Welcome to the website ‘thepowertochange’, where you can read information related to the song ‘The power to change - Millennium Development Goals’.
The song was produced to create more awareness for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). On this website you can also listen and download the MDGs song.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) consist of eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations in September 2000.
In the Netherlands, the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations are a guiding principle within Development Cooperation, as it is for many countries in the world.
The production and promotion of the song ‘The power to change – Millennium Development Goals’ is a Third Chamber activity. The Third Chamber is a shadow parliament in the Netherlands dealing with Development Cooperation. One of the objectives of The Third Chamber is creating awareness for Development Cooperation. The song ‘The power to change - Millennium Development Goals’ is the result of cooperation between the following Third Chamber 2006 members: Jolande Blok (the Netherlands), Lillian Nabwala Kilwake (Kenya), Jing Qian (China), Wande Remme and Ethjel Tolsma (the Netherlands).
You can listen and download the song ‘The power to change - Millennium Development Goals’ Below History you can read about the development of the song and what has been reached up till now. Go to Links for interesting websites and organizations related to Development Cooperation and the Millennium Development Goals.