Sustainable Development Goals
UN Dream
In 2015, just as we were starting out in the Philippines, United Nations leaders came together to develop 17 goals - termed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - to make the world a better place by 2030. Ambitious but legally non-binding, they were more wishes than goals; they were criticised more or less from the off.
A decade later, and with just a third of the time remaining until they expire, it is now crystal clear that many of the goals are utterly unachievable. Indeed, some of them - for example, ‘end poverty in all its forms everywhere’ - seem totally fantastical, and one wonders how they were ever voted through.
Our reality
Regardless, back in 2015 we took a hard look at the goals and decided that we could act in sympathy with 11 of them - those whose icons are laid out below. So our strategic planning is mindful of them and each of our service programs is pegged to at least one of them. Some are highly relevant to many of our services and programs, so we term these ‘service SDGs’. Others are relevant to certain of our services and programs, so we term these ‘minor SDGs’. And a few others are relevant to the way we run our organization - we term these ‘organizational SDGs’. And throughout this site, the relevant SDG icons for a particular page is clearly displayed: on blog-style pages, the relevant SDG numbers are tagged; otherwise, the relevant SDG icons are displayed on the bottom right hand corner.
Service SDGs
Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
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Support equality in and among countries.
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
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Minor SDGs
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
End hunger, achieve food security, and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
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Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
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Organizational SDGs
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
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Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities…
Romans 13:1
