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MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger


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17 February 2009
Sailing the Nile 2008 
Cairo, Egypt: The Sailing the Nile for the Millennium Development Goals Campaign 2008 reached its final destination in Cairo on 13 December 2008. The closing event also celebrated International Volunteer Day  and International Human Rights Day.  Read article
22 January 2009
New MDG cartoons for Kosovo 
Pristina, Kosovo: For IVD, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme team in Kosovo commissioned a local artist to come up with a new spin on the Millennium Development Goals.  Read article
05 December 2008
Bangladesh - Volunteer Against Poverty by Ngozi Otti
IVD in Bangladesh meant a sticker campaign on the theme 'Volunteer Against Poverty'. (UNV)
Dhaka, Bangladesh: In Bangladesh this year our theme is 'Volunteers Against Poverty' (VAP). The choice of this theme is as a result of the hydra-headed impacts of poverty in every aspect of lives both in Bangladesh and beyond.  Read article
05 December 2008
Bangladesh - Volunteer Against Poverty by Ngozi Otti
IVD in Bangladesh meant a sticker campaign on the theme 'Volunteer Against Poverty'. (UNV)
Dhaka, Bangladesh: In Bangladesh this year our theme is 'Volunteers Against Poverty' (VAP). The choice of this theme is as a result of the hydra-headed impacts of poverty in every aspect of lives both in Bangladesh and beyond.  Read article
17 October 2008
Stand Up: Credit crunch won't stop volunteers fighting poverty 
More than 67 million people are expected to mobilize today under the slogan 'Stand Up Take Action' at events around the globe to demand that world leaders do not use the financial crisis as an excuse for breaking the promises they made in 2000 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.  Read article

 

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Fight Hunger: Walk the World 
Fight Hunger: Walk the World is a global annual event to raise the awareness and the funds needed to help end child hunger. Join the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and tens of thousands of individuals around the world to 'walk the world' in 24 hours and across 24 time zones.    Visit site
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty 
The Global Call to Action against Poverty is a worldwide alliance committed to making world leaders live up to their promises, and to making a breakthrough on poverty in 2005.   Visit site
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