Tuesday, December 4th

First we finished the presentation that started yesterday. We are going to do our last presentation next. We also went over the maps.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY &  GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP

goals- reduce amount of people who can access safe drinking water by 2015- a child dies every 15 seconds because of this- reduce deforestation-100 million slum dwellers reduced by 2020

problems- humans are the cause for things like pollution, and deforestation- too many people live in slum areas

progress- 8%  more of the the developing world has access to good drinking water

success stories- 2007 hospital was open for cancer

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP

goals- to decline poverty in countries and regions- address the special needs of least developed countries- develop open-base, rule base financial system

problems- 1 in 6 people live on less than $2 a day in Latin America- causes of poverty extend beyond economics/ education- cant get education, cultural-men dominate, health related challenges- cant get health care, environmental

progress- # of water pollution areas has been reduced, land has been covered in forest

success stories- 40 people came together for the event GHS  it was started 10 years ago- made cancer treatment in Zambia better

 

 

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