Asia: 73,151,847
  • Europe: 951,788
  • Latin America: 211,250
  • North America: 123,920
  • Oceania: 210,803
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Europe601 events630,591 peopleAfrica1,325 events55,819,579 peopleAmericas791 events9,918,493 peopleAsia4,813 events66,083,459 peopleOceania147 events49,984 people
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2008 Stand Up Events
Africa
  • help for poverty
    Nov 18 2008
  • stand up against poverty/ advocasy/ camapign/ signatures.
    Oct 28 2008
Americas
  • Rotary Club of Hamden Connecticut's 2008 Stand Against Poverty
    Nov 10 2008
  • Kiss The Fish
    Nov 5 2008
Asia
  • Demonstration against Poverty at Multan Press Club
    Nov 6 2008
  • District level Seminar on action research for poverty alleviation and rural development
    Nov 6 2008
Europe
  • Clean Countryside
    Nov 4 2008
  • stand up against poverty
    Nov 3 2008
Oceania
  • Williamstown High Stand Up Against Poverty
    Nov 5 2008
  • School Chapel service
    Oct 29 2008
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  • The first beneficiary. The patient arrive during the turn over of medicines materialsfor the construction of makeshift clinic in Datun Piang RHU..JPG
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Stand Up Blog
  • Oct 22 2008
    You're amazing!
  • Oct 22 2008
    Over 1% of the world population joined Stand Up and Take Action!
  • Oct 20 2008
    Last day of Stand Up and Take Action nearly over
  • Oct 19 2008
    How will stand up change my life?
  • Oct 19 2008
    Big Brother Africa Housemates take part in Stand Up and Take Action
GCAP Blog
  • Dec 1 2008
    We need a fair deal, a safe deal, a strong deal that binds countries to their commitments
  • Dec 1 2008
    Rollercoaster negotiations in Doha
  • Nov 28 2008
    Civil Society Forum final day
  • Nov 27 2008
    "Is the United States a 'failed state'?" - Civil Society Forum at Doha off to a challenging start
  • Nov 27 2008
    "Is the United States a 'failed state'?" - Civil Society Forum at Doha off to a challenging start
UN Millennium Campaign
  • Nov 28 2008
    UN Millennium Campaign Calls for More Equitable Trade, Effective Aid and Domestic Mobilization to Achieve MDGs
  • Nov 21 2008
    Ahead of the Doha meetings on Financing for Development which will take place on Nov 29th , Eveline Herfkens shares her thoughts
  • Nov 15 2008
    UN MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR JOINT EUROPEAN ACTION TO ENSURE AID COMMITMENTS ARE MET AND AVOID A DEEPENING POVERTY CRISIS
  • Nov 15 2008
    GCAP FRANCE DEMANDS A MORE INCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM
  • Nov 14 2008
    UN MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR $300 BILLION BAILOUT OF WORLD’S POOR AT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SUMMIT THIS SATURDAY
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