Saturday, April 6, 2013

Week of April 9, MDG Online Program

Hi everyone,


Today we will participate in

Before we do, make sure you upload your amazing Welcoming Story to the First Person American website.

Now, we will participate in a project for the UN Millennium Development Goals. Last week marked the beginning of the last 1,000 days to achieve the UN's Millennium Development Goals by the deadline. Momentum 1000 is hosting 1000 minutes of digital conversation (talks, tweets, webcasts, etc.) about what needs to be done during this crucial time. 

Please visit this website to learn more

Click on the banner at the bottom to enter the 1000 days of action site. There read about every goal, and share information about each one with friends using email. Watch the video in the middle of the page.

Please answer these questions in your Google Drive and post your answers to our blog:


  1. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
  2. What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
After you post your own answers, read 2 classmates posts and write replies.



48 comments:

  1. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    Hunger, Education and Diseases are most important to me because first of all, millions of people are suffering from the hunger and can’t even afford to buy one meal. So, we should improve the situation as soon as possible. For education, newborn children are our future. So, it is really important that every children should have their own education access. For last, we have to beat all of the diseases if we can. Some of them cannot be cured but they can still be relieved to the better conditions. So, we really need to help to relieve for the patients all over the world. Therefore, the organizations around the world should work as one and improve our lives in order to get a better world.


    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    Since I am a high school student, I don’t think I can do a lot for them. But I can devote my time to my community or the organizations which are willing to help for achieving the goals. For the sake of being a better world, we should all do our best we can for our community.

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  2. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    I think that eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, improve material health and combat, HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases are the most important three things to me. Because we have to solve the hunger problem during the people, then we can prove our plans. Also, we have to prevent people’s health, a health body is very necessary to own and do more useful things during our life. If we never felt hunger and the threaten from the HIV and AIDS, we can create a more powerful country for ourselves.

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I think I can contribute the flyers to fly the papers about helping those people. Moreover, I can advertise with my classmates and friends to gather more people to help them. And I will use the internet to find information about HIV and AIDS, then I can think about the methods to comfort them. Also, I can read some books about those diseases to try to understand them and help them. I can start the contribution in my high school to persuade person.

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    1. I agree with the actions you are going to do in order to achieve the goals.

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    2. I like the way you will help achieve the goals, by spreading the word to your peers will absolutely get their attention.

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    3. In order to let UN to achieve their goals, we need everyone to be involved, and this is going to make their life easier, because more people are going to help to achieve goals, the more efficiency we got.

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  3. 1. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?

    • Extreme poverty and hunger is one of the most important goals to me. I do think that poverty is the center of every problem happening in the world. With the existence of poverty nothing can get done. For example, there will be no funding for health facilities. Another goal is HIV/AIDS; this issue has been spreading throughout the whole world. It really needs to be eradicated. HIV/AIDS have been causing deaths. As we all know, HIV/AIDS are so perilous and will reduce a lot of the populations. Last but not least, achieving universal primary education is the foundation of everything. Education, as many people emphasize on, is something that a human needs to be aware of things, such as world’s growth, illnesses, etc.
    2. What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    • Many things I will do to help achieve the goals. I know it may not be so helpful for the world’s goal. However, I am sure even a little thing counts. For the poverty and extreme hunger, I will try my best to never throw my food away. As I know, many people out there can’t even see a food on a daily basis. HIV/AIDS, in this case, I will encourage my peers to always be abstinence in all the cases. However, some things are inevitable; I will urge them to always have a condom in their side. Last and importantly, Education, I will urge my peers how important an education is, and at least I believe it can strengthen their motivation of having as much education as possible.

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    1. Your ideas fresh my mind, I can't agree you more on your position. Let's do it together

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    2. I agree with your ideals . the HIV/AIDS is very fearsome , if people do not care about that , the people will die one by one .

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  4. 1.Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    3 goals that i think are most important are Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty, Reduce Child Mortality, and Combat HIV/Aids. because they are most basic and most foundamental problems people in poor countires face. if we can address the problems with appropriate methods, other problems will become much easier to solve. and aslo these 3 goals are basic human rights.

    2.What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    i can donate money and make others aware of their problems. by spreading words, some people will help them eventually

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    1. I agree with your personal opinions, I think to be involved are most important.

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    2. You are absolutely right. But are you going to donate your money? I have some organization that can help you. Look for me!

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    3. Donating money is actually something that will help the organization to do more things. Like it brah!

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    4. Yes I fully agree with the idea of contributing financially. That can be greatly significant. Like it too brah(Aditya's word)

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    5. yes the money is one thing they need we have to offer that for them .

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    6. I think we can teach them useful things to help them for earning money,it's better than donate money.

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  5. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    I think GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER; GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY; and GOAL 6:COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES, because these goals are going to help people to alive, these goals are helping people to save their lives, I think lives are basis of everything else.
    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    Personally, I think the most effective way to help achieve them is to participate, I can help them to promote their goals, their informations to attract more and more people to join in, and I can do community services in these organizations who is helping UN to achieve these goals.

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    1. I'm totally agree that participation is most effective way to help.

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  6. 1.Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?

    I think Education, poverty and gender equality are the most important goals. Because education is the bridge to the bright future of a country, the chidren will eventuallly become the roles of the society. Also poverty and gender equality are the problems around the world for thousands of years. These problems won't go away unless we adresse them.

    2.What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    Personally, I can help people in need through a variety ways like donation, community service, promotion. Then they will be inspired and have the motivation to keep on. Until the world reaches the goals, we shall be happy forever.

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  7. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    Hunger and Poverty, Education and Child Mortality are important goals to me. I think all should have a basic sanitary access, food to survive, education, and all kids should be healthy and alive. Somehow we have to improve this MDGs. I think is very important goals for the future.
    2.What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    participation is everything. By participating in it you are showing that you are ready to fight for that, that this is right , and we don't have to give up on our goals, especially when it's world goals.

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  8. 1.Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    In my opinion all of the goals are extremely important because they are all interconnected somehow. There are some goals, however, that are more urgent than others. Goal number one (eradicate extreme poverty and hunger), for example, is very important because it is related to survival, just as reduce child mortality and combat HIV/Aids. I think those MDG's are the three most important.
    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    First of all, I think the first step is to share the information about the MDG's with everyone you know. Then, depending on your availability, you can perhaps dedicate your time to help an organization that works with issues related to those goals or you could simply raise or donate money to such organizations.

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    1. Oye Renan!! Working with an organization is a wonderful idea.

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    2. i got the same idea in mind, and i'm really looking forward to do that, this is one of my long term goal.

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  9. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    One of the most important goals that I strongly favor is to extirpate extreme hunger in the world because food is a basic thing that every human being should be able to afford. It is highly important for the process of life. Another goal is to ensure that the rate of HIV/AIDS is lowered because a lot of inhabitants from developing countries aren’t educated about the effects of HIV. That causes a lot of people to lose their lives. Every human has a right to live, so it is firmly important to protect these humans lives. The last one is education because education you can reach the impossible. That means coming from a low class and rise up in order to help your community.

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I can save money, and always be active in campaign of awareness of these goals, so it means that I’ll find a way to contribute financially and also involve in community services that’ll boost these goals to be accomplished completely.

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    1. Agree, we should let others know about these goals and they might join us to achieve them.

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  10. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?

    I think the Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger ,Ensure Environmental Sustainability and Combat HIV/AIDS Malaria and Other Diseases are most important to me . Because the people’s health is first important ,first of all the people should have a health body to do something they wants . so we have to take care the hunger people make sure everybody have food to eat . HIV/AIDS also is very important this issue has been spreading throughout the whole world, if the people who get HIV/AIDS they will die . serious we have to help that and fix this problem .

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?

    I am a small person and I can not do any great things . but a little thing I can do for them is call everybody stand out to help the people who need people . Carry forward the love ! if everybody offer a little love , the word will become great . I will do my best for this job , because I love everybody in the word .

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    1. I agree with you, if everyone did a little things for them, we can help them a lot together.

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    2. i also agree with you, little thing are big..

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  11. 1. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    The three most important goal to me are Education, Hunger and Child Mortality. Education is the key to success and without as basic access to education the cycle of poverty would never end. Hunger is one of the biggest problem faced by billions of people as more than 1 billion people go hungry everyday, so in order to stop this we need to take some serious action regarding it. Most children don’t make through their early ages in country like Somalia because of malnutrition so proving them the food with essential nutrients are one step to reducing child mortality.

    2.What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I think I could make a difference by spreading the word and education my fellow peers about this issue. Most importantly making them realize that what we have should not be taken for granted because someone in some county are being denied these basic rights.

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  12. 1 Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    I think the most important 3 goals are hungry,education,and health to me. Because there are still many people suffering hungry.Some people waste food,if we can help them,we can save them. And people get education can improve their life. Health is also important,because if people died,everything is meaningless.
    2 What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I can give them some money and clothes. Save food and recycle materials for ourselves. Also, I can do community service to help for achieving the goals.

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    1. I agree with you that the food wasted could be delicious meals to them.

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  13. 1.Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability are three important goals for me. I consider them important because these goals are about daily life issues. It’s extremely hard for people to survive under that kinds of circumstances. These goals must be achieved to fulfill people’s need to survive.
    2.What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    First of all, I think we should cherish things we have right now. There are lots of people in this world suffering from different issues such as poverty, hunger, etc. We can also raise money, volunteer, or donate for people in need.Another thing we can do is to promote these goals to other students because it will be easier to achieve them if we have more people.

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  14. Sarah
    Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    -To be a pediatrician because I love kids and want to help then ones whose parent cannot pay for them to go to the doctor.
    -Be successful in life because I always see myself as someone important in the society.
    -To make my family proud because they have always been by my side and encourage me to become a better person..

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I can achieve by being organized and be determined.

    Magda

    Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    -To be successful in life because I want have a better future than my parents had.
    -To go to the poorest country around the world and help them as I can.
    -To make a difference in people's life.

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I will have to be more committed to succeed.

    Mariam

    Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    -To have a successful career because I want to have a job that will fill my needs.
    -To volunteer and help my country because I am one of the few people who can be fluent in English in Mali.
    -To help people with all I have because that little something might change someone's whole life.

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I have to be more active and learn about things that will lead me onto reaching the goals i have set for myself.

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  15. 1. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    The most important goals to me are eradicate the extreme poverty and hunger, reduce child mortality and achieve universal primary education because if children and old people don't have money to sustain themself they are going to die or have a bad develop; physical and intellectual. Also eradicating the hunger the percent of child mortality could reduce and with education they could learn how to help other people and have a better future to their family.


    2. What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    In some activities I can donate son money and participate volunteering to make a nice day to people who need me. Also, there are many organization which help people with that kind of problem and be part of them and talk about it can help to create conscientious in other people.

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  16. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?

    Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education and promoting gender equality and empowering women are most important to me. Those three are the main necessities of us. Health is the main priority and while suffering hunger, we will not be able to do anything. Education enlightens the world and develops our life statuses. Finally, equality is the main key of basic rights. Women should not be treated as inferior.

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?

    Spreading out MDG goals information to my friends, raising awareness of this through social media, volunteering at organizations at strive for the same goals, fundraising at the school to be part of this big project and donating some money can be done.

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  17. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    Education, Extreme poverty and gender equality are most important goals to me. Because Education is the key for making a perfect society.
    And about the poverty since there are million peoples who are suffering everyday for food we should think about this first. And for gender equality, this creates a lot of discrimination so we should think about fixing this as soon as possible.

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I think I can do community service, donate money and make other peoples aware of these problems that those peoples are facing.

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  18. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    Ans: Education, poverty and equality are most important goals to me. Because Education is the key for making a perfect society.
    And about the poverty since there are million peoples who are suffering everyday for food we should think about this first. And for gender equality, this creates a lot of discrimination so we should think about fixing this as soon as possible.

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    Ans: I think I can do community service, donate money and make other peoples aware of these problems that those peoples are facing.Also eradicating the hunger the percent of child mortality could reduce and with education they could learn how to help other people and have a better future to their family.

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  19. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?

    Three goals that are the most important to me are MDG number two, three and six. I chose MDG2 because education is key to success. Without it, it will be hard to find success in this world. As a woman, I couldn’t help myself but to choose MDG3 because we need to bring equality between men and women. And last but not least,I selected MDG6 because without a good health it will be hard to combat the obstacles or do anything in life.


    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I learned a lot through the Concern Global classroom program this past semester. One thing that I will try to do to help achieve them is by bringing awareness to these goals which I will do by participating this upcoming Concern Spring RACE this saturday. Also I could give donation or volunteer and learn more about the MDG’S.

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  20. 1. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?

    • Extreme poverty and hunger is one of the most important goals. I think that poverty is the main problem of every problem happening in the world. With the existence of poverty nothing can get done. Another goal is HIV/AIDS which has been spreading throughout the whole world. HIV/AIDS have been causing deaths. As we all know, HIV/AIDS are so perilous and will reduce a lot of the populations. Last but not least, achieving universal primary education is the foundation of everything.

    2.What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    • I can make others aware of their problems by spreading words. I will never throw my food away for the extreme hunger.HIV/AIDS, in this case, I will encourage my peers to always be abstinence in all the cases.

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  21. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    first of all, the most important goal to achieve is universal primary education because without education people would never move on but will stay stuck. second goal to achieve is ensuring environmental sustainability. it is important because it helps to reduce biodiversity loss. third goal is reducing child mortality. i think children are the future of the world we all care about and it is not fair that human beings who just start to live have to die at such as early age

    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    i can contribute with taking care of our planet earth and keep save its biodiversity. also i can spread out the message of mdg momentum 1000 to complete their achieve that is also our achieve

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  22. 1.Three most important goals to me are ‘eradicate extreme poverty and hunger’ b/c first we have to have healthy life to work hard and for that we need nutritious food. ‘Achieve universal primary education’ b/c without education society will remain in dark;and “combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases’ b/c if HIV/AIDS spread all over the world then everyone will die, so its very important to work out on it.

    2.Every single thing started from small effort. By spreading MDGs 100 goals, doing volunteering, fundraising, save from monthly budget, making awareness in society/ media, I can help them to achieve these goals.

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  23. 1.Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    The 3 most important goals are EDUCATION,HUNGER AND HEALTH. The 3 are related with children and they are the future of this world. By educating them, we will be avoiding hunger and also diseases in the future. This 3 are the key to success and without basic access to education the cycle of poverty will never end and they will never be aware of diseases.

    2.What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    Each one of us can do something for it, participating in community service and making donations are really important things to do for showing how important this issues are. Also by spreading out MDG's message to my friends and relatives.

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    1. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?

      Three goals that are the most important to me are, education, hunger, and gender equality, because without education you are like a lost individual, you are an ignorant of the most simple thing, hunger is very painful, and it is one of the great killer of children and gender equality is one of the greatest issue, i believe that everyone is born equal and deserve the same rights and treatment.

      What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?

      Me, personally one of the thing i think i can do is to do community service, devote myself to the community, try to get involve into an international organization and try to promote them. I’ve always wanted to be able to travel to the less fortunate country so i could help them specially regarding the health area.

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  24. Which 3 goals are most important to you and why?
    The three important goals for me are Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty, provide 100% education, and Combat HIV/Aids. Because they are most basic and most fundamental problems people in poor countries face. If we can address the problems with appropriate methods, other problems will become much easier to solve and aslo these are basic human rights.
    What do you think you can do personally to help achieve them?
    I think I could make a difference by spreading the word and education my fellow peers about this issue. Most importantly making them realize that what we have should not be taken for granted because someone in some county are being denied these basic rights.

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