Together
WE Can Create A Better World ...
At
the Millennium Summit in September 2000 at the United Nations, ALL of the world's
leaders agreed "to spare no effort" in working to fulfill the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. These shared goals help us take a giant step
forward in global cooperation to create a more peaceful, just and sustainable
world. Help join the campaign to remind our leaders about their PROMISE.
Goal
#1 - Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
1.2 billion people live on less than $1 a day
Every day 800 million people go to bed hungry
Every day
28,000 children die from poverty
Goal #2 -
Achieve universal primary education
115 million children
are not in school
133 million young people cannot read or
write
Goal #3 - Promote gender equality
and empower women
2/3 of the world s illiterate are female
Employment for women is 30% lower than for men
Goal
#4 - Reduce child mortality
Measles kills 1/2 million
children each year
70% of deaths before age 5 are caused by malnutrition or disease and are preventable
Goal #5- Improve maternal health
500,000 women die from complications during pregnancy and childbirth each year
Goal #6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases
5 million new HIV infections each year
1 million die from malaria each year
2 million die from tuberculosis
each year
Goal #7 - Ensure environmental sustainability
1.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water
2
million children die every year from infections spread by dirty water or improper
sanitation
Goal #8 - Develop a global partnership
for development
Developed countries pledged to give 0.7 % of their national income
in aid. Only 5 countries are living up to the commitment; the USA is giving less
then 0.2 %
You
can help. Together we can convince our governments to honor the pledge they made
to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
