The document discusses the United Nations Millennium Development Goals which aim to end poverty, hunger, disease, lack of access to clean water, and environmental degradation by 2015. It notes that the eight MDGs focus on universal primary education, gender equality, child health, maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, environmental stability, and developing a global partnership for development. It also provides brief quotes about the experience of poverty from people in Jamaica and Brazil and mentions that celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Bono support achieving the MDGs.