The Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project is designed to raise awareness of the eight U.N. Millennium Development Goals on the UW-Madison campus and to connect students with relevant research, internship and volunteer opportunities in order to promote the development of job skills, foster global competency, and advance the goals locally, nationally, and internationally. The project is coordinated by International Student Services.
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What are the MDGs?
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were developed out of the eight chapters of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, sighed in September 2000. 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve MDGs by the year 2015. More at the UN website...
Goals and Targets
Click on any of the icons above to download the corresponding factsheet
Upcoming MDGAP Events
Millennium Development Goals and Global Health: Practical Opportunities
Student Reflections on United Nations Study Tour
The new Global Health Certificate for Undergraduates, approved on May 19, 2011, made an impressive range of global health field opportunities available to students for the first time this summer, including diverse overseas options and three in the United States. Among the latter group, a study tour to the United Nations sought to provide participants with a basic understanding of the UN, its network of special agencies and programs, and how these collaborate to fulfill UN goals, especially those related to global health. Seven students participated in early June. Following are reports and observations by the students on agencies visited and select topics.
Combating HIV/AIDS
by Soyoung Chung
Our Year, Our Voice: Our Social Media
by Danica Rockney
The United Nations Population Fund and Management of Growing Global Population
by Madison Victor
The World Food Programme: Feeding Millions
by Kristine Benson
UN Development Programme and the Environment
by Ariana Lund
UNICEF Engages in Successful Measles Campaign
by Emily Temple
Women's Rights and Issues
by Laura Rostowfske
Get Involved
Click on the Millennium Development Goal icons above. You will find information about each Goal and suggestions for involvement and participation.
More Information
To invite MDGAP to your next event, email the program at mdgap@studentlife.wisc.edu .
To track MDG progress online at http://www.mdgmonitor.org/.
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