Stand Up Against Poverty

Posted by Sandra Williams Oct 11, 2007

The eight goals of the Millennium Development Goals are

1. Reduce Hunger
2. Universal Education
3. Gender Equality
4. Child Health
5. Maternal Health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS
7. Environmental Sustainability
8. Global Partnership

• Achieving sustained development is necessary because so many vulnerable people are being hurt by damage to our environment.

• A lot of people depend on these natural resources for their livelihood so the consequences to exploiting our environment further will be become more devastating.

• By the year 2015, the goal is to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water.

• Country policies and programs are also being implemented so that the loss of environmental resources can be reversed.

You can be one of millions of people calling to end poverty on October 16 and 17. Will you be standing up?

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