On Sunday the 12th February 2017, Human Rights defenders and Anti-Poverty activist will mark the centenary of the birth of the initiator of the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The Irish Committee will also mark the day and throughout 2017 we will support the ATD Ireland project “The Wresinski Legacy”, a project which will give us an opportunity… Read more →
Human Rights Day 2016: the 17 October Committee launches its 2017 End Poverty Calendar!
On 10th December 2016, International Human Rights Day, the Irish 17 October Committee launched its 2017 #EndPoverty Calendar. This calendar has been prepared by the Irish Committee and refers to major #EndPoverty events of 2016: the first anniversary of the adoption of the 17 UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development and the annual UN #EndPoverty Day observed throughout the country.… Read more →
On 7th December 2016, join the “SAOL project” to launch “OBJECT POVERTY”!
On Wednesday 7th of December 2016, the School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University and the SAOL Project Dublin will launch ‘Object Poverty’, a socially engaged art project and exhibition created by the SAOL Project, a member of our Irish 17 October Committee and partner of ATD Ireland in the Our Voices project. The project was first presented… Read more →
Every day until the 7th December, support us in the 2016 “Better Together” video competition!
For the first year, our Committee submitted a few days ago a video to the “Better Together” competition! Every day until the 7th December you can vote to support us. Don’t forget to do it! Here you can vote for us and watch our video at the bottom of the page! Read more →
Discover all the messages from the 2016 #EndPoverty Day national event!
Download the booklet including all the speeches and songs presented at the 2016 national gathering to mak the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty! Read more →
Ireland marked UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2016! Visit the photo gallery!
With the support the UN Day awareness fund managed by the DSP Social Inclusion Division, many community groups and NGOs organised events to mark the 30th global gatherings on a 17 October. Discover some of the best pictures from these events in our Gallery 2016! For more details about the National Programme featuring over 30 events, you can donwload the… Read more →
Brilliant “17 October” Videos prepared in Cork and Tullamore!
Discover the result of two “End Poverty Day Awareness” projects, two inspiring videos prepared by young people from the Cork Life Centre and by the community of Arden View in Tullamore! Read more →
Listen to the Irish President’s Address on End Poverty Day!
At the national End Poverty Day event organised by the Irish 17 October Committee in Dublin, President Michael D. Higgins spoke of the reasons why the day is being marked across the world, and of the importance of going beyond strategies that merely alleviate poverty, by resolving to eradicate poverty at its root causes.Listen to his powerful address here! Full… Read more →
Feel connected with the national gathering in Dublin! Download the Programme
Download the programme of the national gathering in Dublin! Download the Press Release of the event! Read more →
We don’t see Poverty, we see Possibility! The World Bank invites you to say “It’s Possible”!
October 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This year’s theme is Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms. This is not only the United Nations’ Global Goal #1, but it’s also one of the World Bank’s two main goals. Working to end poverty can be an everyday practice. And we… Read more →