About IDEP
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) is a global awareness event celebrated every year on 17 October. It is an opportunity for reflection, advocacy and action to end child poverty and all other forms of poverty.
International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty
Together We Can End Child Poverty Worldwide
The Impact of Poverty on Children
3.4 million people, mostly children, die annually from water-related diseases.
3.1 million children die from undernutrition each year.
640 million children (1 in 3) live without adequate shelter.
270 million children (1 in 7) have no access to health services.
Worldwide, there are more than 150 million children, who do not have access to pre-primary education.
IDEP Photo Contest
Success Stories
16 October 18
End Child Poverty Organises its First Global Photo ContestThe International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) 2017, brought a new achievement to End Child Poverty’s IDEP celebrations. This was through the organisation of the first End Child Poverty...
15 October 18
Arigatou International Launches the End Child Poverty Knowledge CentreThe 2014 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) marked the launch of Arigatou International’s End Child Poverty Knowledge Centre. The launch was hosted by and organised in...
14 October 18
Interfaith Initiative to End Child Poverty Takes OffThe commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 2013 offered an awesome platform for the formal launch of Arigatou International’s Interfaith Initiative to End Child Poverty (End Child Poverty), in an event...
