![More than three million people in Colombia have been forced to flee their homes during decades of fighting between guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the army - the highest number of displaced people in the world after Sudan [CARITAS Colombia/CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/colombia/images/forced-to-flee-their-homes-/778622-1-eng-GB/forced-to-flee-their-homes-_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![More than 700 campaigners rallied before delivering anti-poverty messages to every EU embassy in London [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/campaign_images/trade_justice_campaign_images/embassy_bus/199633-2-eng-GB/embassy_bus_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Fatna (right) brings home wood that she and some neighbours have harvested from outside the camp in Kubum, south Darfur [Paul Jeffery/ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/fatna-right-brings-home-wood/247664-2-eng-GB/fatna-right-brings-home-wood_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Niccollette and Shrirvanie film the aftermath of the Guyanan floods, with support from CAFOD partner Guyana Human Rights Association [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/what-we-do/communications/images/after-guyana-floods/679742-1-eng-GB/after-guyana-floods_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
The MDGs were agreed at the UN in 2000 and aim to halve world poverty by 2015. At the moment they are not on track to do this.
Use these resources to explore food, water, education, housing and other issues addressed by the Goals
![New wells and latrines have reduced infant mortality in the village of Maigiginya, Nigeria [Jon Spaull]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/africa/nigeria/boy_drinking_from_waterpipe/4670-2-eng-GB/boy_drinking_from_waterpipe_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
MDGs Assembly for Key Stage 4 (35.00 kB)
Key Stage 4 school assembly focusing on the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to halve poverty by 2015.
Key Stage 3/4 factsheet on the importance of water as a development issue
![Dwellings beneath a bridge in São Paulo. [Marcella Haddad]](/var/storage/images/media/cafod/images/latin_america_caribbean/brazil/bridge_dwellings/5132-1-eng-GB/bridge_dwellings_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Take the challenge to see if you can find a house in Brazil. See how community housing group APOIO brings about self-respect and dignity to homeless people in São Paulo
Millennium Development Goals factsheet pdf (614.90 kB)
2-page .pdf version of MDGs factsheet
Education factsheet pdf (124.11 kB)
Key Stage 3/4 factsheet examining the reasons why 125 million children are not currently enrolled in school.
2 page .pdf version of factsheet on food
