Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project

The mission of the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project is to raise awareness of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals on the UW-Madison campus and to link interested students to relevant volunteer opportunities which can result in the development of new skills and advancement of the goals locally, nationally, and internationally. More about us...

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

How can you help?

On each factsheet, which can be downloaded by clicking on the goal icons above, we have websites listed where you can find more information about the goal and information on how you can help to achieve the goal. If you want to learn more about the MDGAP or to register interest, please contact us at: issprogram@odos.wisc.edu

Poverty, hunger, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, HIV, malaria, the environment, technology…

The United Nations created the Millennium Development Goals to tackle them by the year 2015. Learn about the goals, what has happened around the world to address them, what remains to be done, and how YOU can get involved!

Interactive displays on each Millennium Goal and volunteer organization tables will be available 4:00 - 7:00pm

4:15 Welcome 4:20 Comments by Dean of Students Lori Berquam 4:25 Professor Amy Stambach, Educational Policy Studies ,“Education for All by 2015: Will We Make It?” 4:45 Hypnotiq 4:55 Professor David O’Connor, Pathology and Medicine, ”HIV/AIDS and the UN MDGs” 5:15 Professor Majid Sarmadi, Environmental Textile and Design, “Environmental Sustainability and Fashion: What Can I Do To Help?” 5:35 West African Dance of Madison 6:00 Visit Goal Displays and Community Organization Tables

For more information visit www.iss.wisc.edu/mdgap or e-mail: mdgap@odos.wisc.edu

Partners and Sponsors
Global Studies
Wisconsin Union Directorate Society and Politics Committee

African, HIspanic, Asian and Native American Pre-Health Society, AIESEC, American Medical Students Association, EDGE, Engineers Without Borders, Poverty Stops Here, UNICEF, Wisconsin International Students Association, WUD-Global Connections, WUD- Society and Politics