The Millennium Development Goals And Other Diseases

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. All 189 United Nations member states present at the time (there are 193 presently) and at least 23 international organisations who have pledged to help achieve the following MDGs by 2015: 1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger 2. To Achieve Universal Primary Education 3. To Promote Gender Equality 4. To Reduce Child Mortality 5. To Improve Maternal Health 6. To Combat HIV/AIDS, and Other Diseases 7. To Ensure Environmental Sustainability 8. To Develop a Global Partnership for Development Although there†¦show more content†¦Simultaneously, MGDs also gives Popularis a sense of real world urgency and choice consequences. Poverty awareness naturally comes up as a major theme player in the narrative; this fits in with the primary aim of Popularis. Thus,this leads players to question the ultimate choice of the game that you willengage. Would we put our devices down and engage the social issues challenging us? Eventually, challenging the players to take action beyond Popularis and engaging themselves in social activist events and works. Adopt a Village Free The Children is an international charity and educational partner that works with communities to establish a comprehensive, child focused development approach that gives members of communities education, skills and opportunities to free themselves of povertythrough theiradaptive, effective five core pillar of a sustainable development model, known as Adopt a Village.Free The Children is unique among Canadian charities in the sense that it operates collaborative domestic and international programmes. Adopt a Village is designed to enrich the basic needs of community members and eliminate the obstacles that prevent children from accessing education. Adopt a Village is a unique sustainable development model made up of five core pillars:Education, Clean Water and Sanitation, Health, Alternative Income and Livelihood and, Agriculture and Food Security that has been fine-tuned and solidly constructed by working alongside dedicated