INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY

About:

• The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an international observance celebrated each year on October 17 throughout the world.
  
  
• The theme for the Day this year is "Acting together to achieve social and environmental justice for all."
  
  
• The first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France in 1987 when 100,000 people gathered to honour victims of poverty and fear at the unveiling of a commemorative stone by Joseph Wresinski, founder of the International Movement ATD Fourth World.
  
  
• In 1992, four years after Wresinski's death, the United Nations officially designated October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.