The Illinois Jaycees along with the US Jaycees have adopted the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as its public policy platform for 2012.
The MDGs are 8 ambitious goals set by the United Nations to address some of the most pressing needs of the United States and the World.
These include:
- Ending Poverty and hunger
- Universal Education
- Gender Equality
- Child Health
- Maternal Health
- Combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases
- Environmental Sustainability
- Global Partnership
In achieving these goals we will not only help ourselves, but will also make an IMPACT in the world.
