Barcelona joins the campaign to fight poverty
Barcelona joins the campaign to fight poverty.
Barcelona, 15 sep .- The City Council and various NGOs have joined the global campaign promoted by the United Nations "Make some noise for the Millennium Development Goals, which aims to mobilize the citizenry to eradicate poverty in the world, so we have organized a large city festival on September 19.
As part of this campaign in the Catalan capital held various, buy fallen earth chips, events, among which a debate in the council hall Cent among anti-globalization activist Susan George and Ingrid Srinath, the World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS), the Thursday 16 September.
The main event will be a citizen and civic party on Sunday, September 19, Avenue de la Catedral, with the theme of the campaign.
According, buy kinah aion, to reports the Barcelona Council in a press release, this central event, the Castellers of Barcelona and the group lifted the Seraglio Nens human eight pillars, one for each of the MDGs and journalist Rosa Maria Calaf will read a manifesto poverty.
The Millennium Goals are to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary, aika gold, education, promote gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combat AIDS and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability and promote a global partnership for development.
In addition, this campaign also expected to be reflected in the celebrations of the Merce, from September 19 to 27.
Thus, the Cursa de la Merce, serve to convey to citizens the importance of the Millennium Development Goals and the fight against poverty eradication and for the sample of institutions and associations which every year takes place at the Plaza Catalunya, was installed a tent dedicated to the Millennium.