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The Millennium Declaration and Development Goals |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 02 March 2006 |
 In September of 2000 the largest gathering of world leaders in human history gathered for the Millennium Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York. In that pivotal year, representatives from 189 Member States of the United Nations met to reflect on their common destiny. The nations were interconnected as never before, with increased globalization promising faster growth, higher living standards and new opportunities. Yet their citizens’ lives were starkly disparate. As some States looked ahead to prosperity and global cooperation, many barely had a future, being mired in miserable, unending conditions of poverty, conflict and a degraded environment. Some 1.1 billion people were – and still are – forced to live on less than $1 a day, and 30 per cent of these are children. Even in the world’s richest countries, one in every six children still lives below the national poverty line. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 February 2007 )
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2006 will have been an important year for our NGO. During these last months of working in the field here in Cambodia, we have learned a lot. We want to emphasise that the work we are able to do in favour of the Cambodian children is possible thanks to the help that individual donations bring us, donations from individuals like you. Ever since the creation of our NGO, our goal has been to be completely transparent regarding the use we make of the funds that you bestow upon us. We have received a little more than 10 000 USD during 2006, and even though it might look like a small sum, it has allowed us to make thousands of improvements in the field.