In September of 2000, 189 representatives from the United Nations met to discuss important issues. These leaders collectively decided that human development was the key. They decided that by 2015 these goals would be achieved, not just for developing countries, but also for all countries that help the United Nations. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) consisted of eight milestones to ensure the growth and development of these developing nations .
The first goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. The target by 2015 is to reduce the people living on less than half a dollar a day and reduce the people affected from hunger. In order to due this UNCEIF responded by building national capacities for primary health care, supporting good nutrition, cleaning the water, and raising awareness for a child’s wellbeing . Goal number two is to achieve primary education. The developing countries are trying to ensure that every child, both boys and girls, will have a full primary education. Millions of children are unable to read and write, which are life skills needed throughout a child’s existence. Goal three is to promote gender equality and empower woman. They wanted to eliminate the gender inequality in primary and secondary education by 2005, and by 2015 eliminate it in all levels. The fourth goal is to reduce child mortality. When a child is born into a poor environment, they have a less likely chance for survival. The fifth goal is to improve maternal health. Nearly fifty million babies are born without skilled care. In this goal by 2015 they want to reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio. Goal number six is eliminate and control the spread of malaria and HIV/AIDS and other diseases. By 2015 ...
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...dents were enrolled in school. When the textbooks were supposed to arrive, unfortunately they did not. As the school year progresses most of the students receive poor grades. They are not prepared for the test that they are given and do not have anything to study from. Some students are fortunate to be able to buy textbooks off the market; therefore they are not doing as terrible as the rest of the class. But for most students they have nothing. There families are already loosing a lot without them around, and for them not to be receiving the best education is a waste of time. At the end of the year the textbooks that were supposed to arrive months ago finally showed up. By this time the students don’t need the textbooks because they are failing and it’s too late. Next year the class drops to 20 students, and each year the numbers get less and less. If the
The United States Agency of International Development (USAID) has published five strategic goals. Under these goals the USAID has formulated a total of thirteen objectives to give the strategy a more specific direction. In these
United Nations Development Programme. Poverty Reduction and UNDP. New York: United Nations Development Programme, Jan. 2013. PDF.
Many issues and problems emerge in organizations that require action by leadership in order to maximize productivity. Because numerous decisions are made on any given day in an attempt for a school or organization to operate as smoothly as possible, constant effort and energy is required to monitor an organization’s culture. A problematic situation in my current organization that is rooted in employee motivation and attitudes is the lack of satisfaction communicated by group members. A year ago, the organization participated in a culture assessment that was conducted by the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA). This audit was ordered by our executive director because of the displeasure and dissatisfaction employees were communicating and displaying while at work. The
The non-charitable organisations objective embedded within its mission statement is to work with all its partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and the realisation of the vision of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. UNICEF was created with the purpose of working with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path, thus advancing the cause of humanity.
Nearly 50,000 people, including 30,000 children, die each day due to poverty-related problems and preventable disease in underdeveloped Countries. That doesn’t include the other millions of people who are infected with AIDS and other incurable diseases. Especially those living in Sub-Saharan Africa (70%), or “the Third-World,” and while we fight to finish our homework, children in Africa fight to survive without food, or clean water. During the next few paragraphs I will give proof that poverty and disease are the two greatest challenges facing under developed countries.
In 2001 the U.S experienced the worst terrorist attack in U.S history. In the Aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack President George W. Bush declared war on Terrorism and on the the terrorist group al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. The war was then passed over to Barack Obama after George W. Bush’s term. Now as president Barack Obama’s plan was end the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan and remove as many soldiers from Afghanistan before he ends his term in 2016. Even though Obama has done a good job at ending the war he still hasn't met his goals.
Motivation is defined as the process that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviours. Motivation is what causes us to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge. Goal Setting is where we set specific targets aims that we wish to achieve, they need to be S.M.A.R.T or else they become dreams rather than believable goals. .
The terms primary, secondary and tertiary relate to different sectors of the economy. Wikipedia describes the primary sector of the economy as the sector of an economy making direct use of natural resources. This includes agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining.
Out of everything that we 've learned this quarter, goal setting was something that stood out to me. There are a few times where I set a goal in my head but end up never achieving them, wether it was something very simple or more of a long term goal. A technique that stood out to me in our notes is, writing down your goals. I don 't I 've ever written down a single goal that I 've had. In class and in our notes we talked about how it is important to write down your goals and how you cannot just write the general idea of your goal, but how you need to be very specific in what it is you want to achieve. I think that in college it 's very important to set long, mid, and short term goals because somedays will be harder than others and you need
United Nations. United Nations Development Programme. Human Development Report. New York:United Nations Development Programme, 2013. Print.
“To achieve this goal, we focus on two areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact: literacy and gender equality in education. We work in collaboration with communities and local governments across Asia and Africa to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the life skills they’ll need to succeed in school and beyond” (Room to Read).
In the year 2000 the United Nations set out a goal to stop hunger poverty and unfair living to people of the world not just the United States. This idea was called the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Upon taking on a task such as this the UN wanted to break down goals in sections of eight to better categorize them to use every resource they had to make this plan possible. Not every catgeroy had the same plan put in place and for that exact reason these goals where not something to be done over night, hence how the name of the idea started with millennium. The UN has also been known for their work to gather its members and countries as one to work to accomplish its goals of maintaining peace and security, they wanted to protect human rights by providing humanitarian assistance, and assisting economic and social development throught the world. This gives us a better idea of what MDG project is for and how it was created.
This conference triggered the creation of a new resolution titled, “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. This resolution incorporated “far-reaching” goals concerning poverty, cooperation, and protection issues, intending for these goals to be resolved by 2030. As asserted in A/RES/70/1, the United Nations seeks “to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom” by primarily creating partnership between countries. Following this, Agenda 21, a finalized plan of action, was created by a conference run by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and adopted by 178 governments. The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in the following conference to assure that the goals addressed in Agenda 21 were properly executed. This agenda was a commitment to maintain diverse aspects of sustainability such as combating climate change, improving sanitation, and helping human settlements. A/RES/70/210 recalls that the United Nations “acknowledges the importance of making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and
Some of the goals are doing well, such as primary schooling. However the “reducing hunger by half” goal is not. The chart shows that two regions of the world, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, have high hunger with only fair progress. The rest of the regions they included have moderate hunger with very little progress. This proves that the methods used to accomplish the MDGs were ineffective and insufficient (in text citation- progress chart). The fact that the Sustainable Development Goal pertaining to hunger includes food security, nutrition, and agriculture is an achievement in itself because “it acknowledges the crucial role played by food-based approaches to nutrition” (in text citation- Goal 2). Improvements in agriculture can ultimately lead to ending hunger because people will have access to more nutritious foods and farmers will be able to produce more food. The UN said the purpose of the Millennium Development Goals was “to shape a broad vision to fight poverty and combat numerous issues hampering development progress” (in text citation- chart). This claim is contradicting because the only goal regarding hunger was to reduce it by half. Perhaps one of the reasons this goal wasn’t fully accomplished was because the UN didn’t incorporate other components such as nutrition and agriculture into the Millennium
When planning for our future it is important to have clear goals in mind and to understand the steps that need to be taken to achieve those goals. My long-term goal is to run my own counseling center and employee at least one other person. Some Skills I already possess that will allow me to succeed with this plan are my ability to relate to people and be consistent in following the steps needed, even though it will be a long and tedious process.