No Poverty, Zero Hunger: 12 village mayors earn first two G3 Commitment badges
No Poverty, Zero Hunger: 12 village mayors earn first two G3 Commitment badges
No Poverty, Zero Hunger: 12 village mayors earn first two G3 Commitment badges
8/26/2021
Twelve village mayors were awarded plaques by the G3 Commitment Badge Program on July 7 for their efforts in advancing the first and second United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of "No Poverty" and "Zero Hunger." The mayors were from the villages of Agat, Barrigada, Dededo, Hag氓t帽a, Hum氓tak, Inal氓han, Mangilao, Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Piti, Sinajana, Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon, and Yona.
The badge program, part of the island-wide facilitated by the 91快播 Center for Island Sustainability, recognizes and rewards participation from businesses, organizations, educational
institutions, and community groups in developing and creating sustainable practices
that align with the G3 Action Framework and the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
鈥淲e are thankful to the mayors who have stepped up and shared the initiatives that you are doing,鈥� Shelton said.
Actions that could make an organization or mayor鈥檚 office achieve a badge include assisting with food commodity distribution or supporting backyard farming.
"The G3 Badge Program is important because achieving goals to end poverty and hunger
will hopefully produce healthy and sustainable communities,鈥� said MCOG President and
Mayor of Piti Jesse Alig. 鈥淭he mayors and vice mayors continue to work collaboratively
with the Conservation Corps to educate and execute projects that support the Sustainable
Development Goals.鈥�
Alana Chargualaf, G3 Conservation Corps member, said the U.N. SDGs offer a holistic
approach to bringing the island to where it needs to be 鈥� 鈥渘ot just environmentally,
but through education,鈥� she said, 鈥�... how we interact with each other and the inafa'maolek
and harmony that we always talk about and we try to promote. We can carry those out
through our 17 Sustainable Development Goals.鈥�