CONVOCATION:
The
Millennium Declaration in 2000 was a milestone in international cooperation,
inspiring development efforts that have improved the lives of hundreds of
millions of people around the world. Ten years later, world leaders gathered
again at the United Nations in New York to review progress, assess obstacles
and gaps, and agreed on concrete strategies and actions to meet the eight
Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
The
Goals represent human needs and basic rights that every individual around the
world should be able to enjoy—freedom from extreme poverty and hunger; quality
education, productive and decent employment, good health and shelter; the right
of women to give birth without risking their lives; and a world where
environmental sustainability is a priority, and women and men live in equality.
Leaders also pledged to forge a wide-ranging global partnership for development
to achieve these universal objectives.
EIGHT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT
GOALS
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Millennium Goal 1
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Eradication of extreme
Poverty & Hunger
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Millennium
Goal 2
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Achieve
Universal Primary Education
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Millennium
Goal 3
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Promote Gender Equality
& Empower Women
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Millennium
Goal 4
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Reduce Child Mortality.
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Millennium
Goal 5
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Improved Maternal Health.
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Millennium
Goal 6
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Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria
& other diseases.
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Millennium
Goal 7
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Ensure Environmental
Sustainability
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Millennium
Goal 8
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Develop a Global
Partnership on development.
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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, FACTS &
SCOUTING SUPPORT:
MDG 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER
The Goal is to half the number of people
living on less than $1 per day.
ü Deterioration of the
World Labor Market, triggered by the World Economic crisis has resulted in a
decline in employments.
ü Since the World Economic crisis, more workers
find themselves and their families living in extreme poverty.
ü Agricultural
Organization of the United Nations estimated that the number of people that
were undernourished in 2008 and 2009 respectively exceeded 1 Billion.
ü Progress to end
hunger has been stymied in most regions.
ü Despite all progress
to end hunger, One out of Four children in developing Countries are still
underweight.
ü Over 42 Million
people have been uprooted by Conflicts or Persecutions
Supports:
1. Scouts embarking on
“Food for live” through Campaign Programs,
2. Scouting Involvements
in Agriculture- 42 Million Scouts & Leaders Personal Cultivations, and
Partnering with International bodies for Mechanized Farming and Poverty
Eradication Programs.
3. Providing Funds for
SMEs.
4. Develop Household by
Household Food Cultivation initiatives Programs.
MDG 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION:
Ensure by 2015,
children everywhere, boys and girls alike will be able to complete a full
Course of Primary Schooling (Basic Primary Education)
Supports:
1. Scouting should get involved
in campaigns within the Communities to encourage Children enrolment at Schools,
and Campaign should be to promote getting more Teachers Involvement in the
Basic Education Program.
2. Scouting should
embark on creating awareness on the need to be Educated amongst the less
privileged Children within the Society.
3. Organization should
partner with International Sponsor Organization that could invest in Basic
Primary Education without necessarily looking for Financial Returns.
MDG 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY & EMPOWER
WOMEN
Goal is to eliminate gender disparity in
primary and secondary education preferably in2015 and in all levels of
Education not later than 2015.
ü Poverty is a major
barrier to education especially amongst the older girls.
ü Support Campaign
against Women Trafficking in Africa
ü Globally the share of
Women in paid employment outside Agriculture in minimal.
ü Women are largely
relegated to more Vulnerable forms of employments.
ü Women are slowly
rising to Political Power, but mainly when boosted by quotas and other special
measures.
Supports:
1. Scouts Associations
in Africa are expected to increase the NSO Management Staff Strengths to ratio
1:1 Man/Woman, Boy/Girl.
2. Partner with
International bodies to organize Women Empower Programs within each Affiliate.
3. Work Gender Issues
like we currently work Messenger of Peace Initiatives Worldwide.
4. Provide Educational
Support to Women on the need to discover their Potentials as equal Leaders of
tomorrow.
MDG 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
The Goal looks at two-third between 1990 –
2015, the under Five Mortality rate.
ü Child death is on the
increase at least 5 in every 1000 Births
Supports:
1. Scouting should
provide support towards Campaigning against Children Killer Diseases – Pneumonia,
Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Whopping Cough, Measles, Yellow Fever, and
Polio.
2. Encourage/Campaign in
support of Appropriate Breasts Feeding for Children to build Anti-bodies in
Children
MDG 5: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
This Goal is to reduce Maternal Mortality
rate by two-third.
ü Achieving good
Maternal health requires quality reproductive health Sources.
ü Only One-third of
Rural Women in developing regions receive the recommended care during
pregnancies
ü Progress is stalled
in reducing the number of teenage pregnancies putting young mothers at risk.
ü Inadequate funding
for Family Planning is a major failure in fulfilling the commitment to improve
women’s’ reproductive health.
Supports:
1. Work with World
Health Organization on Campaign towards the Prevention of Diseases like Sickle
Cell Anemia, Cervical and or Breast Cancer.
2.
Encourage Pregnant Women to attend Antenatal
and Postnatal after Children births,
3.
Raising Campaign against Complications that
could result from Pregnancy and Child births.
4.
Provide
support towards Campaigns against Female Mutilations, Teenage pregnancies and
work with Government to invest more in Family Planning. NB: As at 1st of November 2011, The World Population was
put at 7 Billion. We need Global concerted Actions in resolving this population
explosions.
MDG 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS,
MALARIA & OTHER DISEASES
The Goal is to have HIV/AIDS
halted in 2015 and begin to reverse the spread.
ü The
spread of HIV/AIDS appeared to have stabilized in most regions, and more people
are surviving longer.
ü Many
young people still lack the knowledge to protect themselves against HIV.
ü Understanding
how to prevent transmission of HIV is the first step to avoiding infection.
ü Empower
Women through AIDS education is indeed possible, as the number of Countries
have embraced this line.
ü The
rate of HIV Infected Countries has
increase above the available treatment.
ü Expanded
treatments for HIV-positive woman also safeguard her unborn or newly born
babies.
ü Production of Insecticide treated Mosquito
Nets, would help reduce Malaria.
ü Poverty
continues to limit the use of Insecticides treated Mosquito Nets.
ü There
should be Global purchase of Anti-Malaria Drugs.
ü Children
from poorer homes are least likely to receive treatments on Malaria.
ü Tuberculosis
remains the second leading killer disease after HIV/AIDS.
Supports:
1.
Work with Red Cross & Red Crescents on
the Campaign against HIV/AIDS, Malaria & Other Diseases.
2.
Support Government of different African
Countries on the Campaigns of ABCD of Malaria:
A = Awareness of the
Risk. B = Prevent Mosquito Bite,
C = take appropriate Chemoprophylaxis
if required, D = early Diagnosis
can be lifesaving.
3.
Solicit Support from International bodies on
the provision of Drugs for the Prevention/Treatments of STDs, HIV/AIDS, Malaria
and other diseases.
MDG 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
The Goal is to integrate the
Principles of Sustainable development into Countries policy and programs and
reverse the loss of Environment.
Target will be to reduce bio-diversity
loss significantly.
ü The
rate of deforestation in Sub-Sahara Africa is alarmingly high.
ü A
decisive response to Climate Change is urgently required.
ü The
World has missed the 2010 target for bio-diversity, conservation with
potentially grave consequence.
ü The
number of species facing extraditions is growing by the day, especially in
Developing Countries.
ü The
proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water
is on the increase.
ü Disparity
in Urban & Rural Sanitation coverage remains daunting.
ü Slower
Environmental developments occur in Sub-Sahara Africa due to wars and
conflicts.
Supports:
1.
Organize Environments for Peace Programs like
Tree Planting, Drainages Constructions, and Provision of Water Sources for
Fresh Water use.
2.
Organize Campaigns against Environmental
Pollutions & Ozone Layers depletions.
3.
Embark more on Scout of the World Programs
that will improve Environmental development.
4.
Support Weekly/Monthly Cleaning of our
Environments so as to prevent diseases.
5.
Work with International donor bodies on the
provision of additional Safe drinking water sources.
MDG 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT.
The Goal is to address the
need of the least developed Countries landlocked Countries, and small Island
developing States.
ü Only
Five Donor Countries have reached the United target for official Aid.
ü Aids
continue to rise despite the financial crises, but Africa is short-changed.
ü In
conjunction with the Private Sector, the benefit of Information and Communication
continue to be felt.
Supports:
1.
Scouting partnering with NEPERD, United Nations, and Other Non-Governmental bodies
on Developmental Programs.
2.
Work with the Federal Government of African
Countries on developmental Programs that can improve Sustainable Growth and
Development.
3. Scouting
should Network with other Non-Governmental Organization to set developmental
Goal for Peace, and Sustainable development
Progress
towards the eight Millennium Development Goals is measured through 21 targets
and 60 official indicators. This write up represents the goals and how we could
be involved as members of World Organization of Scout Movement.
Most of
the MDG targets have a deadline of 2015, and 1990 is the baseline against which
progress is gauged. When relevant and available, data for 2000 are also
presented, to describe changes since the Millennium Declaration was
signed.
Many thanks for listening and Good Hunting
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