Extracts from Lords proceedings - Nov 22
Friday, 23 November 2018 08:03
Extract from Lords debate on Universal Sustainable
Developments Goals Baroness Walmsley (LD):...The interrelationship
between the various SDGs has been well illustrated to me in visits
I have made to other countries. On a visit to India with
UNICEF—one of those frontline NGOs referred to by the noble Lord,
Lord Judd, and of which I have the honour to be an honorary
fellow—I was shown women earning money maintaining the pump on the
village well or manufacturing sanitation...Request free trial
Extract from Lords debate
on Universal Sustainable Developments Goals
(LD):...The interrelationship between the various
SDGs has been well illustrated to me in visits I have made to other
countries. On a visit to India with UNICEF—one of those
frontline NGOs referred to by the noble Lord, , and of which I have the
honour to be an honorary fellow—I was shown women earning money
maintaining the pump on the village well or manufacturing
sanitation products. Through this work, they gained dignity and
earned money to send their children to school, and the village got
clean water and sanitation. When the children went to school, as
well as education they got access to clean, safe toilets and clean
water, lessons in hygiene and soap to wash their hands before
lunch, and a child measurement programme that measured their
development and identified malnutrition. In the homes, I saw stoves
that used gas produced by biomass from animals and human
waste, which prevented the women getting
respiratory problems, which they used to get from burning smoky
wood to cook indoors...
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Extract from Lords debate
on Displaced Children
(Con):...The third country is India. Sanjay Gupta is the director and
founder of CHETNA, an NGO that works for the empowerment of street
and working children in Delhi and neighbouring states. It engages
in training authorities to protect street children and in
empowering the children to advocate for themselves. Although it is
not possible to know the exact number of street children
in India, a quarter of a century ago UNICEF
estimated that it was 11 million. More recently it has been
estimated at 14 million, and even that is expected to be a wild
underestimate. I am aware that since 2015 DfID has not given
traditional aid to India, instead providing world-leading
expertise and private investments aimed at boosting prosperity,
creating jobs and opening up markets for UK businesses. How does
DfID take account of the importance of targeting the needs of
street-connected children in determining how UK aid will be
allocated in India?
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