The United Nations
Development Program’s
Quick Wins Count
This is a critical time for the world. At UNDP, we
see this period as a huge opportunity to advance the
global sustainable development agenda. In
September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development to end poverty,
protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy
peace and prosperity. UNDP is working to strengthen
new frameworks for development, disaster risk
reduction and climate change. We support countries'
efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals, or Global Goals, which will guide global
development priorities through 2030.
One of the UNDP’s intervention programs to achieve the eight
millennium development are called Quick Wins. Quick Wins are
actions that can be immediately used within the community or
locale to produce effective results. If applied continuously, Quick
Wins could change people’s views and beliefs and trigger actions
which could lead to helping millions of lives and countries find
their right path toward the goals.
Here are some example of UNDP’s Quick Wins.
• No school fees and free access to educational materials and
facilities in schools to ensure that all children attend classes. This
eliminates poor families’ concept that education is only those who
can afford it. Finances can include donor assistance from
partnerships with private groups.
• Children are provided with free school meals and take-home
rations using locally produced food.
• Regular annual deworming for all school children especially in
impoverished areas to improve health and education.
• Provision to poor farmers of affordable supplies of soil nitrogen
and other soil nutrients.
• Design community nutrition programs for pregnant, nursing mother
and children below five years of age. These includes breastfeeding,
feeding programs and micronutrient supplements like vitamin A and
Zinc.
• Offer basic skills training of community members in health, farming,
technical-vocational, and infrastructure.
• Free basic health services sponsored by private organizations.
• Expanded access to sexual and reproductive health information and
services. These includes family planning information campaign and
services.
• Plant endemic tress at the community level to provide shade,
watershed protection and geothermal generators.
• Distribution of free, effective and efficient insecticide-treated bed nets to
families especially in malaria and dengue-endemic areas.
• Active national and local campaigns to reduce violence against women and
children.
• Reform and enforce legislation protecting and empowering women’s and
children’s rights.
• Empowering women to play an important role in formulating and
monitoring poverty reduction strategies, programs and policies.
• Allowing government –owned hospitals, health centers, schools and other
social service institutions free access to electricity, water, sanitation and
internet using sustainable and renewable energies like solar panels, wind
and geothermal generators.
UNDP's Strategic Plan (2018-2021)
Has been designed to be responsive to the wide
diversity of the countries weserve. The diversity is
reflected in three broad development contexts:
Eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions
Accelerate structural transformations
Build resilience to shocks and crises
UNDP has identified a set of
approaches a Signature Solutions:
To respond to these issues, and better focus its resources
and expertise to deliver on the 2030 Agenda.
[Link] people out of POVERTY
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[Link] prevention and increased RESILIENCE
[Link]: nature-based solutions for development
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Title of the Activity: Your Problem my
Solution!
Direction: Imagine yourself as a member of a local
organization in your school like SSG and SK. How
would you give a quick solution for those mentioned
problems below? of
Issues/concerns Quick Wins/Solution
School/Community
Malnutrition
Lack of Parental Guidance
Bullying
Violence against women and
children
Financial Constraint