Padziko lonse lapansi pa Tsiku lachidule la Kugonjetsa Umphawi, pa 17 Oktoba. Patsikuli, misonkhano yambiri imakumbukira anthu omwe anaphedwa ndi umphaŵi komanso ntchito zosiyanasiyana zolimbikitsa kuti anthu azikhala ndi umphaŵi.
Mbiri ya tsiku lolimbana ndi umphaŵi
Tsiku la Padziko Lonse Lolimbana ndi Umphaŵi linayamba pa October 17, 1987. Patsikuli ku Paris, ku Trocadéro Square, msonkhano wachikumbutso unachitikira kwa nthawi yoyamba pofuna kufotokozera anthu kuti padziko lonse lapansi muli umphaŵi, ndi angati omwe akuvutika ndi njala ndi mavuto ena amphawi chaka chilichonse. Umphawi unanenedwa kukhala kuphwanya ufulu waumunthu , ndipo mwala wa chikumbutso unatsegulidwa kukumbukira msonkhano ndi msonkhano.
Zakalezo zofanana zinayamba kuonekera m'mayiko osiyanasiyana, monga chikumbutso chakuti umphawi sungagonjetsedwe pa Dziko lapansi ndipo anthu ambiri amafunikira thandizo. Mmodzi mwa miyalayi wapangidwa ku New York m'munda pafupi ndi Likulu la UN ndi pafupi ndi mwala uwu mwambo wapadera woperekedwa ku Tsiku la Nkhondo Yothetseratu Umphawi umachitika chaka ndi chaka.
Pa December 22, 1992, pa 17 October adalengezedwa mwaluso kuti International Day for Eradication of the Poverty by UN General Assembly.
Zochitika za Tsiku Ladziko Lonse Potsutsana ndi Umphaŵi
Patsiku lino, zochitika zosiyanasiyana ndi misonkhano ikuluikulu ikuchitika, pofuna kulingalira za mavuto aumphawi ndi osowa. Ndipo chidwi chachikulu chimaperekedwa kuchitapo kanthu kwa anthu osauka kwambiri pazochitika izi, chifukwa popanda ntchito yothandizira anthu onse, kuphatikizapo osauka okha, sikutheka kuthetsa vutoli ndikugonjetsa umphawi. Chaka chilichonse lero lili ndi mutu wake wokha: Mwachitsanzo, "Kuchokera ku umphawi kupita ku ntchito yabwino: kukonza phokoso" kapena "Ana ndi mabanja ali ndi umphawi", zomwe zitsogoleredwe zimatsimikiziridwa ndi ndondomeko yowonongeka.