The Millennium Development Goals

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The Millennium Development Goals
and what we can do
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In September of 2000
the United Nations and its member states
pledged to accomplish a set of 8 goals
to reduce human suffering across the globe
by 2015
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Some facts about Human Suffering in
2007
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More than 800 million people go to bed hungry
every day
Every 3.6 seconds another person dies of
starvation
Every year, 6 million children die from
malnutrition before their 5th birthday
Picture from worldrevolution.org
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More than a billion people lack access to clean
water and basic sanitation
5 million people - mostly children - die each
year from water-borne diseases
Photo from www.charityis.org
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Every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria
Photo from www.howstuffworks.com
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HIV/AIDS kills 6,000 people a day
while infecting 8,200 more
Photo from UNAIDS/ G Pirozzi www.unaids.org
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Deforestation, overgrazing, drought and poor
farming practices threaten to make the land
unlivable
Photo from www.greenpeace.org
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high trade barriers prevent exports from gaining
access to world markets
while local governments drown in unsustainable
debt
Photo from AFP/Getty Images/ Issouf Sanogo
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Civil war and political unrest displace millions
Photo from www.darfurcentre.ch
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Meanwhile
the way we generate electricity
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and the way we travel
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have implications far beyond our borders
Photo from NASA
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In 2007
famine, drought, disease and war
will combine to create unimaginable human
suffering
In all, more than 1.2 billion people are living
in extreme poverty
and it doesnt have to be that way
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The Millennium Development Goals
represent a plan for ending extreme poverty
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Feeding the hungry
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Clean water for all
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Healing the sick
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Improving maternal health
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Reducing child mortality
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School for every child
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Empowering women
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Global Partnerships
between Governments Businesses Churches Individua
ls
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So what should I do?
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DWYD 1
DO
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WHAT
THING MORE
YOU
DO
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You can give your money A little bit goes a long
way
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You can contact your elected representatives
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You can vote
Photo by James Wickham
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You can educate others
Photo Global Call to Action against Poverty
whiteband.org
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You can make smart choices about
what you buy
Photo by Darren131 via flourish.org/blog
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You can pray
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Truly, I tell you, as you did it for the least of
(my brothers) you did it for me. Matthew
2537-40
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DWYD 1 ONE
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Want to learn more?
For resources and information about What One
Person, Congregation and Diocese Can Do, go
to www.E4GR.org
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The Millennium Development Goals and what we
can do
was adapted from materials published by
Episcopalians For Global Reconciliation www.e4gr.
org Additional images courtesy of Microsoft
Office Media Content CD 2002 Created by Eric
Hopkins St. Georges Church York Harbor, ME
USA 2007