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Millennium Development Goals 2012. Brittney Crisp -Guyana Claire Russell -Cambodia. Cambodia: *Located under Laos and Thailand. *Population is over 14.8 million. *Main language is Khmer. *95% of the Population are practicing Theravada Buddhists. Our Countries. Guyana. Cambodia :
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Millennium Development Goals2012 Brittney Crisp -Guyana Claire Russell -Cambodia
Cambodia: *Located under Laos and Thailand. *Population is over 14.8 million. *Main language is Khmer. *95% of the Population are practicing Theravada Buddhists Our Countries Guyana
Cambodia: Poverty: 1993 47% 2011 26% Unemployment: Hunger: Goal 1: End Poverty and Hunger Guyana Guyana Poverty 18.6% • 28.7% Unemployment 10.7 % • 11.7 % Hunger 1% • 11.8%
Cambodia: New Schools are being built for secondary education closer to children The Institute of Technology of Cambodia was reopened. *Great focus on getting people skills they need. Goal 2: Universal Education Guyana: Guyana: Enrollment Net: 95% Survival Net: 90%
Goal 3: Gender Equality Guyana Cambodia: Primary and Seconday Education: Same Number of boys and girls attend University Level: Fewer girls than boys attend Parliament: 22% of seats are held by women Guyana Primary and Secondary Education: Equally Represented University Level: Twice as many Girls Enrolled Parliament: 12 20 (1/3 of seats)
Goal 4: Child Health Guyana: Guyana: Cambodia: Live Births: Per 1,000 live births there are 54 deaths Live Births 120 17
Goal 5: Maternal Health Cambodia: Per 1,000 live births there are 206 deaths Guyana: Guyana: 320 86
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS Guyana: Guyana: Cambodia: HIV/AIDS: • 0.6% HIV/AIDS 7.1% 1.1% Malaria 1541 5084 Tuberculosis 15.7 11.1
Goal 7: Environmental Sustainability Cambodia: Safe Water : 45% *also high focus on developing a petroleum Guyana: Guyana: Safe Water: 50% 91% Clean Homes: 96.9% 84% Facilities Improved. 82,000 House Lots
Goal 8: Global Partnership Cambodia: • All UNDP activities are done in close collaboration with the Government, other UN agencies and development partners. Partnerships with the European Union, Sweden, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada were instrumental for achieving results in2011. Guyana: Guyana: • Good relations with Cuba and the USA • Sustainable Debt • US $2.1 Billion • US $0.9 Billion • Debt Service payments as % of Gov revenue 59% to 3.8%
Goal 9: De-mining, UXO and victim assistance • Cambodia has a 9th goal! Land Mine Free Land: • 8.9 square kilo 3,329 rural families recived clear land Another 41,951 families benifited
What are we doing the best? Guyana: Schooling Gender Equality Child Health Environmental Sustainability Global Partnership Cambodia: Poverty Reduction GDP growth estimated 7.1% 45 projects founded to rebuild comunities REMOVE ALL MINES
References Guyana: Cambodia: • http://www.un.org.kh/undp/ • http://www.un.org.kh/undp/knowledge/publications/annual-report-2011eng • (Annual Report 2011_English PDF) www.guyana.org/MDG_Full_Report.pdf