STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY
The Stand Up Campaign hopes to convince citizens, as well as their governments, that meeting the MDGs is in their own and everyone's interest for moral, economic and security reasons. http://standagainstpoverty.org/

DEVELOPMENT:
Anti-Poverty Fight Needs More Than Money
By Suzanne Hoeksema
NEW YORK - "Investing in children and securing their rights is one of the surest ways to ending poverty," U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told 1,500 students at the United Nations International School in New York City Friday as part of the Stand Up Take Action Campaign organised by the U.N. Millennium Campaign. MORE >>

PHILIPPINES:
Long Way to Go in Fight Against Poverty
By Stephen de Tarczynski
MANILA - "It’s very difficult," says Joseph, 39, who has lived with his wife and three children in central Manila’s Rizal Park for the past six months after their home, a squat built on government-owned land, was demolished. "There are many people who are experiencing a lot of hardship here," he adds. MORE >>