Mdg's elp
- 1. Can We Achieve The MDG’S BY 2015? What has Been Achieved Already? What is the main aim/aims for this MDG? What do they want to achieve by 1) 30% of Sub Sahara’s population is not suffering from extreme poverty and 2015? food insecurity anymore. Rice is a major source of calories; the prices are high 1) Between 1990 and 2015, part of people’s salary is less than one dollar a day. in Africa countries. It’s not affordable for poor They have to increase workers salary. -Rice production in sub-Saharan Africa, the rice production is increasing from 2) Between 1990 and 2015,people suffered from hunger. This happens mostly 8.6 million tonnes of paddy rice in 1980 to 12.6 million tonnes in 2005. in African countries. In order to afford to buy food and not starve, workers salary has to increase. 2) The number of people below the poverty line in Nepal has dropped by 11% 3)Raise awareness to everyone about this MDG. in less than a decade. Why is this goal so Important? Why did the UN choose to focus on it? -The availability matches the demand for the people’s salary. It shows that is progressing. 1) This goal is important because more than 850 million people are dying of hunger. QUOTE from Organizations and projects: 2) Every year more than 10 million children are dying of hunger. “You and I want our lives to matter. We want our lives to make a real 3) People can’t afford to buy food since their salary is less than one dollar difference – to be of genuine consequence in the world. We know that there is 4) By lowering poverty, the UN would be giving more youngsters the chance to no satisfaction in merely going through the motions, even if those motions improve themselves and thus, develop their respective countries in the future, make us successful or even if we have arranged to make those motions leading to a more economically stable world. pleasant. We want to know we have had some impact on the world. In fact, you 5)Due to famine, weather and poverty .Some places they don’t get enough and I want to contribute to the quality of life. We want to make the world water to grow crops which would feed the population. work.”-Werner Erhard, The Hunger Project Source Document How To They Hope to Achieve This Goal? “We exist to provide opportunities for people living in poverty to transform 1) Productive employment and decent work for all the people who are not able their lives. With over 40 years' experience in microfinance and support to support their family. services, we use a business approach to solve poverty. Rather than a hand- 2) Government needs to provide immediate help to 11 million families, out, we provide our clients with a loan as small as $100 (known as microcredit according to official estimates. or a micro loan) to help grow their small business. This enables them to earn 3) Governments, UN Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations and an income and afford food, water, shelter and an education for their individuals need to take action. children.”-Opportunity International Organization ,Australia