1. Christina Polyanko Period 1 January 3, 2014

2.  2015 Goal  Target: slash extreme poverty and hunger  Hundreds of millions of Africans living in poverty*  Ultimate aspiration changed  2025 Goal  Target: food security in Africa and end poverty  Planned in July 2013 by the AU, Brazil’s Lula Institute and FAO*  Initiated on February 1, 2014* *According to UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO): www.un.org/apps/news

3.  11 African countries met this first Millennium Development Goal* to bring hunger under control 5 years ahead of deadline  Algeria, Algona, Benin, Cameroon, Dijouti, Ghana, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo  Reduced half the proportion of starving people  Between the years 1990 and 2015  Only country where number has gone up *According to UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO): www.un.org/apps/news

4.  Initiative to help Africa  Train and deploy a million community health workers by 2015*  Africa’s goods get a fair price on the global market ▪Global partnerships means prosperity*  384 million workers lived below $1.25 a day poverty ▪294 million before since 2001 *According to Ban Ki-moon: www.un.org/apps/news

5.  UN Agricultural Agency historic commitment  End hunger in Africa by 2025  First time strong pledge  Completely eliminate hunger  More than 100 million children under age five are still undernourished and underweight  Worldwide

6.  UN Food and Agricultural Organization  Director-General Jose Graziano da Silvia  UN Development Programme (UNDP)  African Union (AU)  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva  Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

7.  In Cambodia, income risen from $0.47 to $1.40 a day*  In Yemen, 1 million families received annual ration of wheat and oil*  New 2025 AU target goal named Zero Hunger Challenge  Provide every person with good nutrition and solid food systems  See Page 2, Partnering for Success* *Found from: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/Goal_1_fs.pdf

8. Main Website: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/poverty.shtml Pictures: http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/221/e/7/african_countries_by_al_zoro- d5ahq2y.png http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TcU1IJOol8E/S- hJOkwlmhI/AAAAAAAAAlg/iiCoyHRHBaE/s640/mine-workers- southafrica.jpg https://flagspot.net/images/u/un-fao.gif http://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/undp1.gif http://www.jfcnaples.nato.int/resources/1/african-union-logo2.jpg http://a.abcnews.com/images/WNT/abc_wn_hunger_110817_wg.jpg http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1197938/thumbs/r-US-CHILD-HUNGER-RATES- COUNTY-large570.jpg%3F12