MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE No 4: Gender Equality

I owe you all a big apology: last weeks' goal was meant to be the one I am promoting now.
But in either order, we will still be making a difference and supporting the goals.

So the goal of last week now relocated to this week is as follows: promote gender equality.
Did you know that in many developing countries girls do not have the opportunity to receive the same education as boys?

Giving girls an education gives them confidence, gives them a voice, and a chance at a life full of joy and independence.In Australia and other developed countries, girls have the opportunity not only to a basic education, but they can choose their jobs and their future, whether it be a doctor, chef, or mechanic-the skies the limit.

This week we are finding ways to support women in developing countries and give them a shot at having a better life.

The St Vincent de Paul Society creates some wonderful appeals and fundraisers made for things that are happening around our world that are not fair. One of their appeals, Assist a Student, I feel was made for this goal. This appeal asks for a donation that will help girls as much as boys in developing countries and gives them a better education-and therefore a better chance at life. To check out the site, click the link above.


St Vincent de Paul Society is full of great ideas, and is a huge part of our quest of making the world a better place. They have stores that are run by sometimes even volunteers, vans that travel around cities at night helping those on the streets, and they create appeals such as this one that bring our world a few steps closer to a problem-free world.


So this week, think about things. Check out the site, think to yourself, talk to your colleagues and classmates, and really try to realise that to get to our dream-world, gender equality is a huge step, and with all of us making some steps of any size, we can overcome this obstacle and treat each other fairly.

Thanks!

The End of Polio - MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL NO:3

The third of eight millennium development goals is: CHILD MORTALITY.
Today I was scanning the web, and I found a great article on a great website. This article tells us about how easy it can be to end the problem of polio for not only adults but children as well. Along with this article, a campaign was launched-The End of Polio-that is dedicated to helping the Global Polio Eradication Initiative receive donations. Its a great idea -no its truly LEGENDARY- and you should really take a look at the whole campaign @: The End of Polio Campaign
                                          The Article
So this week see what you can do for the cause - there's a petition to sign, you can like articles on your Facebook or Twitter, donate to the campaign through Rotary International, and even come an ambassador!!!!!!

Hundreds of thousands of children around our world have to put up with polio-but we can change that!
This is our third week of eight in the MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES, good luck!!!!!

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE NO:2!

Thanks to every one for going through with the many challenges throughout the week!
We are now brought to the 2nd of the eight weeks of the MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES. The second Millennium Development Goal is to have UNIVERSAL EDUCATION around the world. So what we are doing this week is using our knowledge from our opportunity to go to school and learn to help educate others. We have been lucky enough to learn how to read! We can read books about dragons, robots, wars and ugly ducklings, but this week, we will try to read about things that are going wrong in our world-gender equality, racism, refugees, etc-and then see what we can do about it. Then spread the word-tell your friends- and tell them that they can help these eight goals work!!!

HAPPY 3RD ODD SOCK WEDNESDAY!

It's that day again, time to get out your odd socks and hole-y socks and wear them with pride!
Every first Wednesday of the month, we bring out our odd socks and wear them, thinking of those who can't even afford to wear hole-y socks let alone odd socks.
For more info on this challenge, see "THE CHALLENGES" page!


Remember that for our first Millennium Development Challenge, we are thinking of those who cannot afford food or drink. This first week of 8 Millennium Development Weeks will conclude with a fast on saturday (see SATURDAY 4 SOMALIA, "THE CHALLENGES"!)