End Poverty and Hunger
This Goal and Ecuador:
Approximately thirty-five percent of the Ecuadorian population live in poverty. Another seventeen percent are in danger of poverty. Poverty among the indigenous people who live in rural areas. Poverty in these areas is related to lack of education which another millennium development goal. Poverty in urban areas is associated with the lack of functioning water supply or sewage system. The indigenous population currently show alarming levels of malnutrition and child mortality. As a whole this country exhibits low educational achievement, informal sector employment, rented housing, and low rates of labor force participation.
Target Goals:
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day.Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
Probability of Success: 25
News Source:
This news report starts with a quote from María Fabiola Chaluisa. A single mother in La Cocha, Ecuador. She speaks about receiving $35 a month. This provision is known as Bono de Desarrollo Humano or or human development voucher. This is one of the instruments that President Correa is using to control poverty. This voucher sounds like something that could work. This voucher makes it easier for families to buy food which in turn improves health and education because of the requirements needed to receive the voucher. However the problem lies in the rumor of the voucher being “highly politicised”. This meaning that this is priviledge to ensure the votes for one party.
Approximately thirty-five percent of the Ecuadorian population live in poverty. Another seventeen percent are in danger of poverty. Poverty among the indigenous people who live in rural areas. Poverty in these areas is related to lack of education which another millennium development goal. Poverty in urban areas is associated with the lack of functioning water supply or sewage system. The indigenous population currently show alarming levels of malnutrition and child mortality. As a whole this country exhibits low educational achievement, informal sector employment, rented housing, and low rates of labor force participation.
Target Goals:
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day.Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
Probability of Success: 25
News Source:
This news report starts with a quote from María Fabiola Chaluisa. A single mother in La Cocha, Ecuador. She speaks about receiving $35 a month. This provision is known as Bono de Desarrollo Humano or or human development voucher. This is one of the instruments that President Correa is using to control poverty. This voucher sounds like something that could work. This voucher makes it easier for families to buy food which in turn improves health and education because of the requirements needed to receive the voucher. However the problem lies in the rumor of the voucher being “highly politicised”. This meaning that this is priviledge to ensure the votes for one party.
Child Health
This goal and Ecuador:The welling being and right of children in Ecuador is significantly affected by their family’s economic situation. Poverty stands in the way of children being successful and prospering. 22% of girls are married before they reach adulthood, or 18 years of age. The law permits children to be married in their teens. At the age in permitted for marriage,children are not mature enough to make this major decision and shouldn’t have to. Parts of the Ecuadorean healthcare system are failing. There are high infant mortality rate, chronic malnutrition and the prevalence of AIDS. Progress is being made because the government began providing free access to health care. The minimum working age is 15. Yet one in ten children are working to provide for their families. The conditions in which these children work are not safe whatsoever. The new Constitution of Ecuador prohibits all forms of violence against children. However abuse within the household run children out of their homes and alone on the streets. Child trafficking is becoming more widespread although it is illegal. In ecuador, indigenous children face racism and discrimination, stripping them of their rights and identity. In fact 15% of births in ecuador aren’t even registered.
Target Goals:
Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.
Probability of Success: 25
News Source:
The article reports on a trip made by the Healing the Children organization to Ecuador to provide surgeries for underprivileged children. A group of 25 surgeon and nurses set out to ecuador to perform surgeries for 4 days straight. Some of the surgeries that they completed would cost $50,000 in the U.S and they were performing them for free. Without these volunteer services, the patients in Ecuador could not afford these procedures because of the unbalanced healthcare system.
Target Goals:
Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.
Probability of Success: 25
News Source:
The article reports on a trip made by the Healing the Children organization to Ecuador to provide surgeries for underprivileged children. A group of 25 surgeon and nurses set out to ecuador to perform surgeries for 4 days straight. Some of the surgeries that they completed would cost $50,000 in the U.S and they were performing them for free. Without these volunteer services, the patients in Ecuador could not afford these procedures because of the unbalanced healthcare system.