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Sustainable Development Goals with UNITAR CIFAL Jeju

Let's Talk about SDGs! This summer I'm taking part in a workshop meant to teach and spread awareness among international students in Korea about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which the United Nations put together in 2015. These goals refer to world issues various countries have agreed to address, such as poverty and global hunger. My groupmate, Nisha Bhardwaj, introduced the goals in her Instagram post , while Bu Chan Go explained in his Facebook post how working to achieve one goal helps to achieve others. (For example, achieving the goal "Clean Water and Sanitation" (Goal 6) influences the goal "Good Health and Wellbeing" (Goal 3).) Below, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals: Photo found on  wordpress.com Both Nisha and Bu Chan used examples from their home countries to describe how these goals were being realized, with a focus on immigration and refugee policy. However, mobilizing the resources necessary to achieve these collective