Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty
October
17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
15 October: International Day of Rural Women
August
12 August - International year of youth
9 August - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
June
17 June - World day to combat desertification
5 June - World Environment Day
May
22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
March
22 March - World Water Day
8 March - International Women’s Day