Millennium Development Goals

 

We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected.

 

 

(Millennium Declaration Goals)



The Millennium Development Goals represent a global action plan to halve world poverty by 2015. These goals were agreed upon at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 by 189 United Nations member states, including Australia.


Millennium Development Goal
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. Global partnerships for development






Resources 



Millennium Development Goals Poster - Download (pdf 1020KB)

A colour poster listing the Millennium Development Goals

Poverty Quiz - Download (pps 3988KB)

A poverty quiz

The Millennium Development Goals - Download (ppt 1484KB)

A powerpoint on the Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goal school case study - Download (pdf 214KB)

A case study on how a WA school integrated the Millennium Development Goals into their learning.

Millennium Development Goals Actions - Download (pdf 227KB)

Be more human. Ideas for taking action

Millennium Development Goals Background - Download (pdf 275KB)

A background on the millennium development goals and what Caritas is doing to help ensure they are achieved.

 
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