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

Take a look at the best images from Stand Up and Take Action 2008.

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.
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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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