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Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals. Introduction to MDG. Go to the following site http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/mdgs/index.asp and do the following activities Explain what the MDGs are (don’t just name them, explain them) comment on our progress so far in regards to MDG generally

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Millennium Development Goals

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  1. Millennium Development Goals

  2. Introduction to MDG • Go to the following site http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/mdgs/index.asp and do the following activities • Explain what the MDGs are (don’t just name them, explain them) • comment on our progress so far in regards to MDG generally • Are the MDGs connected? If so provide an example • Which countries – developed or developing – are further away from the goals that need to be achieved by 2015? What do they need to do? • How can developed countries help developing countries? • How can you make a difference?

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReRx12QUv54 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3p2VLTowAA&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npGOcqaJkXI

  4. Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Millennium Development Goals

  5. Purpose • To reduce the level of poverty within developing countries through the development of strategies to promote employment opportunities (particularly for women and young people) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QigX7t3Ym-I

  6. Reasons why it is important • Impact on morbidity and mortality. • Individual • Impacts on ability to buy food, health care, basic needs • National Level • Country doesn’t have economic resources to develop infrastructure, invest in education, health, political system, public institutions – failure to invest in these areas mean people are unable to improve their lives and escape the cycle of poverty

  7. Reasons why it is important • If people live on more than US$1 per day: • Purchase nutritious foods – therefore reducing hunger • Improving nutrition means improving health status  people can have greater opportunities to achieve their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests.

  8. Target • Halve the proportion of people whose income is less than US$1 per day • Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all – including women and young people • Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

  9. Why are these targets important to reach the MDG? • Halve the proportion of people whose income is less than US$1 per day • Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all – including women and young people • Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

  10. Progress so far • Read p. 311 and write 5 points as to what has occurred/ what is expected to happen. • http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ • http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/poverty.shtml

  11. Progress so far • Read p. 312 and write 5 points as to what has not occurred/ has been slow.

  12. Activity • Test your knowledge • 9 (eBookplus) • Apply your knowledge • 10, 12 and 14

  13. Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education Millennium Development Goals

  14. Purpose • Provide both boys and girls in developing countries with access to primary schooling to improve literacy and numeracy skills.

  15. Reasons why it is important • Education leads to…

  16. Reasons why it is important • Education leads to… • Greater employment opportunities • Increase in income • Better access to nutrition, shelter, health care • Being able to understand health-related information • Those who are educated are more likely to ensure their children are educated • Higher literacy rates correspond with economic growth!

  17. Target Target 1 . Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling Read p. 314 and state why this is a target

  18. Progress towards the MDG Read pages 314- 315 and write 3 points of what has been done and 3 points for area where progress has not occurred of has been slow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5KSCJFQNcs http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/education.shtml

  19. Important to note • Girls tend to drop out before boys from poorer households • Aid directed towards basic education has increased, but not near the estimated amount • This only includes primary, not secondary education

  20. Activity • Test your knowledge • 1 • Apply your knowledge • 3

  21. ICT • Go to the following site http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/mdgs/index.asp and do the following activities • Explain what the MDGs are (don’t just name them, explain them) • comment on our progress so far in regards to MDG generally • Are the MDGs connected? If so provide an example • Which countries – developed or developing – are further away from the goals that need to be achieved by 2015? What do they need to do? • How can developed countries help developing countries? • How can you make a difference? • MDG 1 – • Click on all the icons, read the information presented and write down – what needs to be done. • Comment on a project that has been done. –who did it, what was done, were they successful? • Click on “get involved now”  add your voice  read “my encounter with poverty”  create a reply to this letter with what has been done

  22. Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women Millennium Development Goals

  23. Purpose • Promote gender equality and empower women • Raise the SES of women in developing countries through ensuring females have access to education

  24. Reason why its important • Females are generally less likely than males to have access to education. • Why?

  25. Reason why its important • Females are generally less likely than males to have access to education • Why? • Factors such as – drought, food shortages, poverty, war, HIV/AIDS contribute to low school enrolment • lack of access to water - means that females are forced to spend significant proportions of their day fetching water • Sanitation also impacts school attendance – families are less likely to send their female children to school if separate and private toileting facilities are not provided for girls. • Income – families with limited income – male children are provided education opportunities before their female siblings

  26. Reason why its important • Females are generally less likely than males to have access to education. • Education – • enables access to higher paid jobs • less likely to impact negatively on their health • Women are traditionally the primary caregivers of families, therefore it is important for them to develop their knowledge regarding health-related behaviours, including reading and understanding health information

  27. Target • Target 1 – eliminate gender disparity in all levels of education • ACTIVITY • Read p. 316 and state why this is a target

  28. Progress towards the goal • The enrolment of girls in primary education increased more than the rate of boys in ALL developing regions between 2000-2006 • Developing regions are progressing towards achieving gender parity in education enrolment. • The number of women in parliament is continually increasing slowly • Still more to do… • we need to achieve gender parity in primary and secondary education in many developing countries • Poverty puts girls at a disadvantage for education • Women tend to be paid less than men and have less secure employment than men • Although women in parliament has increased it is far short of the MDG

  29. Activity • Answer the following questions • How might the status of women differ in developed countries compared to developing countries? How could this affect health and human development • Discuss why a focus on women can greatly improve the health status and development experienced in a country?

  30. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/gender.shtml • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnEaiokuGs8

  31. Goal 4 Reduce Child Mortality Millennium Development Goals

  32. Purpose • Reduce the number of deaths of children under the age of 5 (U5MR)

  33. Reasons why it is important • Children in developing countries have a higher risk of dying within the first 5 years of life than children in developed countries • many deaths are can be prevented or vaccinated against – malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, measles and pneumonia, maternal/neonatal care.

  34. Target • Target 1 – reduce by 2/3 the U5MR • Why - Children who pass their 5th birthday have a greater chance of surviving during their adulthood when compared with children under 5

  35. Progress towards the goal • What progress has been made so far? • Which areas can be improved? • http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/childhealth.shtml • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6JvlzTMK5E

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