OneWorld South Asia Home Today's Headlines Faith unites people against poverty
OneWorld South Asia OneWorld Network OneWorld South Asia
NEWS GET INVOLVED PARTNERS ABOUT OWSA OUR NETWORK
22 November 2009
Welcome to OneWorld South Asia. Bringing together a network of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable development from across the globe.
MDG themes
Poverty & Hunger
Education
Gender
Health
Environment
Global Partnerships
MDG plus
Climate Change
Human Rights
Social Justice
Governance
Millennium Campaign
How we work
New and Emerging Media
Knowledge Services, Innovations and Delivery
Community and Social Media
Technology Operation and Content Services
With whom we work
About Partnership
OWSA Partners
Join us!
Other OWSA channels
Digital Opportunity Channel
Audio content bank
Grassroots voices
Supported by

Faith unites people against poverty

Bookmark 
and Share
19 October 2009
 

Praying for a better world, hundreds of people from different faiths came together yesterday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in the Indian capital to pledge against poverty. Supporting the Stand Up Take Action Campaign, they demanded transparency and accountability in governance.

New Delhi:  It was a holy congregation to pledge themselves in fight against poverty. People from all faiths gathered in the Indian capital yesterday for the Sunday Mass at the Scared Heart Cathedral and vowed to be an instrument of peace and justice.

Stand up


Watch the Video

Church-1.jpg
People taking the pledge/ Photo credit: Mahipal singh Rawat/ OWSA

Coming together as part of the Stand Up Take Action Campaign, men, women and children pronounced in unison with the parish priest, their support for development of the poorest and the marginalised. 

The volunteers on behalf of the Stand up the Campaign distributed pamphlets and posters among the public to spread awareness on the MDGs.

Church 2
Sister Mariola with the volunteers/ Photo credit: Mahipal singh Rawat/ OWSA

Speaking on the occasion Sister Mariola B.S, National Coordinator Right to food Campaign, National Commission for Justice, Peace and Development said, “It is time for all of us to unite at different levels to eradicate hunger and poverty. We must wholeheartedly work to ensure that everyone in the country has enough to eat and that there are more schemes to ameliorate the conditions of those living in the slums.”

After the conclusion of the prayers, people stood up to urge the government to work for provision of health, education and other basic services. They demanded accountability and transparency in the public schemes and pledged themselves to fight corruption.

 
Personal tools
Log in
About OneWorld
 
 
 
 
» E-BULLETIN
Asia and the Pacific MDG Watch
Subscribe to newsletter
 
OneWorld thematic channels and collaborative projects include:
EK duniya anEK awaaz digital opportunity channel open knowledge network iTrain online tiki the Penguin, Kids Channel