A glowing hope in every darkness

1. A LIGHT IN A TUNNEL

2. POVERTY IS THE STATE OF HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE POOR
A LIGHT IN A TUNNEL
Poor- little/no material means to survive.
eg. Food, shelter, clothes, healthcare, literacy.
Approx 3 billion people live on
less than @2.50 a day
80% of humanity lives on less
than $10 a day
22,000 children die DAILY due
to poverty.
THE SADDEST FACT:: THEIR
DEATHS ARE INVISIBLE TO
THE WORLD

3. United Nations Development Programme
Advocates for sharing of knowledge, expanding access to
economic opportunities and resources, empowering the poor
and reducing poverty globally

4. History of UNDP
Founded: 22 November 1965
with the merger of the Expanded Programme of Technical
Assistance and UN Special Fund .
Former: Help economic and political aspects of LDCs
Latter: Enlarge scope of technical assistance

5. What does UNDP do?
-Located in 177 countries
-Cooperates with government and NGOs to find solutions to tackle development challenges
-Links global efforts to achieve development goals based on:
1)Democratic governance
2)POVERTY REDUCTION
3)Crisis Prevention & Recovery
4)Environment & Energy

6. IMPACT OF UNDP
Frameworks for Development: Strategies to alleviate poverty
Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) to reduce poverty in low income countries
1999- IMF & World Bank for debt relief under the Heavily indebted Poor
Countries initiative. It allows them to sustain their own development agendas
and reduce poverty nationally.

7. IMPACT OF UNDP
First Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006)
Focused on national, regional and international efforts to eradicate poverty
Eg. UN Millenium Declaration, the Monterrey Consensus of the International
Conference on Financing for development.

8. UNDP Photos
UNDP officials in Kamyanets-Podilsky
UNDP officials camps in Jordan

9. Done By:
SGT Colin Chan Wei Hua
SGT Chiang Shi Ern
LCP Ryan See

10. Done By:
SGT Colin Chan Wei Hua
SGT Chiang Shi Ern
LCP Ryan See