Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

Jacob A. Riis

This is not my... Goal

The Millennium Development Goals

What are the Millennium Development Goals?

These goals have been set out to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015.

Are we on target to reach these goals?

Sadly, though the UK is leading the way we are still off track.

“Almost all of the goals will be missed by most countries, some of them by epic margins.”

Human Development Report, Sept 2005, on the MDG’s current progress.

Can we afford to reach these goals?

Well - we have promised to give 0.7% of GDP to reach these targets (actually we promised it in 1970) but we have never given it. Is this because we don't have enough GDP?

What can we do?

Just head back to the action page to find out more about practical initiatives and our pledge...

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