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Ask your friends to meet with you and answer 5 questions to share your ideas on how the MDGs are working in your country!
5 Questions: Tell us where your country is on the MDGs!
- What does $US1.25 a day buy you in your hometown?
- Which MDGs are important to you?
- Which human rights in the UDHR are NOT covered by the MDGs?
- If you were the leader of your country, how would you include human rights in the MDGs?
- What is one thing you can do to make the MDGs real?
Submit your answers and add your thoughts to amplify young people’s ideas on the MDGs!
When to hold your ‘Meet on MDGs’: Between July 20 and September 25, 2010.
This activity is now closed. You may sign up to receive updates on upcoming activities on the MDGs.
When you have had your ‘Meet on MDGs’ it would be really great if you could fill out the Outcomes Sheet! This will allow your views to be collated with other people’s on the MDGs!
Want to know how your country is going? Check out these links! MDGs monitor and UNDP
Questions and Answers
Q: Do I need to know alot about the MDGs in order to take part?
A: No! This is about you and your friends reflecting on what you think! There are lots of resources and information about the MDGs so you may wish to do some pre-reading, but this is about what you think!
Q: Do I need to register for this?
A: Yes, you need to register and host your Meet on MDGs between July 20, 2010 and 25 September, 2010!
Q: Is this a public activity?
A: No, this is you asking your friends, people you know, to discuss these issues and then sharing these views. However, if you’d like to run a public activity or event, please contact apyncampaigns@gmail.com
Q: Does this cost anything?
A: No, as you are asking your friends, consider where you’d like to meet, it might be at home, school, work or your favourite hangouts. It doesn’t have to be a ‘big event’ more like a small meeting of your friends. Think about where you normally see your friends, and consider turning the next time you meet them, into a ‘Meet on MDGs’.
Q: Do my responses need to be in English?
A: It’s great if you can provide your answers in your own language and English, however, if this is difficult, please provide in your own language. Perhaps one of your friends might be able to help with translations. If you have problem using the outcomes form, you can always email apyncampaigns@gmail.com with the details of your Meet on MDGs and then the answers to the questions!
Q: Do I need permission to hold a ‘meet on MDGs’?
A: It might be best to ask wherever you decide to meet (eg if you are meeting at home, ask the people you live with, at school or work, whoever you need to ask to use the space etc). Remember though, this isn’t ‘public’ events – you are inviting your friends to participate in these discussions.
Q: How does this activity affect change?
A: Community discussions are the first step to increasing awareness on issues. Every person you speak with about issues that concern you is one more person that may consider the issue you care about.
APYN also wants to collate you and your friends views, with others from around the region, to provide a small insight into young people’s reflection on the MDGs. This is why we ask for your feedback. We can then, depending on the volume of responses, look at different ways to amplify the messages that are coming through from young people around the region about the MDGs. While official country reports have already been prepared and submitted for review of the MDGs, we think that your reflections are important!
Q: Great, I’ve organized and hosted my ‘Meet on MDGs’ and provided the Outcomes Sheet, what can I do now?
A: You can join the MDGs youth campaign team and continue to work on this – and other campaigns related to human rights and poverty.
