Category Archives: Updates


Samadhan Impact: Regularising hours and timings of village nutrition centre staff – Integrated Child Development Scheme

35-year-old Laxman Saunta and his wife, Daimoti, live in Kathapada village in Koraput District. They have a 7-year-old boy, Durhaya and a 4-year-old girl, Saita. Both husband and wife work as daily wage earners to … Continue reading →

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Samadhan Impact: Setting up a Primary School

35-year-old Sibaram Bandhia lives in the Bandhia Guda village of Koraput District. The village has 56 households with a population of 267. About 43 are children in the age group of 6 to 14 years. … Continue reading →

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Samadhan Impact: Allotment of Financial Assistance under Housing Scheme – Indira Awas Yojna

31-year-old Arath Takri lives happily with his wife, Sunita, in Tayaput village, Laxmipur Block of Koraput District. During the Palli Sabha (village meeting), his name was selected as one of the beneficiaries of the Indira … Continue reading →

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Audio Gallery of MDG Success Stories From UNMC Spanish Campaign

The UN Millennium Campaign teams up with RNE – the Spanish National Radio Station- to talk the progress made towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.  Listen to the following five broadcasts aired at … Continue reading →

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The Post-2015 Virtual Web Platform Has Been Launched

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The United Nations Millennium Campaign, along with partners from other UN agencies as well as Civil Society has been helping to coordinate the production and creation of www.worldwewant2015.org. This web platform creates a space for … Continue reading →

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UNMC and African CSOs Meet WIth Liberian President and Co-chair of Post-2015 High Level Panel Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The Co-chair of the UN High-level panel on UN Post 2015 Development Framework, Her Excellency President Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia has said that the new global agenda will draw from the voices of the people. … Continue reading →

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UNMC Launches “And You Didn’t Even Know About It:” An Innovative Social Media Campaign to Communicate MDG Progress

From the 6th to the 20th of June 2012, this initiative will ask citizens to donate space on their Facebook or Twitter profiles and communicate major progress achieved on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and … Continue reading →

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Commonwealth Foundation and UNMC Announce A Unique Partnership With the ‘Breakpoint Project’

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Addis Ababa / London 29th of May 2012 The Commonwealth Foundation today announced a groundbreaking partnership with the United Nations Millennium Campaign, the first with a UN agency, in order to review progress towards the … Continue reading →

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Parliaments Must Be Strong Inclusive Leaders in the Fight Against Poverty in Africa

A second day of parliamentary debates in Addis Ababa turned to key issues of accountability, leadership and oversight of parliaments across the continent as parliamentarians from Ghana, Philippines and Burkina Faso opened the session by … Continue reading →

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We Have No Excuse For Africa To Fail

150 African parliamentarians underline their strong commitment and key role in delivering the MDGs Parliamentarians have a key role to play in the future of Africa; looking at budgets, providing scrutiny and oversight of government … Continue reading →

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