Lil' MDGs - Youth Making Changes |
Based in New Hampshire, Lil' MDGs was founded in 2004, to leverage the power of the Internet to educate, engage, inspire, and empower youth in all corners of the world to work together to meet the Millennium Development Goals |
“Philippines made little progress in achieving MDGs - Report” http://bit.ly/biS5YW
It was an interesting experience, that week or so without Internet, and I came to one very interesting realization.
I realized how easily accessible information is with the Internet. Usually when I find something that I don’t know, I write it down on a sticky note, be it digital or physical, or just copy and paste it into my search bar. In a matter of seconds I have veritable libraries of information on that topic. Every day I go through that process and as I move along, I collect little bits of information. Learning anything is just so easy.
And then I thought, what if one person in a rural area had a computer with Internet access, what could they do? They could share it with their community, and learn about any variety of topics. That one person could share better health practices or schooling topics with their community, or they could share their own story with the world. Maybe they could learn about opportunities for their children, to give them chances for a better life. Or they could learn about opportunities for themselves. The knowledge they learn could be passed on and on, from one person to the next.
(Right now this is just a thought. I’ll expand on it a little later.)
“UNDP Releases 8-Pronged Strategy To Help Developing Countries Meet MDGs” http://bit.ly/dfkUeG
If you’re up for a bit of a long read, this is pretty interesting: http://bit.ly/bceVq2
In developing countries, child malnutrition accounts for 1/3 of the disease of children under five. - UNDP
“THREE WAYS TO SAVE WOMEN’S LIVES” http://bit.ly/9b1viq
About 38 million children of primary school age in Sub-Saharan Africa are not enrolled in any kind of primary education. - UN
“What Next for the Millennium Development Goals? Suggestions from an MDG Skeptic” http://bit.ly/dtEUmx
From the early 1970s to the mid-2000s, per capita food production in the least developed countries has dropped by 1/5. - UN
“How MDGs Gave Anambra New Life” http://ping.fm/3pMOu
