MDG Fund | Delivering on commitments

Empowering women farmers in Cuba

MDG-F-supported workshops are increasing women’s economic autonomy and boosting the island’s agricultural production.

Cambodia: Using the airwaves to fight malnutrition

Radio dramas are teaching women in the workplace about healthy food and nutrition practices.

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Photo of the Week: Culture for development in Morocco

Moroccan women are using their rich cultural heritage as a path to empowerment.

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Red Pyramid is helping to fight poverty in Egypt

An MDG-F-funded programme is boosting tourism and incomes in the region of Dahshur.

Millennium Villages Shown to Cut Childhood Mortality

Study finds child deaths down by 22% in African villages taking part in project to achieve MDGs.

Africa's growth jeopardised by rising inequality

Continent's economy continued to grow despite the financial crisis – but almost half of Africans still earn less than $1.25 a day.

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Although China has made vast strides in eradicating poverty and hunger, some 120 million Chinese are undernourished. In rural areas, one in ten children is underweight, half are vitamin A-deficient and up to 80 % are anemic. The MDG-Fund is working in six of China's poorest counties, focusing on increased breastfeeding, better complementary foods, school-based interventions and iron supplementation for women of reproductive age.

"As the parable says: if my neighbour is poor, I am poor too. Our world will never be truly at peace with itself while gross inequities denying the basics of a decent life continue. "
- Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator

"If we form strong global partnerships, if we support what works, if we back people of vision and action - we can meet the MDGs."
- Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator

"Investing in women and girls [is] a key part of the breakthrough strategy we need to accelerate MDG progress. "
- Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator

"At their heart, the Millennium Development Goals are about giving the world's most vulnerable children a better chance to reach their full potential ... We must always remember that our effort is not simply a statistical exercise. It is a moral imperative."
- Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director

"The world possesses the resources and knowledge to ensure that even the poorest countries, and others held back by disease, geographic isolation or civil strife, can be empowered to achieve the MDGs."
- Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General

"Achieving the goals will put us on a fast track to a world that is more stable, more just, and more secure. Billions of people are looking to the international community to realize the great vision embodied in the Millennium Declaration. Let us keep that promise. "
- Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General

"The international community must continue to work together to expand the horizons of opportunity for ... young women and men and answer their legitimate demands for dignity, development and decent work. Failing to invest in our youth is a false economy. Investments in young people will pay great dividends in a better future for all."
- Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General

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