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Philippines: Fighting poverty is still post-2015 priority

250 civil society organizations, following MDG-F-backed consultation process, say improving quality of life for poorest and most marginalized people should top agenda in ...
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Peru's craft producers benefit from MDG-F programme

Training in artisanry, weaving, gastronomy and tourism improve livelihoods for 2,300 in 4 regions.    
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MDG-F boosts food security

Programmes have improved the nutritional status of 900,000 children, helped draft or revise 25 national nutrition plans, and improved health access for more than 500,000 people.
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Indigenous leaders demand zero discrimination at world forum

Representatives ask that native peoples' worldview be taken into account in the post-2015 agenda at MDG-F-hosted event during UN indigenous issues forum.
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Turning the tide in one of Brazil's most violent cities

A three-year peace-building MDG-F program in Nacional has made shootings and drug traffickers' curfews a thing of the past and reduced youth murders from 20 a year to zero.
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Brazilian indigenous youth learn about their right to food

An MDG-F programme is boosting awareness about food security among youth in indigenous communities, where 4 in 10 people live in extreme poverty.
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Maternal health program benefits 1.2 mln Chinese

The number of underweight children fell by 60% and stunting and anemia rates dropped by more than a third during MDG-F program to improve nutrition in poverty-stricken areas of China.
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