July 5th, 2010
Johannesburg – FREE Live performance of Baaba Maal (Senegal), Angelique Kidjo (Benin), Eric Wainaina (Kenya), Mingas (Mozambique), Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe), HHP (South Africa), Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South Africa), Soweto Gospel Choir (SouthAfrica) and Jimmy Dludlu (South Africa).
When: 11 July
Where: Elkah Stadium, Soweto
Time: 20h00
Entrance: FREE
With only a few days to go to the closing of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, energy and excitement are mounting for a splendid send-off.
The United Nations System in South Africa has taken this opportunity to be part of the euphoria while at the same time spreading the message of the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Africa’s Super Stars will get together in South Africa to sing the “8 Goals For Africa” song, and call for a commitment to achieving these goals to reduce poverty, hunger, disease and maternal and child deaths and promote gender equality, universal education and a sustainable environment as well as a global partnership by 2015. The artists will perform at the Elkah Stadium Fan Fest in Soweto on 11 July. The artists will also be acknowledging World Population Day which coincides with the finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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June 24th, 2010
Pretoria – On 14 May, Helen Clark, the UNDP Administrator and Chair of the UN Development Group, launched 8 Goals for Africa, a song by eight famous African musicians, calling for commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. These are a set of eight internationally-agreed goals to reduce poverty, hunger, disease and maternal and child deaths and promote gender equality, universal education and a sustainable environment as well as a global partnership to achieve these aims by 2015.
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May 14th, 2010
8 Goals for Africa music video to be screened across South Africa during World Cup
Johannesburg, South Africa – Helen Clark, the chair of the UN Development Group which brings together all UN agencies working in development, today launched 8 Goals for Africa,a campaign song by eight of Africa’s best known musicians, calling for commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals – a set of eight internationally-agreed goals designed to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, and maternal and child deaths by 2015.
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Tags: 8 Goals For Africa, Africa, MDGs, Song, South Africa, World Cup
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May 13th, 2010
Pretoria – Eight of Africa’s best known musical talents are now lending their voices in support of a United Nations campaign in South Africa to encourage commitment to the achievement of the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Artists, including Baba Maal (Senegal), Angélique Kidjo (Benin), Eric Wainaina (Kenya) and Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South Africa) have teamed up to deliver a song that will stir our souls and create awareness at individual, community and government levels to re-focus commitment to the MDGs.
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