Save the Children

“At the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, the international community signed up to eight targets to reduce poverty, hunger and disease by 2015. These are the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs. Ten years on, there has been significant progress on many of the targets. However, the goals to reduce the deaths of young children and mothers are the furthest off track. Just one third of the necessary progress has been made on MDG4, to cut the under-five mortality rate by two-thirds, and just 10% towards achieving MDG5, to reduce by three-quarters the maternal mortality ratio.”

“Projects supported by Jersey, such as the construction of health clinics in Burera District, Rwanda serving a population of 30,000, and the refurbishment of forest community houses as health centres to reach a population of over 10,000 in the Amazon, Brazil, have a twofold impact.”

“These projects reach vulnerable communities with direct work and services, but also allow us to demonstrate to international governments how this work can be successfully replicated and scaled up in order to contribute to reaching the MDG targets.”

JOAC-supported programmes have also provided training to hundreds of health workers in areas such as maternal health, neo-natal care, immunisations and hygiene practise. This learning will serve communities for generations to come.”

Save the Children’s statement on how Jersey funded projects are working to the Millennium Development Goals