Decent work and economic growth

Adina works to promote lasting, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full employment and decent work for all. Adina focuses on local labor, local skills building, and local decision-making processes. 

Romania


Adina supports children in their programs for future careers through help with access to education and resources through, among other things, scholarships and career guidance. Adina receives EEA support for the project "Pupils to Employees" whose focus has been training and highlighting young people's rights and opportunities.

Read more about Romania here.

Uganda


The children receiving medical treatment ,. Rehabilitation and follow-up of Adina in Uganda is guided and supported throughout the educational process.
Parent groups are created with the support of Adina, and through these, training in basic financial understanding has been provided through savings and loan groups, as well as reading and writing comprehension. All Adina Uganda employees are local.

Read more about Uganda here.

By 2030, build up the resilience of the poor and people in vulnerable situations, so that they become less exposed to and less vulnerable to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental stresses and disasters.
Establish good political frameworks at national, regional and international level based on development strategies that benefit the poor and safeguard the gender perspective, with a view to increasing investment in measures to combat poverty.

Uganda Sub-target 1.5: 
Adina Foundation Uganda (AFU) builds the resilience of children with disabilities to be able to fight for a better social situation, increased access to resources, education and opportunities for financial independence. While up to 15% of the Ugandan population have one type of disability, it turns out that only 6% of children with disabilities complete primary school (50-75% of children without disabilities complete primary school (UNICEF)). During the previous school year, 91% of children helped by Adina to attend school and thus take an important step forward to break out of poverty.

Romania Sub-goal 1.5: 
Adina Romania (FAS) works with poverty reduction through education and access to networks, opportunities, and help with job placement. FAS contributes to kindergarten children and up to the age of 18 receiving homework help, open kindergarten, extra courses and activities at Adina Home, and help with transport back and forth to school. Another example is FAS's participation in the Active Citizens Project «pupil to employees» (2021-2023) which works to create open dialogues between two groups (women and young people) about their rights and opportunities in education and the job market. [Read more here (link)]

By 2030, ensure that all men and women, especially the poor and vulnerable, have an equal right to financial resources and access to basic services, to own and control land and other forms of property, and to heritage, natural resources, new technology and financial services, including microfinance 

Uganda Interim Objective 1.4: 
Adina Uganda (AFU) works to break down barriers for children with disabilities and works to support the families of these children. Adina organizes family groups and gives them training and support for 18 months, where they receive financially generated support in the form of two goats for each family and organization of savings / loan groups (microfinance). Financial stability strengthens their position in society and this provides a better life for their children. Link article 

In both Romania and Uganda, Adina works with vulnerable children and their families to first secure and improve their children's future to provide them with the tools to have a non-poverty future. This is done through several activities, including counseling, guidance, access to schooling, social and sports activities and career planning. In Uganda, Adina helps with physical rehabilitation to give a child a life with greater opportunities. Families are also assisted through social work assistance and direct financial assistance. Parental support groups in Uganda receive direct financial support in the form of income-generating activities such as goat farming, financial education, and savings schemes that help bring financial stability to families and for the benefit of their children who have been supported by Adina.

Adina Stiftelsen Romania A Home Start volunteer visit to child and family

  • 1.1)

    By 2030, eradicate all extreme poverty

  • 1.2)

    By 2030, at least halve the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty, according to national definitions

  • 1.3)

    Introduce nationally adapted social welfare schemes and measures for all, including minimum standards, and by 2030 achieve a significant deknin g of poor and vulnerable

  • 1.4)

    By 2030, ensure that all men and women, especially the poor and vulnerable, have an equal right to financial resources and access to basic services, to own and control land and other forms of real estate, and to heritage, natural resources, new technology and financial services, including microfinance

  • 1.5)

    By 2030, build up the resilience of the poor and people in vulnerable situations, so that they become less exposed to and less vulnerable to climate change extreme events and other economic, social and environmental stresses and disasters

  • 1.a)

    Ensure a significant mobilization of resources from various sources, including through increased development cooperation, to provide developing countries, s & aeli the least developed countries, adequate and predictable means of implementing programs and policies to eradicate all forms of poverty;

  • 1.b)

    Create good political frameworks at national, regional and international level based on development strategies that benefit the poor and safeguards the gender perspective, with a view to increasing investment in measures to combat poverty

How are we doing?

Globally, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has fallen from 15.7 % in 2010 to 10% in 2015.
Graph showing the decline in the proportion of people living below $ 1.9 a day, but which is projected to increase again, as a result of Covid 19

This is a huge improvement, but progress has leveled off and the world is not set to reach the goal of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030, but end up with 6%.

The corona pandemic makes the situation worse for the poorest. The UN has calculated that the corona pandemic will lead to an increase in extreme poverty, and will be at 8.8% in 2020. It is southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa that will see the largest increase in extremely poor as a result of the pandemic.

On our theme page, we write more about what poverty is

Part of goal 1 is about security for the poorest, and the world has agreed that all countries should have social welfare schemes. Today, more than half of the world's population, 55%, are without any kind of social support scheme.

55% of the world's population has no access to social welfare schemes

What is Norway doing?

In Norway, we have so little extreme poverty that this has not been measured as part of the UN's sustainability goals. Relative poverty, on the other hand, is found in Norway, and in the period 2015-2017 was 9.6%.

In Norway, the proportion of children living in poverty is increasing, and this is something the authorities are committed to improving if we are to achieve the UN's sustainability goals.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is responsible for coordinating the work with the goal in Norway.

Read what the government says Norway will do to achieve sustainability goal number 1

What can you do?

Be a conscious consumer

Ask for information about the goods you are interested in. Buy food, clothing and other equipment from companies that are open about the conditions of the workers and that respect basic human rights. In this way, you help to ensure a fair wage for the workers who produce the goods you buy.

Spread knowledge

Not everyone knows that economic inequality is a structural problem. Politicians and business need more to change the system. Ask questions, be critical, find out which parties agree with you and get involved in an organization that wants to change the world.