It takes many bricks to build a building, but when we have enough bricks the house is built completely. Likewise, it takes all the people in this world to build a better world for everyone. Unfortunately, not every person contributes and in some cases some people have deliberately prevented others from getting a good life. But if all the people in the world were to work together then the world can be a better place for everyone.

 

So in order to do this, the United Nations established a set of goals after the Millennium Summit in 2000. They called these the Millennium Development Goals. All United Nations member states and 23 international organizations committed to help achieve the following Millennium Development Goals by 2015:

• To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

• To achieve universal primary education

• To promote gender equality and empower women

• To reduce child mortality

• To improve maternal health

• To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

• To ensure environmental sustainability

• To develop a global partnership for development

 

It is now the end of 2014 and very few countries have achieved the majority of the goals. Most of the world still struggle to meet half these goals while others achieve none. It is clear that the goals will never be achieved by 2015 but that doesn't render them entirely useless. Just because we as the world did not achieve the goals on time does not mean that we should simply forget about them and ignore the problems that they set out to achieve. This campaign aims, not like the Millennium Campaign to hold governments accountable for keeping their promise, but rather to keep the Millennium Goals alive in whatever way possible even if they cannot be met on the promised date.