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January

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The UN Global Goal: No Poverty
"Eradicating poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice and the key to unlocking an enormous human potential."
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Source: https://www.one.org/us/globalgoals/no-poverty/
End Poverty in all its forms everywhere. The Goal of No Poverty has 7 targets:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty
  • Reduce poverty by at least 50%
  • Implement social protection systems
  • Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources
  • Build resilience to environmental, economic and social disasters
  • Mobilize resources to implement policies to end poverty
  • Create pro-poor and gender sensitive policy frameworks
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Source: UNDP
Teaching Ideas:​
  • Read No Poverty: Why it Matters with your class
  • Have students select one of these case studies of how SDG's Funds are working to achieve No Poverty
  • If you want your students to think critically about foreign aid and why donating is charities is not addressing the root of the problem, a great documentary is Poverty Inc.
  • One of the best teaching tools for your students to explore factors of poverty is the Canadian Geographic interactive Developing World map. One way I have used this in the classroom is having students compare the HDI of their country (for example, Canada) to a developing country.
  • Check out this lesson from the World's Largest Lesson: Global Poverty Requires Local Solutions
  • Check out this lesson from the World's Largest Lesson: The World is Not Equal. Is that Fair?
  • If you would like to teach your students about how kids can contribute to their communities, check out Empatico's lesson on Helping Hands
Resources:​
  • How one goat is helping lift a whole community out of poverty
  • After a cyclone, a strong home and future
  • Transforming challenges into opportunities
  • Canadian Geographic's interactive Developing World Map. You can also order one for your class here if you are a member of Canadian Geographic Education.
  • No Poverty comic
  • It's Your World by Chelsea Clinton is a great book to read with your students, but even if you don't purchase the book, you can check out resources from Chapter 1: $1.25 a Day: Poverty Around the World
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A Developing World

Compare countries' statistics, learn about the Human Development Index and explore our changing world.

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Goal 1: No Poverty - SDG Tracker

The UN explains: Extreme poverty rates have fallen by more than half since 1990. While this is a remarkable achievement, one-in-five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.90 a day. Millions more make little more than this daily amount and are at risk of slipping back into extreme poverty.


The Challenges
Here are the challenges for this month! ​​
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Download a poster with January's challenges below
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