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The Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals. “The alleviation of material suffering in the world and the spiritual renewal of the church go hand in hand.” - The Rev. Dr. Sabina Alkire. This is our world. This is our world. If the world were 10 people…. 5 would be men. 5 would be women.

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The Millennium Development Goals

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  1. The Millennium Development Goals “The alleviation of material suffering in the world and the spiritual renewal of the church go hand in hand.” - The Rev. Dr. Sabina Alkire

  2. This is our world

  3. This is our world

  4. If the world were 10 people… 5 would be men. 5 would be women. 2 would be white. 8 would be non-white. 2 would have a good home to live in. 8 would not. 3 would be able to read. 7 would not. 7 would have safe water to drink. 3 would have no water or water that made them sick 5 would be malnourished. 5 would get enough to eat each day. 7 would have electricity. 3 would not. But of the 7 that did, most would use it only for light at night. 1 would have internet access. 9 would not 6 would have improved sanitation (toilets, trash services), 4 would not 2 would control 86 percent of the world’s wealth. 6 would live on less than $2 a day

  5. What Are The MDGs? -Eight goals -Each goal has measurable targets -Agreed to by 189 countries at the Millennium Summit in 2000 -A plan to address the deepest material brokenness in the world today.

  6. A snapshot of the world in 2008 More than 1 billion people are living on less than US$1 a day A child under 5 dies every three seconds of preventable, treatable causes – nearly 30,000 a day.

  7. A snapshot of the world in 2008 500,000 women a year die from complications from childbirth and pregnancy (1 in 16 in sub-Saharan Africa) 115 million school-aged children aren’t able to be in school.

  8. A snapshot of the world in 2008 In the world as a whole, women comprise 51 percent of the population, do 66 percent of the work, receive 10 percent of the income and own less than one percent of the property

  9. The MDGs – Goal 1 • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger • Target 1. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day • Target 2. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger Millennium Development Goals

  10. The MDGs – Goal 2 • Achieve universal primary education • Target 3. Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling Millennium Development Goals

  11. The MDGs – Goal 3 • Promote gender equality and empower women • Target 4. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 Millennium Development Goals

  12. The MDGs – Goal 4 • Reduce child mortality • Target 5. Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate Millennium Development Goals

  13. The MDGs – Goal 5 • Improve maternal health • Target 6. Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio Millennium Development Goals

  14. The MDGs – Goal 6 • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases • Target 7. Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS • Target 8. Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases Millennium Development Goals

  15. The MDGs – Goal 7 • Ensure environmental sustainability • Target 9. Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources • Target 10. Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation • Target 11. Have achieved by 2020 a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers Millennium Development Goals

  16. The MDGs – Goal 8 • Develop a global partnership for sustainable development • Target 12. Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and financial system • Target 13. Address the special needs of the Least Developed Countries • Target 14. Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing • Target 15. Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries. • Target 16. In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth • Target 17. In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries • Target 18. In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies. Millennium Development Goals

  17. Why should we care about the MDGs? Because Christians have always cared about the MDGs … even before there were the MDGs.

  18. Why should we care about the MDGs? Because the world is on fire, and it’s all of our problem.

  19. Why should we care about the MDGs? Because in the MDGs, Christ is drawing us together. Because the MDGs are about global reconciliation.

  20. Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation Episcopalians connecting & collaborating to follow Christ, end poverty, and heal a broken world. www.E4GR.org

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