Millennium Development Goals

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Millennium Development Goals

• These goals were ratified by 189 heads at the
  United Nations Millenium Summit Sept. 2000.
• 1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger in
  Africa
• 2. To achieve universal primary education
• 3. To promote gender equality
• 4. To Reduce child mortality

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A Small Group of Thoughtful People Can Change
the World

• It is the only thing that ever has
• Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
• Worked in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Somalia

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Millenium Goals cont.

• 5. To combat HIV/AIDS
• 6. To ensure environmental sustainability
• 7. To develop global partnerships
• (The year 2015 was chosen as the goal line)

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African Women Toting Water
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Africa Needs a New Plan

• This conference today will focus on global
  partnerships
• This means country-to-country relationships
• Most of all, people-to-people actions
• Each person here today should come away with a
  partner or partners or contacts that can lead
  to partners.

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Our Goals Today

• Establish linkages between U.S. companies and
  companies in Africa in order to achieve the 2015
  goals.
• Explore investment opportunities in Africa
• Search for new ways to teach prevention for
  HIV/AIDS with particular emphasis on youth and
  prevention.

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Bad water is the Second Leading Cause of Death in
Africa
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Other Areas of Focus Today

• Agriculture and mining partnerships
• Alternative energy and better water management
  systems
• Information and communication technology links
• Educational partnerships and joint grants
• Small and medium sized joint ventures and
  micro-financing.

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WPIs Africa Focus(Why WPI?)

• WPI has project centers around the world, from
  Namibia to Bangkok to Costa Rica.
• The Namibia Project Center was started in 2002
• Each year about 25 students and 2 faculty go to
  Africa and work on various projects concerned
  with sustainable development.

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Why WPI? continued

• We have received grants from USAID and U.S.
  Department of Education for ten years of various
  Africa projects.
• We have published books and papers relating to
  research in Africa.
• We teach courses in Africa History and Culture.
• We are small enough to be agile and combine
  practical with theoretical.

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Conclusion

• This conference is a call to arms and is designed
  for action and not just information exchange
• As the day progresses let us each keep thinking
  about what we can do to bring the continents
  closer together.
• Lets view this conference as a beginning so that
  we each leave tonight with new ideas and plans
  for action.

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A Small Group of Thoughtful People Can Change
the World

• Margaret Mead