Unlike a Miss Universe contestant, in 2000 the United Nations did not simply wish for world peace. Ten years ago it created a pathway for a better world that governments, organizations and individuals have been attempting to follow, with varying success.
Poverty is not a problem to be solved by one single approach such as giving aid: many causes must be addressed simultaneously. Having identified the main causes of poverty, the United Nations proposed the following eight Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs to combat poverty at its roots.
In Bangladesh, Symbiosis is part of the effort to achieve these goals. By responding to the needs of those with whom it works, Symbiosis helps those who live on the fringes of Bangladesh society to overcome extreme poverty. To see how Symbiosis is addressing these goals Click here. [link to MDG video]
School Visits
The Great Aussie Rickshaw Ride will be stopping at schools along the way. If your school is on the route and would like to host a visit, please let us know.Having authentic Bangladeshi rickshaws come to your school as part of the 2000km journey is certain to raise questions (and eyebrows) amongst your students. It will provide yourschool with a great catalyst to explore issues of global citizenship.
A visit from Great AussieRickshaw Ride team could include:
- A short assembly presentation to help students explore the Millennium DevelopmentGoals as a powerful framework to dismantle global poverty.
- Speakers from Bangladesh who have their own inspiring stories to tell aboutgrappling with poverty in their own country.
- Two short films about rickshaws and Bangladesh, and the Millennium DevelopmentGoals and the work of Symbiosis. The films could be used for a whole schoolpresentation or as part of a lesson to enrich students
- A package of support materials (including a DVD copy of the videos and lessonplans) for teachers to use prior to the visit or as follow up.
- An opportunity for students to have a close look at or even have a ride in agenuine Bangladeshi cycle rickshaw.
- On request, information about ways of supporting the work of Symbiosis, should yourschool wish to do so.
A visit from the Great Aussie Rickshaw Ride is bound to be a rich learning experience foryour students. We look forward to having your school take part in the journey.
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AusAID's Millenium Development Goals Info Sheet
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Target 1:
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day
Target 2:
Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
Target 3:
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Target 1:
Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling
Target 1:
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015
Target 1:
Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
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Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio Target 2:
Achieve universal access to reproductive health
Target 1:
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDSAchieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it
Target 3:
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
Target 1:
Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources
Target 2:
Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss
Target 3:
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
Target 4:
By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers
Target 1:
Address the special needs of least developed countries, landlocked countries and small island developing states
Target 2:
Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system
Target 3:
Deal comprehensively with developing countries’ debt
Target 4:
In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries
Target 5:
In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications
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