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The Millenium Development Goals

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development – including through fairer trade, debt relief and better aid.

For the full list of Goals, targets and indicators go to:

www.unmillenniumproject.org

To read our APEC report card, and other policy resources, click here.

Make Poverty History

Australians calling on our Government to do our fair share for the world’s poor to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

To achieve the MDGs, MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY calls for:

Good Governance

Letter Writing

To find the name and postal address of your local MP call the Australian Electoral Commission on 13 23 26 or visit www.aec.gov.au and click on the "who represents you" section.

Please send us a copy if you get a response – both of your letter and the response. We will compare the various responses being given by different Parliamentarians.
Send to: Make Poverty History
Private Bag 3 Deakin ACT 2600

Some Tips for writing letters to Parliamentarians:
• Keep your letter brief – one or two pages. Handwritten letters are usually the most effective.
• Be clear about the point(s) you want to communicate. Use the least amount of information necessary, and only that which directly supports your case.
• Use a concluding paragraph that calls for a specific action or asks one or two questions only.
• Sign the letter in your usual signature and print your name, address, fax number, work and home phone numbers.
• Let the recipient know that you are looking forward to their response.
• Keep a copy of your letter.
• If you do not receive a reply to your letter, call the Parliamentarian’s office and ask for one – you may need to resend, fax or email a copy of your letter so keep a copy on your file.

For more information visit

www.makepovertyhistory.com.au

or call (02) 6285 1816

Simply Sharing Week 2008 is another way to engage and educate youth in realising the urgency and neccesity of achieving the Millenium Development Goals. To be active in this process, click here to take part in an interactive Create Yourself exercise which will be sent to your local Memeber of Parliament or to find out more information visit the Simply Sharing Week Website.

Jubilee Australia: Drop the Debt

Jubilee Australia seeks to reduce the number of poverty related deaths through the cancellation of 100% of poor countries bilateral, multilateral and private debt. Financing for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals requires a dramatic increase in rich nations overseas aid contribution, improvement in the fairness of trade and support for debt cancellation to poor countries on a massive scale (as indicated in Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Declaration). As Gordon Brown stated "we need more resources allied to progress on trade and progress on debt relief if we are going to make an impact on the problems of ill health, of illiteracy, of poverty, particularly in Africa but right through the developing countries." Gordon Brown’s proposes - a new "Marshall Plan" for the world - included the international finance facility, which would issue bonds in an attempt to double global aid cash to $100bn (£59.5bn) a year. At the same time (and as was announced in September 2004), the UK Government will pay its share of debt service from eligible countries to the World Bank and African Development Bank from 2005 until 2015. This equals approximately 10% of eligible countries’ debt service - and it is undertaking active diplomacy to urge other governments to do the same, especially through the G7 and European Union.

For more information visit:

http://www.jubileeaustralia.org/

Micah Challenge

Micah Challenge is a global movement of Christian agencies, churches, groups and individuals which aims to deepen people’s engagement with the poor and to help reduce poverty as an integral part of our Christian faith.

Micah Challenge takes its name from the prophet Micah, who wrote, “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God” Micah 6:8.

Jesus and the Old Testament prophets spoke about God’s deep concern and compassion for the poor. As followers of Jesus, we must work together to deepen our own commitment to justice and kindness.

Micah Challenge has two main purposes:

1. Inward Reflection: to prayerfully encourage Christians to walk humbly with God and seek His heart for people in poverty.

Micah Challenge firstly aims to deepen the commitment of Christians to the idea of an integrated gospel of good news – to proclaim and demonstrate the love of Jesus to a world in need. We want Christians from all backgrounds to show God’s kindness and justice, in response to the words of Micah.

2. Outward Action: to inspire and equip Christians to do justice and love kindness by being prophetic voices to our government and community on behalf of the poor and oppressed.

Micah Challenge aims to be a prophetic voice calling upon and influencing leaders around the world to defend the rights of the poor and oppressed (Ps 82). Micah Challenge urges decision makers to fulfill their promise to achieve the Millennium Development Goals on global poverty by 2015.

Micah Challenge Australia gives local expression to the international movement. It is envisaged that at key times, all national campaigns will co-operate on a common strategies and that at all times groups will share resources, theological ideas and website information.

For more information visit:

http://www.micahchallenge.org.au/