>> Back To Events Index Stand Up Against Poverty – A New World Record, 15-16 Oct 2006 The people of Madhya Pradesh have topped the world in creating a new Guinness World Record. A whopping 3.3 million residents of the state joined the “Stand Up Against Poverty" event this week, which is the largest figure from a single region across the world. The exact number that stood up globally during the 24-hour record-making attempt is 23,542,614. India leads with 9,731,983. Other top rankers are Nepal with 3.1 million, the Philippines 2.4 million, Pakistan 2.2 million. The "Stand Up" event aimed at raising mass awareness about the promise by 189 nations to eradicate hunger, poverty and diseases such as HIV/AIDS by 2015. This promise is reflected in a set of eight goals, called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Stand Up in Madhya Pradesh was a result of the joint effort of the state government and leading civil society organizations such as CECOEDECON, ASHA, MADHYAVAN and Wada Na Todo Abhiyan. For more information, visit www.standagainstpoverty.org >> Back To Events Index

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