The goals set in 2000 are noble ones, and I'm not questioning their importance. I only doubt, that they could be fulfilled on such a short period of time. Or ever. 

According to a report carried out in 2009 to summarize the achievements so far, "...major advances in the fight against poverty and hunger have begun to slow or even reverse as a result of the global economic and food crises". And the problem is, that many countries are still suffering the outcomes of the economic crisis, and this tendency might not change for a while. 

As the globalized world collapsed together, several examples have shown that this kind of monetary dependency is just not right. Take Greece for example. The economic crisis is just around the corner for a country that hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 2004, and whose fiscal problems are now affecting the whole Eurozone as the common European currency sinks to its lowest against the dollar in 10 months. And this rises the question: Do we need other situations like this by globalizing developing countries? Is it necessary to make them this dependant?

These are not rhetorical questions. We all know, that the answer is no. No, we shouldn't "offer" help to these countries in solving issues by sending volunteers, UN troops or an enormous amount of money "to rebuild Rome and let it burn again". We should offer them help in avoiding these issues, by tutoring. 

At the Oliver Wates training I chose Education as number one on the list. As he said, those definitions were not 100% accurate, and so I felt. For me education is not only teaching people how to write an essay or to solve an equation. It's more about tutoring and transferring our experiences to people who really need them. And in those developing countries where the UN Millennium Campaign's goals do stand, and are necessary to be made, education is one of the most important factors to make those changes happen. 

As my country, Hungary became the part of the EU, we started to experience the advantages of open market and of European citizenship. There were no borders any more in any sense, so a our nation "conquered" Europe again, as we did back the 9th century, by our leader Attila. But every coin has two sides, so these radical changes also brought about serious problems in our economy. 

As a result of open-market, foreign products became more and more popular because of their lower prices, which caused serious problems in our agriculture for example. Lower prices made these products more appealing on the market, so the buyers favoured these instead of the Hungarian ones. This means, that now apple imported from China costs less than the fruit raised in our country. 

So, as a conclusion, I have to say, that reaching these Millennium Goals is a vague idea, unless we change. We shouldn't overwhelm "third-world" countries in any sense. We should preserve their national values, and yet make them equal to countries at a higher stage of development in every sense. Of course we need to invest in their future, but if these investments are paired with education, tutoring, it's a killing combo.