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MILLENNIUM
MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT GOAL
GOAL #1
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Eradicate
Extreme Poverty
and Hunger
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IN THIS ISSUE -
POVERTY
Millennium Development Goal # 1 :
Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
What is Extreme Poverty and Hunger and Why is it Fundamental
to Eradicate it?
Extreme poverty is officially defined as living on less than a dollar (US) a day. Because a dollar a day is not
enough to live on no matter where you live, it means people living in extreme poverty are hungry and can get
sick easily. Ending extreme poverty and hunger is really important and is the base for achieving all the
other millennium development goals. Treating girls fairly, helping kids go to school, fighting HIV AIDS and
protecting the environment can all help to reduce poverty and likewise, reducing poverty can help to meet
these other goals.
Poverty and hunger go together. Getting enough to eat and being healthy lets you work, go to school, and feed
and support your family. This goal aims to get rid of the cycle of poverty and hunger by cutting in half the
proportion of people living in hunger and the the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day by 2015.
Quick Poverty facts
• •More than 800 million people go
to bed hungry each day.
• •Every 3.6 seconds a person dies
from starvation
• 1 in 6 people live on less than a
dollar U.S .a day
• •Seven out of every ten people
in the world’s poorest countries
are employed in agriculture
• •The poverty rate for First
Nations children in Canada is at • •Over 2.5 billion people depend on
least double the national average
agriculture for their livelihood
• •The three richest people in the
world control more wealth than
600 million people living in the
world’s poorest countries
• •The world produces enough food
to feed everyone. The problem is
in the distribution of food and
resources needed to access it
Sources: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/sep/07/millennium.internationalaidanddevelopment10
www.endpoverty2015.org/
www.who.int/mdg/goals/goal1/poverty_and_health/en/index.html
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Ways to make a difference
in your community:
Raise awareness in your school: Hungry4Change
is just one great way to learn about food issues
and poverty in the world. Oxfam offers organizing
toolkits, fact sheets, and plenty of ideas on how
to hold a hungry4change banquet or fast in your
school or community to raise awareness about the
link between poverty and hunger and world trade.
Visit www.oxfam.ca
Take Action:
• •Sign on to the Make Poverty History campaign
at www.makepoverthistory.ca
• •Even if you’re too young to vote, email your
politician to let them know you care about
poverty at home and abroad and let them know
they should too
• •Wear a white band to support the campaign
and spread the word
Fundraise:
Organizing a small or large-scale fundraiser in
your school or community (even if it is just
convincing your friends and/or siblings to donate
their allowance to a project) can go a long way!
Here are some ideas of projects for which other
student groups have fundraised:
• •Buy livestock for families in low income
communities through organizations like Heifer
International’s Passing on the Gift Campaign or
Oxfam Unwrapped.
• •Sponsor a child through Foster Parents Plan’s
Plan International
• •Look into local anti-poverty initiatives that
you would like to whom you would like to
contribute money
Some Organizations and campaigns that work
to end extreme poverty and hunger:
Canadian Hunger Foundation-Partners in Development (CHF):
CHF is a non-profit Canadian organization whose mission it is
to address the persistent cycle of rural poverty. They have
over 800 projects in over 40 countries around the world. They
are committed to a world where people can help themselves
through access to land, water, technology, and energy to
improve their lives.
Make Poverty History Canada: Make Poverty History is a
global campaign that aims to end poverty in the world by
engaging people to get involved, take action, and add their voice
to the millions of people in the world making a difference. The
Canadian campaign has three aims that are at the heart of
poverty and hunger: more and better aid, trade justice, debt
cancellation, and an end to child poverty in Canada.
Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation
(SCIC): SCIC is an umbrella organization for groups working on
international development issues in Saskatchewan. We
educate others on the Millennium Development Goals and other
international issues through our youth program and other public
engagement initiatives. We also contribute to poverty
eradication through our funding programs which support our
member agencies who do great international development work
overseas and here in Canada! Please visit our website to find
out more about us and about our many members and partners
who are working on poverty eradication: www.earthbeat.sk.ca
local Food Banks: Food banks offer not only food but also
self-help programs. They may not be long-term solutions but
are essential for helping people right now to get a good meal
while the big issues that cause poverty are being resolved.
Contact them to find out how to donate food or volunteer!
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The millennium development goals
At the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, 189 Governments
signed the Millennium Declaration on behalf of the countries they
represented. Eight millennium development goals were adopted,
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committing rich and poor countries to work together in a global
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partnership to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, ensure that all
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Comic Storyline:
Allan Dotson
This comic is part of an
boys and girls complete primary school, promote gender equality, improve
the health of mothers and children, reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and
other diseases, and protect the environment—all by 2015.
ongoing project of SCIC
Youth. Comics will be
produced for each of
the UN Millennium
Development Goals.
Please watch for future
issues with new characters
in the coming months!
Please contact us for
more information or
to order copies:
SCIC
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Regina, SK.
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1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
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UN Targets for MDG #1 :
Erdicate poverty and extreme hunger:
• R educe by half the proportion of people living on less than a
dollar a day.
• R educe by half the proportion of people who suffer from
hunger.