FBB aligns with UN effort to end poverty

Starting this year, the members of Foundation Beyond Belief will be hearing a good deal about the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

Established in 2000, MDG is an ambitious international program with a goal of eliminating extreme poverty by 2015. The program includes a very specific set of targets and benchmarks, and all 193 UN member states have committed to meeting them.

In the final three years of the timeline, FBB plans to articulate a strong and consistent humanist voice in alignment with the vision of MDG. In addition to educating our members and the humanist community as a whole about MDG, we will be using the eight goals to help guide our beneficiary selections.

The Millennium Development Goals are:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for ongoing development

Beginning in March, Foundation Beyond Belief will create a monthly rollout of the UN Millennium Development Goals to educate our members and the humanist community at large about the program.

Posts in this series:

• Millennium Development Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Millennium Development Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
• Millennium Development Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
• FBB’s Millennium Development Goals track record
• Millennium Development Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
• Millennium Development Goal 5: Improve maternal health
• Millennium Development Goal 6: Combat AIDS/HIV, malaria, and other diseases