In order to create awareness regarding the Sustainable Development Goals among people in Jharkhand several NGOs came together on a common platform.
NGOs like Save the children, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA), World vision, leads have jointly organised a programme on Wednesday as most of the demands made by NGOs have been accepted and have also been reflected in the Sustainable development goals to be achieved by the end of the year 2030.
More than 400 people from across the State participated in the ‘light the way’ programme to mark the start of sustainable development goals which are framed to combat several social challenges like poverty, hunger, gender inequality etc.
Sustainable development goals will replace Millennium Development goals (MDGs) as new International development framework has been framed following a three years’ long process of diverse consultation said an expert.
Citing details about Sustainable development goals Director leads A K Singh said, “A set of 17 international development goals, known as the Sustainable development goals will be signed by 193 member countries. The sustainable development goals will affect the next 15 years of an individual life. This include the targets such as ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more sustainable, combating climate change and natural resources like forests, oceans etc.
“Action 2015 is a growing global movement jointly made up by the efforts of thousands of organization, coalitions and partnerships calling for concrete actions and ambitious agreements for people and the planet by the end of 2015. Globally the campaign had united over 27 million people organised by 2000 organisations in 140 countries,” said Singh.
“In India, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA) has been leading the process of developing consensus from civil society and other communities around their aspirations from the new development agenda,” Singh further added.