Author: Irish End Poverty Day Committee

This year the Irish 17 October Committee produced an Activity Kit including information about the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty as well as an invitation for children to carry out an activity ahead of the next UN Day. Help us to promote this Activity Kit among teachers and youth workers, and why not, your own children and… Read more →

This year again the Irish 17 October Committee managed to find sponsors to print a T-Shirt for the 2016 UN day. We couldn’t secure funding for the total costs of the printing but we with a participation to the cost of €2 + postage cost we can send you one T-shirt for the day. The T-Shirt message refers to the… Read more →

Make sure you are in the picture! If you are marking the 2016 UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty in Ireland or somewhere else in the world, don’t miss the opportunity to register it in a global data base! Make noise beyond your own area and be connected to the world! Visit the global data base! Read more →

Here is an extract of the concept note prepared by the International 17 October Committee for #EndPoverty Day 2016 : “The worst thing about living in extreme poverty is the contempt, that they treat you like you are worthless, that they look at you with disgust and fear and that they even treat you like an enemy. We and our… Read more →

You can download the poster in pdf format (in low and high resolution) lam94-fr_LD_poster.pdf – 1,6 Mo lam94-fr_HD_poster.pdf – 9,7 Mo lam94-en_ld_poster.pdf lam94-en_hd_poster.pdf Read more →

In 2017, we will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Joseph Wresinski‘s call to action launched on 17 October 1987 and we’ve already started preparing for an extraordinary campaign which we would like to invite you to join in. Since 17 October was recognized as International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, by the United Nations in 1992, considerable progress… Read more →

The international theme for the 17 October 2016, the 30th UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, chosen by the United Nations with the International Committee for October 17 is: Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms Read more →

Here you can download the leaflet handed out at the inauguration!     Read more →

  Download the invitation here! Facebook event page! Read more →

  EAPN Ireland proposals for 2016-2021   The #Heart4Justice #ValentinesDay Call by ATD Ireland   Four tests for the next Governement by the Community Platform   Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Priorities for a Fairer Ireland   The ESC Rights Initiative Campaign   Dochas Submission to 2016 General Election Manifestos of Irish Political Parties   16 asks for 2016… Read more →