Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)

DFW’s featured programs align with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG). To understand more about those goals visit http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

Our featured programs address current and dire global issues, including the following (click the link to read more about the Millenium Development Goal supported):

• MDG #1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty & Hunger: Farming training and business loans for microenterprise in Kenyan slum
• MDG #2: Achieve Universal Primary Education: Scholarships for high risk students and teachers in India
• MDG #3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women:  Economic development for tribal women in Guatemala
• MDG #4: Reduce Child Mortality: Reduce maternal and infant mortality in Mexico
• MDG #5: Improve Maternal Health: Provide life-changing fistula repair surgery in Ethiopia
• MDG #6: Combat HIV/Aids, Malaria, and Other Diseases:  Educating young girls about HIV/Aids
• MDG #7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability:  Educating women to implement safe water systems

DFW empowers women living in extreme poverty to become self-sufficient. The issues that women face in becoming educated, economically stable and healthy are often complex and do not have a one size fits all solution.  We are proud as an organization to fund programs that are holistic in nature, address root problems and are defined by the women themselves.