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Other Global Special Projects

• The United Nations Millennium Development Goals
• The Impact of Natural Disasters
• The Impact of War
• Victims of AIDS/HIV
• The Cycle of Child Poverty
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse
• Eliminating Poverty Through Education
• Safe Drinking Water
• Youth Taking Action

Did you know that....

2005 statistics show us that more than 1.2 million children - one child out of every six in Canada - lives in poverty?

Special Projects

The Cycle of Child Poverty

What are the causes and solutions to child poverty? How can we stop it in its tracks? How can we make a world fit for children?

The gap between rich and poor is widening more and more each day. This trend isn't slowing down. The problem is gaining momentum. All members of the United Nations met in New York to sign the United Nations Declaration "A World Fit for Children" in May 2002. As signatory to the Declaration, all UN nations are obliged to develop a national plan of action to ensure our children are a priority on the public resources needed to advance their well being.

Millennium Development Goals

The United Nations Millenium Development Goal Targets 1 & 2 State that:

How has Canada been addressing the elimination of child poverty since the year 2000?

Key MDGs goals to reduce poverty by half for 2015 and to reduce by half the number of those that earn less than a dollar a day.

How can we do this? What role can we each play in achieving this goal?

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