The 8 Millenium Goals

The 8 Milennium Goals

1.   When were they formed?

They were adopted by world leaders in 2000 and aim to be achieved by 2015.

2.  Why were they formed?They were formed to cut world poverty in half, therefore saving lives and giving people opportunities to benefit the global economy.

3.  List them + one target.

·         Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

·         Target 1: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on  less than one dollar a day.

·         Goal 2: Acheive universal primary education

·         Target 1: Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling.

·         Goal 3: promote gender equality and empower women

·         Target 1: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferablt by 2005, and at all levels by 2015.

·         Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

·         Target 1: Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five.

·         Goal 5: Improve maternity health

·         Target 1: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio.

·         Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

·         Target 1: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.

·         Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

·         Target 1: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and prgorammes; reverse loss of environmental resources.

·         Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

·         Target 1: develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system.

Homelessness

Homelessness

What issue does Dave discover?
He discovers homelessness and how many people it effects, and how hard it is to live and think positive through it.

How do people become homeless?
People can become homless due to things such as mental illness, domestic violence, loss of job, gambling and drugs.

What are their lives like?
Very hard, hopeless, trapped and its very hard for them to break out of the poverty cycle. They call themselves ‘Rough sleepers’ as they have to sleep on the street as they have no bed.

Who is helping these people?
Companies such as the Salvation Army and Mission Beat help the homeless. Mission Beat provides food for the homeless.

How does Dave experience ‘shed light’ or raise awareness of the issue?
By making the TV series he is spreading awareness of the issue of homelessness as many will watch the series. It is interesting and people would want to watch the series as it gives an idea to how homeless people live, not just as we see but when we don’t. We as a society care a little bit about homelessness but not a lot, which is part of the issue, so it is good for people to see how hard life really is for them, maybe it will make people care and want to help more.