The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as Global Goals are an inter-governmentally agreed set of targets relating to international development. The 193 countries of the United Nations’ General Assembly adopted the 2030 Development agenda titled “Transforming our world” on the 25th of September, 2015.
Do you know the SDGs?
There are seventeen SDGs all together which the UN hope would be achieved by 2030. See them grided below:
For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: governments, the private sector, civil society and people like you.
Young Africans can get involved with the SDGs with projects aimed towards achieving any of the goal. You can start with telling people around you about these goals and find strategic ways to achieve them in your locality.