I. What is IDEP
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) is a global day of awareness, advocacy and action against poverty; marked every 17 October. This year, IDEP takes the theme: Acting Together to Empower Children, their Families and Communities to End Poverty. The theme is anchored on commemoration of the 30^th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which recognizes the right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development.

At Arigatou International – End Child Poverty, IDEP presents us an opportunity to engage a global campaign with a rallying call to come together to End Child Poverty. The campaign is dubbed: Together We Can End Child Poverty Worldwide.

II. Why We Take Part in IDEP
The global multidimensional poverty index report of 2019 accounts that 1 in every 3 children is poor. Perturbed by this state of affairs, we are therefore motivated to take part in IDEP, as well as mobilize others to mark it as a way to lift children out of poverty, thus change this sorry statistic. IDEP provides us a valiant opportunity to rally concerted and intensified efforts towards ending child poverty.

III. How We Take Part in IDEP
At Arigatou International – End Child Poverty, we take part in IDEP especially in 2019 by:

1. Creating spaces to Listen to Children – by mobilizing communities to facilitate space spaces for children to interact and share their views on issues affecting them.
2. Running the 3^rd IDEP Photo Contest – by showing how a Child is Empowered
3. Encouraging our partners to share their stories on the work they are doing to End Child Poverty.
4. Engaging in a robust online campaign

Source Courtesy: Arigatou International – End Child Poverty

For more insight: The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP), 17 October 2019