millennium development goals 2000-2015 do they matter? should they feature in schools?

Millennium Development Goals 2000-2015

•Do they matter?•Should they feature in schools?

UN Millennium Development Goals

Agreed by 189 countries in 2000 to be achieved by 2015!

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MDG 1

There are now fewer poor people in countries like China and India but how many people still live on less than $1 a day?

• A. 500 million• B. Two billion people • C. One billion people The world’s population is about 6.5 billion people

MDG 2 Target: by 2015 all children complete a full

course of primary schooling. In 2000 120 million primary age children were

not in school, by 2007 this number had fallen to:

• A. 100 million• B. 72 million• C. 54 million

MDG 3Target: Increase seats held by females in parliamentWhich country has a majority of women in parliament?

• A. Brazil • B. Mozambique• C. Rwanda • D. UK

MDG 4Target: reduce by two third the under-five mortality rate. In 1990 13 million children died before the age of 5

• In 2007 how many under 5s died? A. 9.7 millionB. 7.5 millionC. 4.8 million

MDG 5 Target: reduce by three quarters the number

of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth In 1990 just over half a million women died, in

2007 was it:• A. 500,000 • B. 300,000• C. 100,000

MDG 6Target: halt and start to reduce the incidence of Malaria which kills over 1 million people annually, 80% are under fives in sub-Saharan Africa. Use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets has increased from 30 million in 2004 to:

• A. 250 million• B. 95 million• C. 55 million

MDG 7Target: halve by 2015 the proportion of people without safe drinking water. Since 1990 1.6 billion people have gained access to safe drinking water. How many still do not have safe water?

• A. 1 billion• B. 2 billion• C. 500 million

MDG 8

Target 17 In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries. Last year the number of people living with HIV and receiving ARV treatment increased by:

• A. 1 million• B. 2 million• C. 3 million

3 human rights

2 values & perceptions

4 conflict resolution

1 sustainable

7 social justice

6 interdependence

5 diversity

8 global citizenship

development

Where do the MDGs best fit? Select 3

BHARAT NIRMAN

(1) Water supply

(2) HOUSING

(3) TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(4) ROADS

(5) ELECTRIFICATION

(6) IRRIGATION

MGNREGS

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