The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000.
What is Poverty? Poverty refers to the condition of not having the means to afford basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, clothin and shelter. And relative poverty is the condition of having fewer resources or less income than others. As: 1.200 million people live on less than one dollar a day. 28.000 children die from poverty related causes everyday. More than 90% are suffering long-term malnourishment and micronutrient deficiency, because they don´t have nothing to eat, and in this world if there is no money, there is no food to eat.
What is Hunger? We all know what hunger is. We recognize that feeling in our stomachs, and when we feel it, we don't usually have to much of a problem putting an end to it. But for more than 850 million people, the hunger never ends and every 3,6 seconds one person dies of starvation.
Which are the objectives to eradicate this problem? Reduce the poverty and hunger from those countries that hase less. As more than 900 million people live in extreme poverty, before, they were more. Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day. Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Solutions What can be done by Government to eradicate poverty and hunger Did you know that natural disasters and armed conflicts are affecting between 5% and 10% of hungry people worldwide. At present, there is a technology and food production capacity enouhg for all people. But the really problem is in the access and distribution of weakth, resources, markets and knowledge. The governments should provide more facilities for those countries whitout a charge, because these places have a large external debt, and after a natural disaster or armed conflict they became poorer; like in Haiti or Afghanistan. And there are many NGOs they can work with.
What can common people do? We can:
We know what is really happening and if we do a hard effort, if all of us do a hard effort, the Millennium Development Goals could be achieve.
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