MDG: Millenium Development Goals

Belakangan, iklan layanan masyarakat mengenai MDG - Millenium Development Goals, banyak banget. Mulai versi Toto sampai Dian Sastro yang ngomong. Sayang, detail tujuan pembangunan di era milenium ini jarang banget dikupas. Inilah isinya:

1. Menghapuskan kemiskinan dan kelaparan ekstrim:
a. Mengurangi sampai setengahnya proporsi masyarakat yang hidup kurang dari US$1 per hari
b. Mengurangi sampai setengahnya proporsi masyarakat yang menderita kelapran.
2. Mencapai pendidikan dasar universal: menjamin semua anak laki-laki dan perempuan menyelesaikan pendidikan SD.
3. Mempromosikan kesetaraan gender dan memberdayakan perempuan: menghapuskan perbedaan gender dalam pendidikan dasar dan menengah pada 2005, dan pada semua tingkatan pada 2015.
4. Mengurangi kematian anak: mengurangi 2/3 angka kematian balita.
5. Meningkatkan kesehatan ibu: mengurangi 3/4 rasio kematian ibu.
6. Melawan HIV/AIDS, malaria dan penyakit menular lainnya:
a. Menghentikan dan mulai membalik penyebaran HIV/AIDS.
b. Menghentikan dan mulai membalik penularan malaria dan penyakit menular lainnya.
7. Menjamin keberlanjutan lingkungan hidup:
a. Mengintegrasikan prinsip pembangunan berkelanjutan ke dalam program dan kebijakan negara, dan mengganti hilangnya Sumber Daya Alam.
b. Mengurangi setengah dari proporsi masyarakat tanpa akses pada air minum yang aman.
c. Mencapai perbaikan yang signifikan bagi sedikitnya kehidupan 100 jut gelandangan pada 2020.
8. Mengembangkan kemitraan global bagi pembangunan:
a. Mengembangkan lebih lanjut sistem keuangan dan perdagangan terbuka yang berbasis aturan, dapat diprediksi dan tidak diskriminatif. Termasuk komitmen tata kelola yang baik, pembangunan dan pengurangan kemiskinan.
b. Menangani kebutuhan khusus negara belum berkembang. Termasuk tarif dan kuota, meningkatkan penghapusan utang bagi negara miskin yang terlilit utang, memberi lebih banyak bantuan bagi negara yang berkomitmen mengurangi kemiskinan.
c. Menangani kebutuhan khusus dari negara yang terisolasi dan negara kecil.
d. Mengurangi secara komprehensif permasalahan utang negara berkembang.
e. Bekerjasama dengan negara berkembang, mengembangkan pekerjaan yang layak dan produktif untuk kaum muda.
f. Bekerjasama dengan perusahaan farmasi untuk menyediakan akses obat-obatan ke negara berkembang.
g. Bekerjasama dengan sektor swasta untuk menyediakan manfaat teknologi baru - terutama ICT.

Source: UN

Priceless saying..

Jack wakes up at home with a huge hangover after the night at a business function.

He forces himself to open his eyes and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table.

And, next to them, a single red rose!

Jack sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed.

Jack looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house.

He takes the aspirins, cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring back at him in the bathroom mirror and notices a note on the table:

"Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to go shopping – I Love you!!"

He stumbles to the kitchen and sure enough, there is hot breakfast and the morning newspaper.

His son is also at the table, eating.

Jack asks,

"Son...what happened last night?"

"Well, you came home after 3am, drunk and out of your mind. You broke the coffee table, puked in the hallway and got that black eye when you ran into the door."

"So, why is everything in such perfect order, so clean, I have a rose and breakfast is on the table waiting for me?"

His son replies, "Oh, THAT!...Mom dragged you to the bedroom and when she tried to take your pants off, you screamed, "Leave me alone, b!%@h, I'm married!!!".

......

Saying the right thing, at the right time... Priceless.

Dark, cold and scary...

It was so dark, cold and scary. From my bus' window, I could see nothing except the water. In some area there are still no electricity access, yet. Some Jakartans change their "status" to become refugees. Even the rich Chinese who lived in Kelapa Gading's elite real estate. They use mosques, schools, train and busway stations, or paving street to stay. They have no place to shade.

This year's flood is worse than 2002. On the begining of 2007, water-flood hit almost 70% of Jakarta --including 4 neigbouring cities. The floodwater height was up to 2 meters, meanwhile in some area reach 4 meters! Imagine... only top of the roofs and trees were seen from distance. It's horrible.

Today is my first day back to work in the office. Since Friday (2/2) I worked at home, because I couldn't reached my office. All alternative routes were broken due to the flood. While there were no electricity and telecomunnication access in my office.

However, thanks God my appt and office were safe from water. My appt is on the higher land, meanwhile my office is near the Presidential Palace - so it has better preventation from the water. On the 6th day of the disaster, but puddles are still found.

When last month we have wanted rain --because the temperature reached 37 degree celcius, now God sent TOO MANY rain to us.