THANKS A (FIVE) MILLION! Thanks to everybody’s outstanding efforts- MY World has hit the 5 million votes mark! This is a historic achievement which means that millions of people – many for the first time … Continue reading
Category Archives: Updates
Celebrating 5 million votes on MY World- the largest survey ever
(The Guardian) Lack of toilets blights the lives of 2.5bn people
UN deputy secretary general says failure to address sanitation and open defecation threatens disaster for third of humanity By Sam Jones. Originally published in The Guardian. Toilets: 2.5bn people go without – a 99-second video … Continue reading
Proposal for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Take a look at the latest proposal for the Sustainable Development Goals to replace the Millennium Development Goals: Introduction to the Proposal of The Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals 1. The Rio+ outcome … Continue reading
Join us in Remembering Mandela
Friday is Mandela Day! “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others.” -Nelson Mandela Every year on Mandela’s … Continue reading
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014
The Millennium Development Goals have been the most successful global anti-poverty push in history. This report examines the latest progress towards achieving the MDGs. It reaffirms that the MDGs have made a profound difference in … Continue reading
African Faith Leaders debate the Post MDGs Agenda
Kampala, Uganda, 2nd July 2014 The role of African faith leaders in promoting human development on the continent came to the fore at the beginning of a two-day African Faith Leaders’ Summit on Sustainable Development … Continue reading
Post 2015 Agenda: UN Millennium Campaign Supports African Faith Leaders
With the deadline to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaching, different levels of implementations as well as emerging development challenges have made it imperative to draw up a successor framework building on the success, … Continue reading
Africa Rising MDG Advocates Trip
Africa Rising trip, July 2014 Celebrating success and accelerating action on the Millennium Development Goals for children 1-3 July 2014: South Africa – Malawi – Rwanda #AfricaRising reflects the hope and resilience Mandela promoted by … Continue reading
Post-2015 agenda: what we want and how do we want it done.
When the consultation process on the post-2015 agenda was opened in 2013, we asked citizens what they wanted to be included. During this time participants have shown interest not only on the content of this … Continue reading
Zero Draft: Sustainable Development Goals
The Co-Chairs of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals have released their much anticipated Zero Draft, which contains a proposal for goals and targets to succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. The … Continue reading
