AS BILLIONAIRES' WEALTH SOARS, INEQUALITY REACHES ALARMING LEVELS - LARGE PARTS OF HUMANITY SUFFER HUNGER AND MISERY — THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR OCTOBER 17 SOUND THE ALARM. VILLARCEAUX, FRANCE - 6th June 2026 — In a world where a tiny handful of individuals own...
Share Your Views on the Theme for October 17!
Following the exchange of ideas launched during the February 2025 consultation on the main theme for 2026 and 2027, we now invite you to share your views on the theme for October 17, 2026. This will include both a main theme, intended to run for three years (until...
Giving Back Dignity and Providing Opportunities to the Most Vulnerable
I am the coordinator and founding member of the NGO, MEABF Mutuelle de Micro-Entrepreneurs pour l’Amour du Bien-Être Familial (Mutual Organisation of Micro-Entrepreneurs for Family Well-Being), based in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our mission is to empower...
Uniting for the Dignity of All
In this Letter to Friends around the World, we are pleased to share more true stories from people making a difference. They allow us once again to marvel at what each of us, starting from our own reality and sensitivity, can do to build a world free of extreme...
Breaking the Chains of Injustice: the voice of rural women
Seynabou Mbengue, from the Federation of Senegalese NGOs (FONGS – a rural initiative) based in Thiès, Senegal, shared these words with us in the context of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028). Her contribution is also in recognition of the...
17 October: Message from the President of the International Committee
Message of Solidarity 2025 October 17 is a day of togetherness and hope. On this day, our global family of “we the peoples”, children and adults, the young and the elderly in all our beautiful diversity from every corner of our planet — from tiny villages to big...
Appointment of six new members to the International Committee for October 17
We are pleased to announce the appointment of 6 new members to the International Committee for October 17. The Committee was established in 2008 to promote and support the observance of the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty, observed on October 17th each year,...
Letter to Friends Around the World no. 112
United in respect and support for families! Dear friends, Thank you all so much for your energetic participation in our October 17 theme consultation process earlier this year. Your contributions, your thoughts, your words of wisdom are very much valued and they...
2025 Consultation Summary
Every year, on 17 October, there is an international mobilisation to amplify the voices of those who fight daily against poverty. The theme chosen for this day does not come from a small committee, but from hundreds of individuals around the world, including people...
International Poster for October 17, 2025
As you already know, “Ending Social and Institutional Mistreatment” is our umbrella theme for both 2024 and 2025. A consultation was launched in February, inviting people who face poverty and exclusion every day, as well as those standing in solidarity with them. As a...