International Day for the eradication of Poverty

The 17th of October in 1987, more than hundred thousand people joined at The Trocadero in Paris (where the Declaration of Human Rights was signed) to honour the victims of extreme poverty and hunger. As poverty is considered a violation of basic Human Right they thought that these people were suffering from discrimination, which had to end and expressed this conviction on a commemorative stone. Since that day, every 17th of October people have gathered to renew their commitment, and replicas of the commemorative stone were placed around the world for people to show solidarity with the poor.

United Nations, that declared in 1992 that the 17th of October is officially the Day for the Eradication of Poverty encourages all countries around the world to pay respect to this cause and celebrate this day through different solidary events. It is a day to cultivate awareness around the violation s of human rights and get involved to fight against poverty.