One World Week is a
United Kingdom
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development education
charity
Charity may refer to:
Giving
* Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons
* Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing
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and a series of events sponsored by it. The week of events was founded in 1978 by the
World Development Movement
Global Justice Now, formerly known as the World Development Movement (WDM), is a membership organisation based in the United Kingdom which campaigns on issues of global justice and development in the Global South.
The organisation produces re ...
, and focuses on the week of that includes October 24 each year (
United Nations Day
United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly declared 24 October, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, ...
). Strictly, it is an
octave
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rather than a week, since it both starts and finishes on a Sunday; thus in 2009 One World Week covered the eight days from October 18 to October 25.
One World Week aims to provide, "an opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds to come together to learn about global justice, to spread that learning and to use it to take action for justice locally and globally".
Originally oriented towards the
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
churches of the UK, it has now broadened in scope to include people of all backgrounds.
See also
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World Development Movement
Global Justice Now, formerly known as the World Development Movement (WDM), is a membership organisation based in the United Kingdom which campaigns on issues of global justice and development in the Global South.
The organisation produces re ...
References
External links
Official OWW website
Development charities based in the United Kingdom
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