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Global Poverty Campaigns

In 2000, world leaders committed to a set of goals that would dramatically reduce extreme poverty by 2015. Called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they set targets for reducing hunger, disease, and poverty while promoting gender equality, health, education, and environmental sustainability. The MDGs provide a positive framework for creating a healthier, more prosperous world.

RESULTS’ global poverty campaigns are integral to fulfilling the MDGs:

• Appropriations: Ensuring foreign assistance is supported by Congress and funds the most effective programs.
• Economic Justice: Expanding access to microfinance for the very poor and changing the policies of international financial institutions that hinder development.
• Health: Combating diseases of poverty and promoting child survival.
• Education for All: Ensuring all children have access to basic education.

Our successes have already proven that bold goals can be met and kept. President Obama has pledged that the Millennium Development Goals will be America’s goals. RESULTS is committed to ensuring that his promise becomes a reality.

See the 2010 Global Poverty Campaigns Summary for details on our work last year, and see the 2011 Global Poverty Campaigns Summary for details on our upcoming work.