|
| |
What makes the
Millennium Development Goals different?
|
 | The Millennium
Development Goals are people-centered, time-bound, and
measurable. |
| They are based on a
global partnership, stressing the responsibilities of
developing countries for getting their own house in order,
and of developed countries for supporting those efforts. |
| They have
unprecedented political support, embraced at the highest
levels by developed and developing countries, civil society
and major development institutions alike. |
| They are achievable! |
|
|
|
“We call ourselves to embody gospel values
and
to live the social teachings of the church.
Working toward the enablement of persons and
the promotion of human dignity,
we contribute to positive systemic change in society.”
You Are Sent,
GD33a, General Directory of the School Sisters of Notre Dame
|
The
School Sisters of Notre Dame have long supported the goals of
the United Nations and the objectives outlined in the
MDGs.
Their work in a wide variety of formal and non-formal education
programs in more than 32 countries helps to ensure that all
people enjoy the right to develop their full potential and have
the opportunity to use their gifts for the common good.
 SSNDs, their colleagues, and friends contribute to the
achievement of the Millennium Development Goals through their
various ministries directed toward education. Their work with
homeless children in Honduras, HIV/AIDS patients in Kenya,
neglected middle school girls in the United States, young people
in Slovenia and the children of rural Nepal, all helps to
accomplish the MDGs. Education, both formal and non-formal, is
their contribution to the global effort to eradicate poverty and
to enable children to develop their full potential. Education
for justice is the way that SSNDs empower women and ensure the
health and well-being of children. It is how they fight disease
and heal the Earth. It is through education that does justice
that members of the SSND family contribute to the MDGs.
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 2006 by SSND
|
Last updated:
27 May 2008
|
|
