WWSF launches ‘Mali Sheep Project’ |
A new way of making gifts - to help reach the UN Millennium Development Goals MDGs* |
WWSF invites you to participate in the creation of a new culture of partnership gift making by buying in the name of your loved ones, friends, colleagues, associates or employees, a sheep for a rural woman in Mali to raise and sell with a profit to allow two meals per day for her family. For more information, contact wwsf.@wwsf.ch or visit www.woman.ch.
In Mali, 75% of the population lives on less than 1 $ per day. |
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* The UN Millennium Development Goals package
holds an unprecedented promise for sustaining development, eradicating poverty, and improving the human condition and environment. The goals stand apart from other international targets, especially because of their synergy and interdependence. Progress on one goal brings you closer to progress on others. www.un.org/millenniumgoals
MDG Goal 1 – Poverty eradication
One fifth of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty, while 800 million people are chronically hungry.
If poor countries are to have any chance of realizing the first seven goals, rich countries must deliver – well in advance of 2015 – on their commitments.
MDG Goal 8 - Global partnership for development
More, and more effective, aid is essential if poor countries are to reach a self-sustaining path towards achieving the goals. At least an additional $ 50 billion per year is needed and the UNDP estimates that the total costs range from $ 50 to 100 billion for meeting the water supply goal and $ 23 billion to $ 42 billion for sanitation between 2001 and 2015.
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