In 2005, Project WET formally announced its commitment to helping achieve the goals of the Decade of Water for Life, Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and the Millennium Development Goals as identified by the United Nations.

To read how Project WET is addressing these goals, learn about the water, sanitation and hygiene materials developed for teachers and students in Africa.

Also, learn about Project WET’s Discover Floods project with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, which encourages integrated flood management.

Millennium Development Goals

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
• Ensure environmental stability
• Foster a global partnership for development

Decade of Water for Life

• Reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015
• Stop unsustainable exploitation of water resources
• Reduce by half the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation
• Develop integrated water resource management and water efficiency plans

Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

• Facilitate networking, linkages, exchange and interaction among stakeholders in education for sustainable development
• Foster an increased quality of teaching and learning in education for sustainable development
• Help countries make progress toward and attain the millennium development goals through education for sustainable development efforts
• Provide countries with new opportunities to incorporate education for sustainable development into education reform efforts