The Peace & Development Organisation (PADO) in collaboration with Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) and civil society of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) join hands will millions of people across the world to stand up and raise vioce against poverty in support of the United Nations (UN) millennium development goals (MDGs).
In this connection the two organisations arranged different events with youth, community members, teachers, DPs and other stakeholders in KP during last three days from September 17 to September 19. At the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, 189 world leaders made a pledge to end poverty by 2015, by signing the 'Millennium Declaration' and agreeing to meet the 'Millennium Development Goals' (MDGs), an eight-point roadmap with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world's poorest people.
The accent of the campaign, besides ending poverty and hunger, is on universal education, gender equality, children's health, maternal health, combating HIV/Aids, environmental sustainability, and global partnership. In district Buner, PADO team mobilised the children and youths to come forward and take part in the events organised by PADO. The organisation staged a demonstration on September 17 and raised slogans and clapped while drums were played during role play conducted by children.
Similarly, on September 18, a crowd of community members gathered in Buner, and urged the leaders to fulfil their promises to deliver the basic health and education facilities for all in Buner. In district Nowshera, Jalozai camp was the point of attraction for SUTA events. The DPs demanded rehabilitation in there area of origin. Chlidren in CFS presented a role play with the theme to make noise in favour of education for all.
"It's now the time for the leaders to deliver rather than making false promises and to craft a clear plan for achieving MDGs," said Furqan Ullah, Chief Executive Officer of Peace and Development Organisation. "The ability to achieve the MDGs and sustain success, however, depends, in large part, on whether or not we invest in basic services to achieve the MDGs for our future generation and prosperity of the country" he said.
Independent reports suggest that in Pakistan nearly 40 percent citizens live in extreme poverty, without enough to eat or access to basic services--education, healthcare and safe water. Recently, the floods and conflicts have pushed more people into hunger and extreme poverty.-PR