Save the Children uses campaigning to bring about change and address injustices facing children. Campaigning involves using one's voice and collective action to influence key decision makers. It has helped Save the Children achieve successes like securing $4.3 billion in funding for GAVI to provide vaccines to 250 million children. Current campaigns focus on reducing hunger and malnutrition, as 260 children still die daily from preventable causes. The document provides examples of campaign tactics individuals can take like signing petitions, raising awareness on social media, writing to local representatives, and participating in events. It encourages collaborative local campaigning to protect international aid budgets from increasing skepticism.
The document discusses the Junk Kills campaign, which uses shocking imagery to encourage healthy eating habits among kids and teens. It aims to combat the large number of food advertisements seen by children daily. The campaign has received recognition and funding to expand its efforts to the University of Delaware campus, where it will incorporate student models and photographs across campus displays and social media to inspire healthier choices. The long term goal is to eventually have a national impact through continued strengthening of the campaign each year.
UNICEF Netherlands - June 2011 - The use of mobile for the malnutrition campaign@UNICEFDigital
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This document summarizes UNICEF Netherlands' mobile campaign to address malnutrition. The campaign aimed to raise awareness of malnutrition among a large, younger audience and motivate them to donate by text message. UNICEF partnered with major TV and radio stations who promoted the campaign and call to action. Over 260,000 text messages were received, generating 193,000 new leads. The campaign successfully increased awareness of malnutrition and engaged over 200,000 people to take action through a simple mobile donation. Combining free publicity through celebrities and paid media placements reached a wide audience and motivated text donations.
Putting Children First: Session 1.2 Jane Mariara - Who and where are the poor...The Impact Initiative
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The document summarizes key information about child poverty globally. It finds that while the share of the global child population is declining, the absolute number of children in poverty is increasing, particularly in Africa. Over half of the world's extremely poor children live in Africa, where nearly half of all children experience extreme poverty. While global child poverty is projected to decrease by 2030, it will likely persist in Africa. Measures of child multidimensional deprivation show the highest rates in Africa as well. Identifying and targeting assistance to poor children is challenging due to mismatches between monetary and multidimensional definitions of poverty, as well as potential intra-household inequalities.
Overpopulation And Hunger In The Developing Worldleiaj
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While rapid population growth is an issue in many developing countries, hunger is not directly caused by overpopulation alone. Hunger is more closely tied to lack of economic opportunity and security that deprive people, especially women, of basic needs. Countries with large populations can still ensure people are well-nourished if there is equitable distribution of resources like land, jobs, healthcare and education. To alleviate hunger in Africa, countries need family planning programs combined with policies that support education, rural development, and increasing agricultural productivity. Addressing overpopulation requires recognizing basic human rights as well as promoting greater social justice and fairness.
Unicef corporate communication analysisQianchang Wei
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UNICEF utilizes a variety of communication channels including broadcast media, print media, online channels, and traditional channels to communicate with its various stakeholders. Broadcast media like radio and TV have a wide reach but reduced smartphone usage reduced engagement. Print materials in local languages had success in Kyrgyzstan. Online channels like social media and websites are effective but not universal. Traditional channels engage communities but have limited short-term impact. UNICEF strives to use an integrated approach and continually evaluate and improve its communication performance.
Literacy Bridge aims to improve health and income in impoverished rural areas by providing easy access to locally relevant knowledge through "Talking Books", a low-cost audio device. Their solution allows local experts to record information on health, agriculture, and other topics that people can access on demand. In pilots, farmers using Talking Books increased crop yields and income. With $500,000 in funding, Literacy Bridge plans to expand their impact to millions of people by decreasing costs and growing sales of Talking Books.
Overpopulation and hunger in the developing worldemorford
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Overpopulation is a major global issue, with 6.9 billion people on Earth and 1/6th of the world's population malnourished daily. Potential solutions discussed include giving food aid, controlling population growth through policies like China's one-child policy, and increasing education to lower birth rates. However, each option faces challenges - food aid does not always reach those in need, population control policies raise ethical concerns, and increased education alone may not sufficiently reduce birth rates in developing nations. The document considers whether overpopulation could fix itself as countries develop.
The document discusses improving maternal health globally. It notes that nearly 830 women die every day due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth, most of which could be prevented by improving access to emergency obstetric care and prenatal care. Specifically, it recommends increasing access to trained healthcare professionals for childbirth and ensuring women receive the recommended 4 prenatal checkups. The document also advocates donating to organizations working to build maternal health clinics in developing countries to improve outcomes for mothers and infants worldwide.
There is a need for improved access to feminine hygiene products and menstrual health education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Many girls miss school or drop out due to lack of access to sanitary pads and clean water and sanitation facilities. This perpetuates gender inequalities. Solutions must be tailored to local contexts and needs but should aim to provide sustainable options, education, privacy, and means for women to access necessary products through their own entrepreneurship. Various organizations are working on addressing these issues through approaches like reusable pads and empowering women.
The document discusses promoting and protecting children's rights. It highlights that while the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by most countries, millions of children still suffer from issues like hunger, violence, lack of access to education. It outlines the World Future Council's work in this area, including establishing a Future Policy Award to recognize the best laws and policies protecting children's rights and ensuring children's voices are heard. It also discusses their efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition, including transferring successful policies from Belo Horizonte, Brazil to areas like Namibia.
The United Nations was founded in 1945 to replace the ineffective League of Nations and focus on global peace and security. The UN works to keep peace, provide humanitarian aid during emergencies, fight poverty through development projects, protect the environment, and improve health and education. UNICEF was founded a year after the UN to focus on women's and children's well-being. UNICEF aims to achieve universal primary education and reduce child mortality, maternal mortality, and the spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria.
Globalization refers to the increasing internationalization of markets, communication, and culture due to advances in transportation and communication technology. It involves the integration of economies and societies across international borders and includes growing economic interdependence and cultural exchange. Mass media, the internet, and economic interdependence have contributed to globalization by allowing for increased communication and shared cultural experiences across the world. While globalization has increased understanding between groups and promoted world peace, it also risks dilution of local cultures and suppression of less powerful traditions by dominant forces. Education aims to teach people how to embrace globalization's benefits while avoiding such negative effects.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Their goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With over 194 member states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. They believe that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.
This document discusses global poverty statistics from multiple countries. It notes that in 2010, 15.1% of Americans lived in poverty, which was the highest rate since 1993. It also discusses that over 1 billion people live on less than $1 per day, and 80% of humanity lives on less than $2 per day. Poverty leads to millions of child deaths each year from diseases that could otherwise be prevented. Poverty remains a barrier to education and full human potential for many children worldwide.
The document discusses three initiatives that make it easy for people to help the environment: 1) The Citizen Sparrow Initiative run by BNHS which collects data on sparrow populations through public contributions. 2) Rural innovations in India that should be publicized and supported to reach their full potential. 3) Eco-friendly startups, especially those selling sustainable products or focusing on reducing waste, that are gaining success through online retail platforms. The document advocates making pro-environmental options economically viable and convenient in order to encourage more widespread participation in environmental protection.
The document discusses how social media can help non-profits achieve advocacy goals like increasing knowledge, building support, and taking action. It outlines strategies for social media use, including drawing traffic to content, controlling messaging, reaching new audiences and policymakers, creating advocacy campaigns with hashtags, and engaging allies to open opportunities for policy change.
Social media provides opportunities for communication, consultation, and delivery of services in a cost-effective and instantaneous manner. Young people in particular spend most of their waking hours engaged with electronic devices like smartphones and computers, averaging over 7 hours per day on them not including time spent texting. As peers have become more influential than experts, social media has accelerated peer-to-peer decision making through sharing of photos, links, interests and advocacy around causes and beliefs on popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
The document discusses child mortality rates globally. It states that about 6.6 million children under 5 died in 2012, with 70% of deaths caused by diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and pneumonia. Most child deaths occur in developing countries, where 1 in 10 children die before age 5 compared to 1 in 143 in high-income countries. The UN's goal is to reduce child mortality by over 2/3 by focusing on families in developing countries where high birth rates can offset population losses from child deaths. While progress has been made to reduce the number of child deaths from 12.4 million in 1990 to 6.6 million in 2012, further reductions are still needed to reach the target of 4.1 million deaths by 2015
This document summarizes resources from Oxfam and the Geographical Association on teaching about the global food crisis as a controversial issue. It provides context on the importance of learning about global issues according to young people. It then outlines strategies for teaching about the food crisis, including using empathy, deconstructing complex issues, and linking learning to responsible action. Teaching resources from Oxfam on the food crisis and food security are described. The document advocates for teaching controversial issues as an ongoing process that leads to real learning and action.
This document discusses poverty and organizations that aid in poverty relief. It defines poverty as lacking basic needs like food, water, shelter and health. Some key statistics are that over 50% of the world lives on less than $2.50 a day, and 1 billion people are undernourished. Major organizations that help address poverty include the Grameen Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, IMF, and UNICEF.
This document discusses how media is now overlapping and consumed simultaneously. It notes that teens who spend more than two hours daily on social media report poorer mental health. Research at Stanford University found that people can be classified as high, low, or moderate media multitaskers. The document also looks at time spent on different media like TV and the internet by 18-24 year olds, and discusses how media is consumed in social situations like parties, public transit, and universities. It provides statistics on active users of sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Over 22,000 children die daily from poverty-related causes, and 80% of people live on less than $10 per day. Nearly 1 billion adults cannot read or write, and in 2005 over 70 million children in developing countries were not in school. Military spending is $780 billion annually compared to only $13 billion spent on basic health and nutrition. Poverty affects over 1.6 billion people without electricity and half the world's population faces water problems. Poverty is a global issue, not confined to specific regions, and is often due to circumstances outside of people's control. Individuals are encouraged to support organizations addressing poverty and participate in programs like Free Rice to donate food.
Progress for Children: Beyond Averages - Learning from the MDGsUNICEF Publications
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This document provides a summary of progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and lessons that can be learned from both successes and failures. While significant strides were made in areas like child survival, nutrition, and education access, millions of vulnerable children were left behind, especially those in poverty, living in rural areas, or facing other forms of disadvantage. Going forward, it will be important to focus on reaching the hardest-to-reach children through more equitable, data-driven programs and by strengthening health, education and social protection systems. Measuring average progress at the national level is not enough; success must also be measured by how much the most disadvantaged benefit.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to harness advances in science and technology to save lives in developing countries. It works with partners to deliver vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics, and discover new solutions. The Foundation invests heavily in vaccines for diseases like HIV, polio, and malaria. It also supports integrated solutions for family planning, nutrition, and maternal and child health.
UNICEF works to address several key issues impacting child survival globally: early childhood development, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, and water/sanitation/hygiene. UNICEF advocates for children's rights, helps meet basic needs, and allows children to reach their full potential. It also focuses on the most disadvantaged children in emergencies or living in extreme poverty, war, or facing disabilities. UNICEF collaborates with partners to achieve goals like eliminating vitamin A and iodine deficiencies and works with communities to empower them to find solutions to problems like malnutrition.
The document proposes a year-long global initiative to end world hunger. It would use mass communication and technology to bring stakeholders from around the world together to discuss solutions. Representatives from governments, non-profits, corporations, and the general public would propose and debate strategies. Researchers would analyze the discussions to develop workable plans. The public could influence the talks and later donate to fund the implemented solutions. The goal is to find an accountable and transparent way to solve the political issues behind hunger within one year and help nourish people into becoming productive global citizens.
This document proposes a solution to end world hunger called "A Year to End Hunger". It involves [1] using mass media like CNN to hold weekly forums over one year where stakeholders propose and discuss solutions, [2] forming teams to research and design strategies, [3] fundraising to support approved projects, and [4] implementing tasks forces to carry out projects around the world. The goal is to work together globally through communication and action to solve the "root cause" of hunger.
The document proposes a solution called "A Year to End Hunger" to address the global issue of hunger. It suggests organizing a televised annual forum bringing together stakeholders from around the world to discuss and develop workable solutions. Fundraising would support implementing approved projects in different regions. The goal is to use mass communication and collaboration over one year to develop a comprehensive plan to end world hunger.
The document discusses improving maternal health globally. It notes that nearly 830 women die every day due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth, most of which could be prevented by improving access to emergency obstetric care and prenatal care. Specifically, it recommends increasing access to trained healthcare professionals for childbirth and ensuring women receive the recommended 4 prenatal checkups. The document also advocates donating to organizations working to build maternal health clinics in developing countries to improve outcomes for mothers and infants worldwide.
There is a need for improved access to feminine hygiene products and menstrual health education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Many girls miss school or drop out due to lack of access to sanitary pads and clean water and sanitation facilities. This perpetuates gender inequalities. Solutions must be tailored to local contexts and needs but should aim to provide sustainable options, education, privacy, and means for women to access necessary products through their own entrepreneurship. Various organizations are working on addressing these issues through approaches like reusable pads and empowering women.
The document discusses promoting and protecting children's rights. It highlights that while the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by most countries, millions of children still suffer from issues like hunger, violence, lack of access to education. It outlines the World Future Council's work in this area, including establishing a Future Policy Award to recognize the best laws and policies protecting children's rights and ensuring children's voices are heard. It also discusses their efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition, including transferring successful policies from Belo Horizonte, Brazil to areas like Namibia.
The United Nations was founded in 1945 to replace the ineffective League of Nations and focus on global peace and security. The UN works to keep peace, provide humanitarian aid during emergencies, fight poverty through development projects, protect the environment, and improve health and education. UNICEF was founded a year after the UN to focus on women's and children's well-being. UNICEF aims to achieve universal primary education and reduce child mortality, maternal mortality, and the spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria.
Globalization refers to the increasing internationalization of markets, communication, and culture due to advances in transportation and communication technology. It involves the integration of economies and societies across international borders and includes growing economic interdependence and cultural exchange. Mass media, the internet, and economic interdependence have contributed to globalization by allowing for increased communication and shared cultural experiences across the world. While globalization has increased understanding between groups and promoted world peace, it also risks dilution of local cultures and suppression of less powerful traditions by dominant forces. Education aims to teach people how to embrace globalization's benefits while avoiding such negative effects.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Their goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With over 194 member states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. They believe that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.
This document discusses global poverty statistics from multiple countries. It notes that in 2010, 15.1% of Americans lived in poverty, which was the highest rate since 1993. It also discusses that over 1 billion people live on less than $1 per day, and 80% of humanity lives on less than $2 per day. Poverty leads to millions of child deaths each year from diseases that could otherwise be prevented. Poverty remains a barrier to education and full human potential for many children worldwide.
The document discusses three initiatives that make it easy for people to help the environment: 1) The Citizen Sparrow Initiative run by BNHS which collects data on sparrow populations through public contributions. 2) Rural innovations in India that should be publicized and supported to reach their full potential. 3) Eco-friendly startups, especially those selling sustainable products or focusing on reducing waste, that are gaining success through online retail platforms. The document advocates making pro-environmental options economically viable and convenient in order to encourage more widespread participation in environmental protection.
The document discusses how social media can help non-profits achieve advocacy goals like increasing knowledge, building support, and taking action. It outlines strategies for social media use, including drawing traffic to content, controlling messaging, reaching new audiences and policymakers, creating advocacy campaigns with hashtags, and engaging allies to open opportunities for policy change.
Social media provides opportunities for communication, consultation, and delivery of services in a cost-effective and instantaneous manner. Young people in particular spend most of their waking hours engaged with electronic devices like smartphones and computers, averaging over 7 hours per day on them not including time spent texting. As peers have become more influential than experts, social media has accelerated peer-to-peer decision making through sharing of photos, links, interests and advocacy around causes and beliefs on popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
The document discusses child mortality rates globally. It states that about 6.6 million children under 5 died in 2012, with 70% of deaths caused by diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and pneumonia. Most child deaths occur in developing countries, where 1 in 10 children die before age 5 compared to 1 in 143 in high-income countries. The UN's goal is to reduce child mortality by over 2/3 by focusing on families in developing countries where high birth rates can offset population losses from child deaths. While progress has been made to reduce the number of child deaths from 12.4 million in 1990 to 6.6 million in 2012, further reductions are still needed to reach the target of 4.1 million deaths by 2015
This document summarizes resources from Oxfam and the Geographical Association on teaching about the global food crisis as a controversial issue. It provides context on the importance of learning about global issues according to young people. It then outlines strategies for teaching about the food crisis, including using empathy, deconstructing complex issues, and linking learning to responsible action. Teaching resources from Oxfam on the food crisis and food security are described. The document advocates for teaching controversial issues as an ongoing process that leads to real learning and action.
This document discusses poverty and organizations that aid in poverty relief. It defines poverty as lacking basic needs like food, water, shelter and health. Some key statistics are that over 50% of the world lives on less than $2.50 a day, and 1 billion people are undernourished. Major organizations that help address poverty include the Grameen Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, IMF, and UNICEF.
This document discusses how media is now overlapping and consumed simultaneously. It notes that teens who spend more than two hours daily on social media report poorer mental health. Research at Stanford University found that people can be classified as high, low, or moderate media multitaskers. The document also looks at time spent on different media like TV and the internet by 18-24 year olds, and discusses how media is consumed in social situations like parties, public transit, and universities. It provides statistics on active users of sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Over 22,000 children die daily from poverty-related causes, and 80% of people live on less than $10 per day. Nearly 1 billion adults cannot read or write, and in 2005 over 70 million children in developing countries were not in school. Military spending is $780 billion annually compared to only $13 billion spent on basic health and nutrition. Poverty affects over 1.6 billion people without electricity and half the world's population faces water problems. Poverty is a global issue, not confined to specific regions, and is often due to circumstances outside of people's control. Individuals are encouraged to support organizations addressing poverty and participate in programs like Free Rice to donate food.
Progress for Children: Beyond Averages - Learning from the MDGsUNICEF Publications
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This document provides a summary of progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and lessons that can be learned from both successes and failures. While significant strides were made in areas like child survival, nutrition, and education access, millions of vulnerable children were left behind, especially those in poverty, living in rural areas, or facing other forms of disadvantage. Going forward, it will be important to focus on reaching the hardest-to-reach children through more equitable, data-driven programs and by strengthening health, education and social protection systems. Measuring average progress at the national level is not enough; success must also be measured by how much the most disadvantaged benefit.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to harness advances in science and technology to save lives in developing countries. It works with partners to deliver vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics, and discover new solutions. The Foundation invests heavily in vaccines for diseases like HIV, polio, and malaria. It also supports integrated solutions for family planning, nutrition, and maternal and child health.
UNICEF works to address several key issues impacting child survival globally: early childhood development, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, and water/sanitation/hygiene. UNICEF advocates for children's rights, helps meet basic needs, and allows children to reach their full potential. It also focuses on the most disadvantaged children in emergencies or living in extreme poverty, war, or facing disabilities. UNICEF collaborates with partners to achieve goals like eliminating vitamin A and iodine deficiencies and works with communities to empower them to find solutions to problems like malnutrition.
The document proposes a year-long global initiative to end world hunger. It would use mass communication and technology to bring stakeholders from around the world together to discuss solutions. Representatives from governments, non-profits, corporations, and the general public would propose and debate strategies. Researchers would analyze the discussions to develop workable plans. The public could influence the talks and later donate to fund the implemented solutions. The goal is to find an accountable and transparent way to solve the political issues behind hunger within one year and help nourish people into becoming productive global citizens.
This document proposes a solution to end world hunger called "A Year to End Hunger". It involves [1] using mass media like CNN to hold weekly forums over one year where stakeholders propose and discuss solutions, [2] forming teams to research and design strategies, [3] fundraising to support approved projects, and [4] implementing tasks forces to carry out projects around the world. The goal is to work together globally through communication and action to solve the "root cause" of hunger.
The document proposes a solution called "A Year to End Hunger" to address the global issue of hunger. It suggests organizing a televised annual forum bringing together stakeholders from around the world to discuss and develop workable solutions. Fundraising would support implementing approved projects in different regions. The goal is to use mass communication and collaboration over one year to develop a comprehensive plan to end world hunger.
Obesity rates are rising in the US and threaten to surpass smoking as a leading cause of death. Junk food marketing targets children and portion sizes have increased dramatically. The Junk Kills campaign aims to combat obesity through shocking photography depicting the dangers of unhealthy eating paired with the message "Junk kills. Eat responsibly." The campaign was awarded funding to expand using student models and photography/design classes at UD, with the goal of measuring impacts on eating habits and eventually making a national impact.
The Borgen Project works to advocate for policies that address global poverty by meeting with US leaders, mobilizing public support, and educating citizens on these issues. They believe wealthy countries like the US should do more to help the 1 billion people without clean water and 2 billion without sanitation, as poverty can be largely prevented through international cooperation. For a fraction of the military budget, world hunger could be ended and many lives improved. The organization focuses on advocacy over direct aid as it can impact more people through influencing policies that support the poor.
This document analyzes what it will take for Afghanistan to end preventable child and newborn deaths by 2030. At current rates, Afghanistan will reach this goal in 2038 for under-five deaths and 2053 for newborn deaths, which is too late. National averages hide disparities for vulnerable groups. The government must commit to prioritizing maternal and child health, increasing funding for quality healthcare, and expanding coverage of essential services, especially for rural communities. It must also strengthen accountability and target interventions to vulnerable groups, as skilled birth attendance, birth registration, and nutrition show large inequalities between rich and poor, urban and rural, and educated and uneducated populations. Reaching the goal requires renewed commitment to counting,
The document discusses the London Summit on Family Planning held in July 2012. Global leaders united to provide 120 million women in the world's poorest countries access to contraceptives by 2020. The summit brought together 25 country representatives, 26 donor representatives including various foundations and governments, international agencies, private sector organizations, and civil society groups. The objective was to provide family planning access to 120 million women in order to save over 200,000 women and 2 million children's lives.
The document discusses Free The Children's annual Vow of Silence campaign, which encourages youth to remain silent for 24 hours on November 20th to raise awareness for children's rights violations around the world and raise funds for Free The Children's projects. Participants can do the Vow of Silence individually or in groups by not speaking or communicating in any way for 24 hours. After breaking their silence, participants are encouraged to hold events celebrating children's rights. The campaign aims to give youth an opportunity to stand up for children whose rights are ignored and support organizations helping children access education, healthcare, clean water and sustainable livelihoods.
Top bloggers and celebrities are participating in "Blogust 2013" throughout August to raise awareness about expanding access to childhood vaccines. For every comment on the bloggers' posts, Walgreens will donate funds to purchase lifesaving vaccines for children in developing countries, up to 50,000 vaccines. The campaign aims to educate the public about vaccines and encourage support for vaccination programs that can save a child's life every 20 seconds by preventing deadly but preventable diseases. Last year's Blogust helped deliver vaccines to 10,000 children worldwide.
The document reviews the positive and negative outcomes of the Millennium Development Goals set in 2000. Some key positive outcomes included over 43 million children enrolling in primary education globally between 1999-2009, and maternal mortality decreasing by 47% between 1990-2012. However, negatives included a lack of defined measures for poverty and success, and that the goals may not have been achievable given the resources and time frame. A new set of 8 goals are then proposed to be completed by 2030, focusing on issues like clean water, education, reducing disease, climate change, and protecting land and animals.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals set by the UN in 2000 to improve conditions for the world's poorest people. It notes that over 1 billion people live on less than $1.50 per day, and over 28,000 children die from preventable diseases every day. Poor countries also struggle with issues like lack of access to sanitation, education, and high maternal mortality. The goals aimed to halve extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality, reduce child and maternal mortality, combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership for development by 2015.
The document discusses the issue of world hunger and proposes several solutions. It begins by noting that although the earth has enough resources to support its population, many people lack access to food and safe water due to uneven distribution. Poor communities are often trapped in a cycle of poverty that is exacerbated by lack of nutrition and healthcare. The document then examines some root causes of poverty, including lack of education, health issues, economic factors, and debt. It argues that small changes like donations of food or money could help alleviate hunger. Overall, the document analyzes factors contributing to world hunger and advocates for more assistance to help lift people out of poverty.
This document summarizes the controversy surrounding Nestle's marketing of infant formula in developing countries. It introduces that for over 20 years, Nestle has been accused of unethical behavior that has contributed to the deaths of infants in third world countries. Specifically, critics argue that Nestle's advertising and marketing discouraged breastfeeding and led to misuse of formula products, causing malnutrition and death. Nestle defends itself by arguing it never advocated replacing breastfeeding with formula and that the real issue is supplementing breastmilk with adequate foods when needed. The document also outlines Nestle's marketing policies and notes a new complication is some children have contracted HIV from breastfeeding.
This document discusses poverty around the world. It provides statistics showing that billions of people live on less than $1.25 per day. Poverty has many negative effects such as widespread disease, hunger, illiteracy, homelessness, and violence. To address poverty, actions are being taken including international anti-poverty days, government welfare programs, and voluntary organizations. Individuals can join the fight against poverty by educating themselves, donating, volunteering, participating in campaigns, and writing petitions.
The document summarizes the connections between maternal health and child mortality. It states that babies whose mothers have died during childbirth have a much greater chance of dying in their first year than babies whose mothers survive. It also notes that in developing countries, pregnant mothers often lack adequate facilities, nutrition, clean water, and are more susceptible to infectious germs, all of which can negatively impact the health of the fetus and newborn child. Therefore, if a mother does not receive necessary support and care during pregnancy, her child is more likely to have health problems or not survive at all.
At the Christian Alliance for Orphans annual gathering on May 1, 2015, Hope Through Healing Hands hosted a workshop entitled The Mother & Child Project: How to Prevent the Orphan Crisis. While most workshops were providing instructive guidance on the care of orphans and vulnerable children both at home and around the world, ours focused on the prevention side; that is, how can we stop the orphan crisis before it begins? How can we turn the tide over the next two decades?
What are the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? Why they are important, and how you can help.
This is a presentation that I gave to about 300 Chinese students at an Open Forum hosted by the World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW) at Sias International University. As a member of the World Academy, all women design and execute service projects, linked to one or more of the UN Millenium Development Goals.
2. Overview
What is campaigning?
The theory of change
The story so far
Save the Childrens Campaigns
What you can do
3. What is Campaigning?
When there is an injustice, using our voice
and taking action together to influence key
decision makers to bring about change.
4. How change happens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFigiIZblok&feature=player_embedded
5. Writing to your local
Speaking out
paper
Writing to your MP
Petitions
Lobbying your MP
Spreading the Word
Hand-Ins Campaign Stunts
Raising Awareness Tweeting
Campaigner Trips
Blogging Local groups
6. The story so far
6.9 million children die needlessly every year
In 2011 we launched No Child Born to Die our most ambitious ever
campaign. Our aim: to stop children dying from preventable illnesses
like diarrhoea, malaria or pneumonia or from hunger and malnutrition
The world has already made dramatic progress in saving childrens lives.
Since 1990, the number of children dying every year has fallen by 5 million
In the last year the number of children dying each year has fallen by
700,000 from 7.6 million in 2010 to 6.9 million in 2011.
This is the biggest ever drop.
This is Proof that aid and campaigning work
7. Campaigning Works:
Vaccines For all
- Problem: 1/5 of children without access to
immunisations and GAVI low on funds
- Opportunity: Global Alliance for Vaccines (GAVI)
Summit 2011
- Run-up to Summit: Nearly 50,000 people across
the UK spoke up for children around the world:
signing our petition and sharing it with their friends
and families; writing to and visiting their MPs; taking
part in media stunts.
- WIN: World Leaders committed an extra $4.3
billion to pay for vaccines for 250 million children
- One year on: so far 60 million children have had
the lifesaving vaccinations they need.
Campaigning works and can transform the lives of millions of
children.
8. Campaigning Works:
Give Girls Power
Opportunity: London Family Planning Summit in UK
Access to contraception and Empowerment
Campaigning: Campaigners signed our petition, wrote to
MPs, played our game, shared our videos, got blogging,
youth delegate- Aselef.
Progress- $2.6 billion pledged by donors, strong
announcements from donor countries to put women and
girls at the heart of development work and respect their
rights, and key commitments by developing countries
Commitments made by world leaders mean more than 3
million childrens lives will be saved between now and
2020.
9. The Next Phase:
Hunger and Malnutrition
Despite real advances in stopping killer diseases, For those who survive hunger can be a
progress on reducing malnutrition over the past life-sentence. Lack of nutritious food,
causes devastating and irreversible damage
20 years has been pitifully slow.
to childrens brains and bodies,
In a world with food enough for everybody, 260 permanently stunting their growth and
children die of malnutrition every hour of every meaning they do less well at school later in
single day. life.
malnutrition is the biggest
underlying cause of children
dying globally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_SAtk6qOy8&feature=relmfu
11. What you can do..
1) Small Actions, Big Difference- Petitions, Raising awareness,
Spreading the word
2) Lets Get Digital- Facebook, Tweeting, Pinterest, Instagram
3) Media Star- University paper, Radio, Local TV, Blogging
4) Its all about the Politics- Writing to your MP, meeting your MP,
lobbying
5) EVENTS- Hold your own or come to ours (stunts, hand-ins,
conferences, training, fundraising)
6) better when were together- Local campaigning groups
14. Over to you
Task
Aid skepticism is increasing and it couldnt be a more crucial time
to protect the aid budget.
In groups of 3 discuss what you could do in your local area to help ensure
the government keeps their promise on 0.7
Things to consider-
Your target
Your case for aid
Your tactics- get creative!
Prepare a 5 minute pitch to present
Editor's Notes
#5: Change a lot more complicated than this chart-many factors that make change happen But these are some of the key steps Issue: Know what you want to change Who has the power to make change? Who do you need to influence? MP, Prime Minister-national change International-Banki Moon Local level-council School-your headmaster How will you influence them? What are your tactics? Insider-lobbying/private meetings/relationships Outsider-mobilisation of public to put pressure on gov-petitions, protest,etc Many other factors: what opportunities are there? Key meetings e.g. G8, is it in the media Is it likely to be successful?/will change realistically happen? Will talk about these factors when introducing some of our Save the Children campaigns
#7: The news shows that when children have access to health workers, vaccines and enough of the right food, they live to fulfil their potential. It shows that aid works and that together we can influence world leaders to do the right thing.
#9: , including India, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Niger and Zambia.
#10: Now, a deadly combination of climate change, rising food prices and the global economic crisis means the number of children across the world going hungry is actually on the rise. a life sentence of hunger Malnutrition is the hidden cause of over 2.6 million child deaths every year; every hour of every day 300 children die because they can t get the food they need. children are left so weakened by relentless hunger that their starved bodies can t fight off illnesses like diarrhoea or pneumonia. You won t see it on their death certificates, but malnutrition is the biggest underlying cause of children dying globally. For those who survive, hunger can be a life sentence. long-term malnutrition causes devastating and irreversible damage to children s bodies and brains, permanently stunting their growth and meaning they do less well in school and later life. And when children are consistently getting too little to eat, they re far less able to cope when things reach crisis point, as they have across Africa. Right now, extreme hunger has gripped the entire width of the continent from Senegal on the west coast to Somalia on the east. More than a million children there face starvation. This devastating crisis is yet another indication that the international response system isn t working. Too often help comes too little, too late, and children pay the price with their lives.
#14: Now, a deadly combination of climate change, rising food prices and the global economic crisis means the number of children across the world going hungry is actually on the rise. a life sentence of hunger Malnutrition is the hidden cause of over 2.6 million child deaths every year; every hour of every day 300 children die because they can t get the food they need. children are left so weakened by relentless hunger that their starved bodies can t fight off illnesses like diarrhoea or pneumonia. You won t see it on their death certificates, but malnutrition is the biggest underlying cause of children dying globally. For those who survive, hunger can be a life sentence. long-term malnutrition causes devastating and irreversible damage to children s bodies and brains, permanently stunting their growth and meaning they do less well in school and later life. And when children are consistently getting too little to eat, they re far less able to cope when things reach crisis point, as they have across Africa. Right now, extreme hunger has gripped the entire width of the continent from Senegal on the west coast to Somalia on the east. More than a million children there face starvation. This devastating crisis is yet another indication that the international response system isn t working. Too often help comes too little, too late, and children pay the price with their lives.
#15: Now, a deadly combination of climate change, rising food prices and the global economic crisis means the number of children across the world going hungry is actually on the rise. a life sentence of hunger Malnutrition is the hidden cause of over 2.6 million child deaths every year; every hour of every day 300 children die because they can t get the food they need. children are left so weakened by relentless hunger that their starved bodies can t fight off illnesses like diarrhoea or pneumonia. You won t see it on their death certificates, but malnutrition is the biggest underlying cause of children dying globally. For those who survive, hunger can be a life sentence. long-term malnutrition causes devastating and irreversible damage to children s bodies and brains, permanently stunting their growth and meaning they do less well in school and later life. And when children are consistently getting too little to eat, they re far less able to cope when things reach crisis point, as they have across Africa. Right now, extreme hunger has gripped the entire width of the continent from Senegal on the west coast to Somalia on the east. More than a million children there face starvation. This devastating crisis is yet another indication that the international response system isn t working. Too often help comes too little, too late, and children pay the price with their lives.