The UN did not do enough over the last 20 years in this area because 57 million children of the primary school age were out of school. However, UNICEF is an organization that works to provide learning opportunities that prepare children and adolescents with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive. UNICEF believes that all children have the right to go to school and learn, regardless of who they are, where they live and how much money their family has. 

https://www.unicef.org/education

In the United States there is non profit organization called Breakthrough Collaborative which works with highly motivated, traditionally underrepresented students to achieve post-secondary success and empowers aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educators and advocates

https://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org/

increasingly promote equity and inclusion. This includes making targeted efforts for children who are excluded on the basis of gender, disability, poverty, ethnicity and language, as well as those who are displaced or affected by emergencies. 

Access: Gender-equitable access to quality education from early childhood to adolescence, including for children with disabilities, marginalized children and those living in humanitarian and emergency settings.

Learning and skills: Quality learning outcomes and skills development that come from strong education systems and innovative solutions.

Emergencies and fragile contexts: Improved learning and protection for children in emergencies and on the move.

Finding ways in making sure that every child has a way to complete a full course of primary school

https://www.unicef.org/education

A good first step to help would be to simply raise awareness about child mortality around the world. Another way to help is to just donate to organizations that want to save lives. https://www.unicef.ca/en/blog/tags/child-mortality 

I  agree with you that this goal by the UN is definitely achievable. The world needs to come together and  take the right steps in order for child mortality rates to be reduced by two thirds. 

The Un goals are to reverse the loss of environmental resources, reduce biodiversity loss, provide sustainable access to clean drinking water, improve the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers and break the silence of environmental consequences. 

Yes, I do believe that these are achievable goals, especially because of the importance of the matter at hand. For example, more than 880 million people are estimated to be living in slums today, compared to 792 million in 2000 or the fact that between 1990 and 2012, global emissions of carbon dioxide increased by over 50 percent. Although there is already a lot of improvement made, for example, between 2000 and 2014, more than 320 million people living in slums gained access to improved water sources, improved sanitation facilities, or durable or less crowded housing, and the fact that Ozone-depleting substances have been virtually eliminated, and the ozone layer is expected to recover by the middle of this century. Therefore, it is clear to see that equal distribution and direct effort can make the SDGs achievable. 

There has been some significant improvement in the past years. Besides the points mentioned above, other achievements include world meeting the target of halving the proportion of people without access to improved sources of water, five years ahead of schedule, Between 1990 and 2015, 2.6 billion people gained access to improved drinking water sources and also worldwide, 2.1 billion people gained access to improved sanitation. Although there is always room for improvement as these goals are still yet to be fully completed.

Sweden is a good example as it has met many of the environmental goals listed as UN plans. It has also taken steps to provide access to clean water, provide sustainable housing, improve public transport systems. 

Another target I feel as if should be added is further reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as have horrible environmental and health effects. In fact, 85% of air pollution is caused by energy-related fossil-fuel combustion. 

I think this was an achievable goal but would’ve been extremely difficult especially in countries affected by conflict because children will have a hard time going to school due to conflicts that may be happening in their area. Also, children living in developing regions of the world will face challenges like getting to school on time because they lack transportation which will make it difficult to go to school. According to the UN, children in the poorest households of developing regions are four times more likely to be out of school than those in the richest households. In conclusion, the Un did a pretty good job of getting an education to more children. Enrollment in primary schools increased from 83% in 2000 to 91% in 2015. 

I think the UN did a lot to increase education as highlighted by the 8% increase in primary school enrollments from 2000 to 2015. However, I don’t think that was enough because as of 2015 there are still 57 million children out of school. 

 

Breakthrough Collaborative, a non-profit organization in the United States is one organization trying to implement this goal. This organization works with highly motivated, underrepresented students to achieve post-secondary success. They also mobilize the talent of students from over 250 colleges and universities to meet the educational needs of motivated, underrepresented youth from coast to coast. Each year Breakthrough connects 10,000 students with 1,100 college-aged Teaching Fellows in 24 cities across the country.

I think a new target should be finding ways to make sure that every child has a way to complete a full course of primary school. They can start by making targeted efforts for children who are excluded on the basis of gender, disability, poverty, ethnicity, and language, as well as those who are displaced or affected by emergencies. 

 

Access: Every child should have access to primary education despite any challenges they might face

Emergencies and fragile contexts: Improved learning and protection for children in emergencies like wars or government conflicts 

During this pandemic of COVID19, this goal is little affected. Many of the women are trying to access the services but they are in the homes. Some of the women in the home are with abusers. Looking in , with his goal of Gender Equality and Empower women, women are playing a huge role in the pandemic as working as frontline workers for the community and the country. The UN is creating a lot to empower the future of the girls by requiring education necessary for them. A specific legal age to get married or work. These roles of the UN are playing a significant role in promoting women as equal to men and empowering them.

Yes, I think it was an achievable goal for the UN to meet because there were many things that could have been improved by simply providing resources that these children need. Many countries, especially in the rural areas, did not have the same access to basic resources. Mothers that were uneducated usually had children that died under the age of 5 more regularly than mothers who were educated. They needed access to nutrition, education on what can cause early child deaths and how to prevent it or seek help, access to vaccines and immunizations and access to clean water and proper hygiene uses. When all of these resources are made affordable and accessible to families, it can reduce the child mortality rate and help families to properly care and protect their children. This easily allows the child to be able to grow up and live as long as possible. This is why I think that this was an achievable goal for the UN.

Since the last two centuries, the UN and other countries have done a lot to continue the rapid progress of reducing the child mortality rate. Between 1800 to 1950 global mortality has halved from around 43% to 22.5%. I do believe that the UN and these countries could have done a better job and a quicker one too. In the past 20 years, it was very common to see children die under the age of 5 as child mortality and fertility rates were very high. Many parents were not educated on the different ways children could die and how young death would catch up to them. They did not have the resources or even knowledge of the resources in order to seek assistance. Even though countries did the bare minimum, more could have been done,

Japan is one country that has implemented these resources to their people. Their child mortality rate is 2.5 deaths per 1000 lives which is one of the lowest in the world. Japan provided maternal-child healthcare handbooks which allowed many women giving birth to be educated on how to protect and nurture their children. They also have universal access to care. Abortion is an option given to women if needed. The government provides financial aid for medical and pediatric complications. Their society is organized to support children and ensure they live a long life and stay as healthy as possible. Japan’s society is equipped with community support and public health education. Japan didn’t always have one of the lowest child mortality rates until they began making changes and improving their health care.

I think some ways of improving the child mortality rates is by educating people in areas that are not as familiar with the topic so we are helping them to help their precious ones. We can provide them with posters, brochures, fliers, basically anything so they can get educated. We can also ensure that resources are available to all families, especially ones living in more rural areas who do not have access to these resources.

The 1st goal and the 3rd goal were achieved but the 2nd goal was unable to reach its targets.

The first goal was to reduce the number of people that earn $1.25 a day by half, and this was achieved five years ahead of its time, back in 2010 instead of 2015. This means that since 1990, more than 1 billion people have been lifted out of poverty. Even with this success, it should be noted that there are still more than 800 million people that are still living in extreme poverty. The 2nd goal on the other hand, resulted in the number of working age men and women to fall from 62% back in 1990, to 60% in 2015. This means that only four in ten young men and women are employed in 2015 compared to 5 in ten in 1991. The 3rd goal was also achievable as the results proved it to be. The proportion of undernourished people in the developing regions has been cut down by almost half since 1990. Still the efforts continue since there are still an estimated 795 million people that are suffering from hunger and 90 million of those are children under 5 that are either malnourished or underweight. Honestly in my opinion, I think the UN did well for committing themselves  to their words or the targets that they  set for themselves, but due to the increasing population they probably need to do more. There still are millions of people that are suffering from hunger and are malnourished. This is also separate from those that are still earning under $1.25 a day. For the time span that the UN worked in with all the challenging issues it thought of tackling, I think they have done very well but still need to continue with their efforts since there are still people out there that need help.

The UN provides essential support to the farmers of India that are currently suffering from extremely low salaries which reduces the amount of things they can afford, such as food. Fertilizers are blamed for soil degradation, resulting in stagnant productivity, health issues which push farmers into debt.  By bringing in organic products, the farmers will have their cost reduced and their profits increased. 

Hunger and poverty are two huge goals to accomplish. Targets should be set, in order to stay on track and to identify if results are being achieved. The UN should target at least removing hunger and malnourishment of children first since they are one that would require immediate attention due to their bodies not being strong enough to handle starving.

When the UN decided to implement Target #3 (stopping and reversing the number of the spread of Malaria and other diseases) in countries in the south of the Sahara in Africa. When this goal was  implemented, over 6.2 millions deaths that would have been caused by Malaria were prevented since the year 2000. This mostly impacted children who are five years old. The goal was achieved by increased funding and diagnosis and treatment provided, where 37 million lives were saved between the years 2000 and 2013. 

After watching the Mobile HIV testing for women in Botswana video, I feel that the idea of being able to provide women in third world countries where treatment centres are not common is an idea that could have thrived. However, they did mention that these trucks were 200 km away from their homes, where the journey was very long. This factor is a barrier that could prevent people from getting tested. I think that if they had been able to provide more trucks closer to peoples homes, more people would have been able to get tested. Another thing they could have done would be to drive the trucks to each neighbourhood, while I understand this could be a little more time consuming than the initial plan, I feel that they could have prevented even more deaths/infections by bringing the trucks closer to the areas where these people live. 

I think these were achievable goals, they gave themselves a sufficient amount of time to complete, as they cannot be achieved overnight. Goals number one and three were met, with goal number one being achieved 5 years in advance.  The second goal however had some difficulties being met. 

I think that you wanted to know in this area because two girls were ahead of time and even though they did not achieve the second goal in the time that the allotted to themselves I doubt they had much control over that. The second goal can be met but only if countries that are faced with this issue, the government and other powerful institutions full support this move, especially with women and stop seeing them as mere housewives, modern times call for modern solutions, if women were allowed to work, I’m sure they would beagle to help with the issue of poverty. 

‘’Like slavery, poverty is not natural it is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings’’. - Nelson Mandela  

A country in which these goals are being implemented is in Bangladesh where many went from having one merely to having three meals. The United Nation described it as the largest project of its kind in Bangladesh and one of the largest in the world. The UNDP and its partners have helped Bangladesh make critical advances in the areas of poverty reduction building stronger communities. 

Things and times have changed, with some things changing for the worse. Many new issues have arrived since 1990, so new targets should be set for the betterment of countries and the world as a whole. With the increase in population, there is no surprise that many made soon be trapped in poverty once again. One target can be raising the amount they aim for as income for individuals, as economies have changed making the cost of living higher. Instead of halving the number of people suffer from hunger, give themselves a longer time frame, and aim to completely eradicate it.