Programme Spotlight

Bringing jobs and dignity to youth with disabilities

The MDG-Fund is helping to reduce violence in Haiti by creating income-generating activities for young people.

Ecuadorian students learn about Water and Life

The MDG-F is raising awareness among students in rural farming communities about the importance of caring for the environment, especially water.

MDG-F justice programme helps Guinea-Bissau girl avoid child marriage

In a country with a poorly-functioning justice system, new Access to Justice Centers are providing legal counsel, mediation and rights awareness training to thousands of people, ...

Empowering women farmers in Antalya

Habibe Akıncı is learning eco-friendly agricultural techniques through an MDG-F-funded programme to reduce youth unemployment and bring more women into Turkey’s labor force.

Fighting child malnutrition in El Salvador

The MDG-F is helping 500 families diversify production and improve their food crops in Morazán, where nearly half the population lives in extreme poverty.

The Vlasina Lake Housewives : Building peace in South Serbia

27 women have formed an UN-backed cooperative to boost incomes in one of the country’s least developed regions, one jam jar at a time.

"We're learning a lot, and the programme is teaching us to love ourselves"

The MDG-F is working in Brazil and Paraguay to improve living conditions for domestic workers, a vulnerable group that has spent decades fighting for recognition of its rights.