As dawn broke over Kok, Papua New Guinea last Friday, 300 children and their teachers and friends gathered at Ela Beach in Port Moresby  to welcome the new day by showing their support for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).  Their motivation for getting up at 4:30am, and even camping…

It jammed, it grooved, it vibrated: The city of Bonn was like a music festival. But the theatrical and musical groups marching through Bonn's streets did not just make noise. They also had a political message. "Stand Up Against Poverty," they called out to the…

In Egypt, Stand Up was celebrated in more than 50,000 mosques in all governorates across the country, where imams preached about the need for eradicating poverty.

This unified action, carried out in cooperation with the Ministry for Religious Endowments, included high profile Friday sermons by the Mufti of…

In Trinidad and Tobago, the Walk the World Committee of Rio Claro staged a Stand Up event in the Rio Claro town centre on Sunday September 19.

That morning, more than 850 people - including local government representatives, community organizers, cultural performers, school children, and other local residents -…

In South Africa, the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Library, in collaboration with Itsoseng Youth Forum, organized a "Stand Up, Take Action, Make Noise for the Millennium Development Goals" campaign at Itsoseng Combined High School and Madiba Utlwa Primary school in Hebron in the North West Province, near Pretoria.

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