Contents
◆"Know more about MDGs" What is MDGs? ・・・・・・・・・・・Management
◆MDGs" Vol. 1 "Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger"
・・・・・Ms. Miyuki ASANO
◆Letter from East Timor ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・Ms. Satoko WATANABE
◆Schedule of serial article "Know more about MDGs" ・・・・・Management
JLMM agrees the campaign by JANIC (Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation) "Reduce by half the world's poverty. MDGs2015" which is to promote and educate about MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) and has been working on the projects as a member.
We start the serial article "Know more about MDGs" to help you to understand MDGs through JLMM activities.
What is MDGs?
MDGs stands for Millennium Development Goals and it is the world's promise to achieve the goals such as to reduce by half the world's poverty by 2015.
In September, 2000 the Millennium Declaration was unanimously adopted by 189 UN member states. In the declaration the international society announced to work on the challenges together to build the prosperous and fair world with peace and to end the poverty.
There are eight numerical targets to be achieved by 2015.
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
"Know more about MDGs" Vol. 1
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Food stall project in Steung Meanchey, Cambodia
By Ms. Miyuki ASANO (Kikuna Church, Yokohama Diocese)
< Steung Meanchey District >
Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, is rapidly developing. Foreign enterprises are very active and high-class residential area and high-rise buildings for commercial facilities and hotels are coming out. The number of cars has increased rapidly and there are traffic jams everywhere. We can often see luxury cars such as Lexus. There are also fancy cafes and restaurants but they seem to be only for foreigners and rich Cambodians and a different world for most of Cambodian people. The benefits of the development go to those with power and foreigners and most of the nations are left behind. There are more poor people who came from countryside to find jobs.
People in Russey Village, Steung Meanchey whom JLMM is supporting are also out of benefits of the development and live in a bad environment selling recyclable items from refuge dump. People have sometimes to borrow money from loan sharks for wedding or to pay medical fees when they get sick as there is no essential welfare service in Cambodia. As a result they have no choice but to live hand-to-month. It is their severe reality that children are considered as labor power.
They were formerly farmers but they could not earn enough money to support their family because the agriculture technology was backward and the water for farming was lacking. They came to cities to work but it is very difficult to find a job for those without special skill or educational background as the country is not industrialized other than sewing industry. After all they work in a refuge dump. The refuge dump is the income source for many poor people in Phnom Penh.
JLMM started "Food stall project" for them in 2007. We rent food stalls and provide the business knowledge to those interested. It aims that their life will be stabilized by the new job which is healthy and sanitary replacing the job in the refuge dump. The food stall business requires a hard work but only little capital and no special skill and it produces an income to support families. They go to markets and schools to sell inexpensive sweets with good profit and "rotti" which is a popular sweet in Thailand.
By Ms. Satoko Watanabe (Yamato Church, Yokohama Diocese)
Today's topic is "the language".
I want to improve my Tetun and Fataluku. These spoken languages sound very nice and I even get envious of those who speak these languages. I wish I could speak the languages like them.
People in Los Palos speak many languages. The main language used in the meeting of District Health Service is Tetun but once Portuguese speaks in Portuguese others follow him. When someone uses the Indonesian word they start to speak Indonesian followed by Tetun. During the break Fataluku people speak Fataluku among them. Thus many languages are spoken and I get envious again and say, "No one understands my language!" I start to speak Japanese purposely and they start laughing. I wonder how my Japanese sounds to them and how my poor Tetun.
Vol.139 (This issue)
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
* Cambodia Food stall project in Steung Meanchey
Vol.140 (to be issued in late March)
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
* Cambodia Children's center in Taom Village (Scholarship, etc)
* Cambodia Children's house in Steung Meanchey
* Cambodia Literacy education in Kompong Luong
Vol.141 (to be issued in late May)
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
* Cambodia Renacer
* Thailand Plang Jai Pooying
Vol.142 (to be issued in late July)
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
* Cambodia Maternal and child health in Kompong Luong
* East Timor SISCa project
Vol.143 (to be issued in late September)
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
* East Timor SISCa project
* Cambodia Maternal and child health in Kompong Luong
Vol.144 (to be issued in late November)
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
* East Timor SISCa project
Vol.145 (to be issued in late January, 2012)
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
* Cambodia Water clarification project in Kompong Luong
Vol.146 (to be issued in late March, 2012)
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
* East Timor SISCa project
