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April 2005: Millennium Development Goals
Enter our contest “What I Can Do to Help Achieve the Millennium Development Goals.” In your essay, tell us how you or youth in your country, can work towards realizing the Goals. Think about creative and effective ways to lobby your government and campaign for policy change. Entries can be in the form of essays, poems, and short stories – all eligible for a prize pack with lots of neat stuff!
Criteria:
- To enter, you must be between the ages of 13-31
- Please type "MDG contest" before the title of your article
- Word length for short stories, essays, and poems must not exceed 2500 words. Essays and short stories must be a minimum length of 500 words
- Creative ideas!
Click on "Submit" in the menu to send us your entry. The contest closes May 31, 2005.
If you have any questions please contact: [email protected]
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Making Trade Fair by David Taylor, United Kingdom
There can be no doubt that unless there is urgent action we are going to fail to reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. This year, 2005, offers a once in a life time opportunity to take that action. Across the world, millions of people are joining what could be the biggest ever social movement for change. No longer are they willing to allow 30,000 people to die...
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Triple ‘F’: Setting the Pace for a Sustainable Africa by charlton c tsodzo, Zimbabwe
It is not everyday that one gets to meet up with such a zealous larger-than-life character so full of zest and passion for youth participation in African development. It gets even better when such a bundle of energy is a rare combination of beauty and brains, down to mother earth and disposed to share their vision with any other young person they suspect to be...
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This Time No Excuse! by Wolfgang Gründinger, Germany
Nearly five years have already passed since the leaders of the world pledged to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to provide the people of the world “freedom from fear and want.” They signed to implement eight major Goals by 2015. In September 2005, the world leaders will meet again in New York to review the progress they have made regarding their...
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Silhouettes of neglect by Dmitriy Kokarev, Lebanon
Step into their world
See their lives ruined, shattered and left to rust
Since the early days and up until today
Mere objects of possession in the hands of men
Another trophy on their wall of insecurity and doubt
A vase on display filled with what they think is suitable and right
The lower sex through eyes of...
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Participation = Democracy = Development by Manish Thapa, Nepal
If one carried out a survey among all women and men of Nepal asking them the question, “What are the two highest priorities for you personally and for the nation,” the vast majority would probably say “peace and development.” Peace and development are two sides of the same coin. Without peace there can be no development and without development, no peace.
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Maldonado: el drama del desarrollo by Fabrizio Scrollini, Uruguay
An opinion about development and investment in Maldonado, Uruguay. Business or Environment? The choice belongs to the people.
Una opinión sobre el desarrollo y la inversión en el Departamento de Maldonado, Uruguay. ¿Inversión o Medio Ambiente? La elección es de la gente.
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Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger in the Arab world: Is there hope? by May Fawaz, Lebanon
In her account on famine in Sudan, CNN correspondent Catherine Bond reported about a girl named Aduta Aboim, who walked miles with her parents and two brothers to Ajeip, a campground in the south of the country, where more than 7000 malnourished Sudanese gather waiting to be fed. When Aduta reached Ajeip, it had already been satiated with imploring hungry men, women and...
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An Overview of the Vietnam MDG Youth Campaign by Romi Nhung, Vietnam
During the last two years of 2003 and 2004, young people in Vietnam were stirred up by a Millennium Development Goal youth campaign launched by the United Nations Vietnam Country Team. Since its first launch in 2003, the campaign has involved more and more young Vietnamese people in many innovative programmes.
Thanks to the campaign’s series of...
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Ukraine: Fertile Ground for Millennium Campaign by Olexi, Ukraine
When I proposed a report about the UN-organized All-Ukrainian Youth Summit to the “Young Ukraine” newsletter in July 2004, I received a sharp, growling reply, saying “Why on Earth, should we cover a UN youth-oriented PR action, when the mature UN officials are inept, connive at US operations in Iraq and limited to help Ukraine monitoring yearly summits and...
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Youth Implementing MDGs in Senegal: Dream or Reality? by Latif M'bengue, Senegal
Senegalese Youth and MDG as a thematic
At first sight, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) might mean nothing to the majority of Senegalese youth. 2/3 of the youth I have questioned, answered that they have no idea about it, or they have a vague knowledge of the MDGs - and none of them know about the Millennium Campaign. Myself, I have to...
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Les jeunes et les Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement (OMD) au Cameroun by Pascal Bekono, Cameroon
Comme plusieurs autres pays en voie de développement, le Cameroun ambitionne de réduire de moitié la pauvreté d’ici 2015. A cet effet, plusieurs actions sont entreprises pour atteindre cet objectif, et la jeunesse victime de cette pauvreté quant à elle s’arme à trouver des voies et moyens pour faire face aux lendemains incertains.
En effet, les...
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other articles in this issue
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We've Got to Keep the Promise
CHIDIEBERE, Australia |
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Contra la pobreza en Perú
limberg, Peru |
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MDGcontest My city
tovmasyan elina, Uzbekistan |
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MDG Contest: Youth's contribution to nation development
foy franklin, Cameroon |
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MDG Contest: What I can do to help achieve the MDGs?
v.rajagopal, India |
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MDG Contest: Building An Informed Africa
Richwell Phinias, Zimbabwe |
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MDG Contest: What Can I do?
Abdul Khalique, Pakistan |
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Acciones Jóvenes para el Desarrollo del Mundo
Federico Pita, Argentina |
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Ecoclubes: jóvenes concientizando a la sociedad
María Laura Caraballo, Argentina |
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MGD contest: Wait no more with the waiting world
Oluwafemi Reis, Nigeria |
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