With up to one million residents, Kibera in Kenya is Africa’s largest slum. Photo credit: Eoghan Rice, Trócaire.

Summary of Targets• Provide support such as

medical assistance and unemployment benefit

• Help people with less money have equal access to basic services, work, land and technology

Caritas team sorting food packs prior to distribution to South Suanese refugees at Biringi camp, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: Dieudonné Wanican.

Summary of Targets• Provide food programmes

to end malnutrition for children, mothers and older people

• Support small farmers to produce more, while caring for the environment and biodiversity of their region

• Prevent floods and droughts

• Protect domestic and wild animals, crops and seeds

Midwife Amran Khalif explains the process of birth registration to new mother Bishara Ali Kitnige at Khalil hospital in Belet Xawa district, Somalia. Photo credit: A. Gichigi.

Summary of Targets• Ensure access to

healthcare, medicine and vaccines for all

• Prevent the deaths of young children under five years old and mothers in childbirth

• Reduce the number of deaths and illnesses caused by disease, chemicals, pollution and road traffic accidents

• Educate people on reproductive health, prevention and abuse of drugs and alcohol, and mental health issues

The IT class at Gedo Technical Vocational Education Training Centre, Somalia. Photo credit: Amunga Eshuchi.

Summary of Targets• Make education more

inclusive for girls, people with disabilities, indigenous people and victims of conflict

• Increase the number of qualified teachers and provide safe and positive learning environments

• Provide more vocational and technical training and scholarships so people can get better jobs

• Promote education for sustainable development

Ancilla has become an activist for women’s rights in her community in Rwanda. Photo credit: Andrea Sciorato.

Summary of Targets• End all forms of

discrimination and violence against women and girls and protect their reproductive health

• Recognise and value women’s work in the home, while also encouraging girls to have equal opportunities as men outside of the home

• Allow women to own and control land, property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources

Children in Khakhwa village in the Chikwawa district of southern Malawi at a water pump installed by Trócaire. Photo credit: Eoghan Rice, Trócaire.

Summary of Targets• Ensure everyone has

access to clean water, safe toilets and washing facilities

• Monitor water quality and prevent pollution from chemicals

• Protect and restore water ecosystems including forests, mountains, rivers, lakes and wetland

Nashap Josephine and Achela Madelena with their solar light, Karamoja, Uganda. Photo credit: Ross McDonnell.

Summary of Targets• Develop more renewable

energy sources and encourage energy efficiency

• Provide infrastructure and technology so that everyone can access reliable energy at an affordable price

The SACCO cooperative in Sara Galgalo village in Dire woreda, southern Ethiopia, assemble for a weekly meeting. Totaling 90 women, the cooperative offers income generation activities and the opportunity to take a financial loan out if needed. These Trócaire-funded activities have given the women and their families new possibilities for their futures. Photo credit: Barnaby Skinner.

Summary of Targets• Create safe working

environments

• Provide training to reduce number of unemployed young

• End forced labour and child labour

• Respect and protect natural resources in economic activities

This wooden bridge was repaired so children could go safely to school following advocacy by women in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: Sophie Dupont, Trócaire.

Summary of Targets• Ensure access to the

internet for all and develop physical structures and facilities, such as roads, buildings, energy supplies, to support economic development and human well-being

• Support small business with money and training

• Ensure companies do not harm the environment

Kaddy Mansaray, Chair of the Funkia Market Women’s Association providing COVID prevention information at the market with a poster and megaphone. Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: Jonathan Bundu, Trócaire.

Summary of Targets• Ensure laws protect

disadvantaged and vulnerable people

• Listen to people’s needs and provide support for people living in poverty

• Ensure people who leave one country to live in another are protected by laws

Fifty Syrian families are now living in a half-built apartment block close to the Syria border in Lebanon. Photo credit: Eoghan Rice, Trócaire.

Summary of Targets• Ensure everyone has a

safe place to live

• Help communities tackle climate change

• Provide safe public transport that does not harm the environment

• Protect the world’s cultural and natural heritage

The foreman for a mining company holds up a fragment of cobalt in Mpaza, Rwanda. Photo credit: Alan Whelan, Trócaire.

Summary of Targets• Reduce, reuse and recycle

and halve the amount of global food waste

• Ensure large company practices respect the environment

Houses destroyed by rising seawater and storms in Honduras. Photo credit: Niamh McCarthy, Trócaire.

Summary of Targets• Prepare people for climate

related natural disasters

• Address climate change in government plans

Young people fish at the port in Gaza, where fishermen’s access to the sea has been heavily restricted. Photo credit: Eoghan Rice, Trócaire.

Summary of Targets• Reduce marine pollution

• Enact laws against illegal fishing and overfishing

• Support small islands and poor countries to protect and manage marine life

Palm tree plantation covers the top of a mountain near El Progreso in Honduras. Photo credit: Frank Mc Grath.

Summary of Targets• Protect ecosystems such

as deserts and forests

• Plant more trees

• Protect endangered species

Catalina Sanchez testifies during the trial of former Guatemalan military dictator Efraín Ríos Montt in May 2013. Photo credit: Elena Hermosa.

Summary of Targets• End violence, abuse,

trafficking and torture against adults and children and combat crime and corruption

• Ensure everyone has equal access to justice

• Consult with citizens before creating a law that affects them

• Give all children an identity including birth registration

• Ensure all people have access to information

In September 2015, one hundred and ninety-three member states of the United Nations agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo credit: United Nations.

Summary of Targets• Include the goals in

national plans to achieve them by 2030

• Work with organisations and people who are experienced in topics related to the goals