From the circumstances of our birth to the food we eat and education we receive, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) impact upon the most fundamental and intimate aspects of the lives of people in every corner of the globe. In the year 2000, world leaders pledged to achieve these 8 Goals in order to eradicate extreme poverty and its root causes by the year 2015.
The Five Years Left Vignettes project sets out to discover how the lives of 10 ordinary people around the world are impacted in profound and powerful ways by the level of progress that their countries have made towards achieving the Goals. The project juxtaposes a series of 2.5 minute vignettes following the lives of men, women and children in Rwanda, Kenya, Egypt, Papua New Guinea, India, the Philippines, Germany, Spain, Canada and the United States. The juxtaposition of these stories powerfully illustrates why the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals is critical to the lives of millions of people across the planet. From Rwanda, where a female Parliamentarian discusses her experience serving her country, to Kenya, where a former political candidate discusses the violence she faced during her campaign, the vignettes show what is really at stake when world leaders deliver on or fail to keep their commitments to MDGs such as women’s empowerment. Furthermore, the vignettes capture extraordinary progress on the MDGs in some of the poorest countries and most challenging situations -- making the case that they can be achieved anywhere, if governments simply make the political commitment.
Goal 1, Poverty (Papua New Guinea & Canada):
Goal 2, Education (India & Germany):
Goal 3, Gender Equality (Rwanda & Kenya):
Goal 5, Maternal Health (The Philippines & Spain):
Goal 7, Environment (USA & Egypt):
The Five Years Left Vignettes project sets out to discover how the lives of 10 ordinary people around the world are impacted in profound and powerful ways by the level of progress that their countries have made towards achieving the Goals. The project juxtaposes a series of 2.5 minute vignettes following the lives of men, women and children in Rwanda, Kenya, Egypt, Papua New Guinea, India, the Philippines, Germany, Spain, Canada and the United States. The juxtaposition of these stories powerfully illustrates why the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals is critical to the lives of millions of people across the planet. From Rwanda, where a female Parliamentarian discusses her experience serving her country, to Kenya, where a former political candidate discusses the violence she faced during her campaign, the vignettes show what is really at stake when world leaders deliver on or fail to keep their commitments to MDGs such as women’s empowerment. Furthermore, the vignettes capture extraordinary progress on the MDGs in some of the poorest countries and most challenging situations -- making the case that they can be achieved anywhere, if governments simply make the political commitment.
Goal 1, Poverty (Papua New Guinea & Canada):
Goal 2, Education (India & Germany):
Goal 3, Gender Equality (Rwanda & Kenya):
Goal 5, Maternal Health (The Philippines & Spain):
Goal 7, Environment (USA & Egypt):
