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As the title of this exhibition suggests, our world is an array of interwoven realities. Global communities are all unique, each having something rich to contribute. We do not live in a vacuum, what happens to a part happens to the whole. The Micah Challenge campaign has as one of its aims, a desire to awaken in Christians a passion for the poor that reflects God's own heart. These works are a reflection on the 8 Millennium Development Goals and highlight such issues as climate change, child mortality and the inequality that exists between rich and poor countries. 20% of sales from this exhibition were donated to the Micah Challenge campaign.
The Millennium Development Goals
In September 2000, all 189 member states of the United Nations adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), committing their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty. These 8 goals each have clear targets and indicators to measure the progress and success of these goals by 2015. Goal 1- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2 - Achieve universal primary education Goal 3 - Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4 - Reduce child mortality Goal 5 - Improve maternal health Goal 6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7 - Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8 - Develop a global partnership for development. For more information on the goals see the following link Millennium Development Goals
The climate is changing and hope is fading. Fading because we are not seeing the national governments of our world be courageous enough to make the hard decisions needed to halt dangerous climate change. They’re not courageous enough to step out of the political vote-scoring cycle and implement visionary, long-lasting sustainable solutions. This changing climate also brings fading hope for the millions of poor people who are being more adversely affected. Hope is fading that the 8 Millennium Development Goals so inspiringly adopted at the beginning of this century will ever be achieved by 2015, if at all. But hope is present in the grassroots movements springing up throughout the world, where people of all walks of life are saying “enough is enough! We want a habitable planet for our children; we want a just, equitable world in which to live”. I echo these sentiments and aim to bring that message out in these works that reflect on the 8 Millennium Development Goals and the effects of climate change on the poor. (10% of sold works were donated to either the Victorian Greens or the Make Poverty History campaign)
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