The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated on October 17th .

The date was officially commemorated for the first time in 1992, with the aim of alerting the population to the need to defend a basic human right.

Earlier, on October 17, 1987, Joseph Wresinski, the founder of the ATD Fourth World International Movement, invited people to gather in honor of victims of hunger and poverty in Paris, where the Universal Declaration of Rights had been signed. Humans. One hundred thousand people responded to his appeal.

The eradication of poverty and hunger is one of the eight millennium development goals, defined in the year 2000 by 193 member countries of the United Nations and by several international organizations.

On this day the poor are given a voice and efforts are joined to end poverty. The 2016 theme is "Turning from humiliation and exclusion to participation: ending poverty in all its forms".

poverty in Portugal 

In Portugal , the number of poor and hungry people has been increasing as a result of the economic crisis. Support institutions and social charities have registered a significant increase in the number of requests for support from Portuguese families.

According to data revealed by the European Anti-Poverty Network, 18% of the Portuguese are poor. According to this organization, the European number that serves as a reference to define poverty is equivalent to a minimum monthly salary of 406 euros.

Portugal appears in 141st position in the top of the poorest countries in the world, with a GDP (PPC) per capita of US$23,185.

poverty in the world 

Data revealed by UNESCO indicate that 842 million people continued to suffer from chronic hunger between 2011 and 2013.

Poverty is decreasing at an unprecedented rate. In 1990, 43% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty, on less than $1.25 a day. This number has dropped to 21%, but there is still a lot of work ahead, especially on the African continent.

10 poorest countries in the world

1. Democratic Republic of Congo
2. Zimbabwe
3. Burundi
4. Liberia
5. Eritrea
6. Republic of Central Africa
7. Niger
8. Malawi
9. Madagascar
10. Afghanistan

Source: Calendarr