United Nations Goals

United Nations Goals

All our projects follow medium and long-term objectives, defined with local partners in compliance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). RealStep indeed offers programs that support and contribute to their achievement, aligning themselves with the advice given by this international structure.

What are these goals?

In 2015, 193 States adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. By participating in their implementation, the signatory States attempt to fight against poverty, inequality and climate change. These objectives were therefore adopted in 2015, during the Paris conference on climate change, also called COP21. This conference focuses on the challenges and issues to be overcome in order to combine human prosperity with the protection of the planet.

17 goals are put forward and adopted as United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are all in line with their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals, set in 2000. In 2015, these came to an end: it is a great success, with a reduction in extreme poverty of 50% in the world. It is on this momentum that these new objectives for 2030 were set in 2015.

The Sustainable Development Goals: the efforts of RealStep

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GOAL 2: our efforts to achieve zero hunger

The United Nations, through this SDG, plans to end hunger and malnutrition in all its forms within 10 years.

We offer various projects, in particular in the form of internships, to help populations suffering from malnutrition. The main missions of the participants are around raising awareness, as well as educating local young people. We highlight the benefits and importance of eating well, and participate in the preparation of balanced meals for the communities on site.

The community course in Fiji aims to reduce malnutrition in Dawasamu district. Malnutrition, widespread in Fiji, is a real scourge in the region. During this mission, different workshops are set up to sensitize the community to the value of nutrition.

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GOAL 3: Our efforts to ensure the good health and well-being of everyone

The goal is to ensure health coverage for all, as well as similar medical care everywhere in the world.

Access to health care and knowledge leads to healthier habits, which makes all the difference in preventing inequalities.

RealStep allows many participants to carry out internships, training or first experiences in the medical environment, whether in terms of providing care, helping to develop treatment or even raising community awareness. .

The medical internship in Nepal, based in Kathmandu, promotes this access to medical care by all, and contributes to the good care of everyone.

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GOAL 4: Our efforts to provide quality education

Education is a key aspect to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Having access to quality education means improving one's future and improving one's chances of emancipation in the future.

RealStep provides access to a large number of training courses, internships and even practical experiences in teaching, with communities in need of educational support. Many projects also focus on women's empowerment programs, such as the one proposed in Cape Town. These local women would like to develop their computer skills so that they can find a job. We have thus set up such a program with the host organization. We are continually developing our lessons to best provide them with the keys to emancipation.

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GOAL 5: Our efforts to eradicate gender inequalities

Achieving this objective means eradicating both laws and standards and discriminatory practices, which are still omnipresent in our society. This also involves equal opportunities between the sexes, a mission to which various RealStep programs are working.

All programs for women's empowerment, and even education, meet not only goal 4 but also goal 5. Helping local women in South Africa to develop their computer skills to find a job more easily is helping to eradicate gender inequalities. Indeed, by giving women the skills to be competitive in the labor market, we respect and contribute to the achievement of this goal.

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GOAL 6: Our efforts to ensure that everyone can have access to clean drinking water

Several communities do not have reliable and permanent access to drinking water, especially in rural areas. Thus, we seek to limit these risks in several of the RealStep projects.

After the 2004 tsunami, there were fears that the ecosystem of the Curieuse Marine National Park (CMNP), Seychelles, was in serious decline. To assess these concerns, our partner partnered with the Seychelles National Park Authority (SNPA) and began monitoring the forest in 2013. The water services provided to society are provided by ecosystems. Ensuring the health of our mangrove forest is our way of supporting global efforts to improve water quality. We thus offer this forest monitoring mission in the Seychelles on RealStep.

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GOAL 8: Our efforts to provide communities with decent work and economic growth

RealStep also supports the various communities by helping them find decent jobs, which will ultimately generate sustained economic growth and improve the average standard of living.

Thus, several internships, training and other experiences contribute to improving the standard of living of the local community. This is particularly the case in the marine conservation programs in Mexico, which now pay out a scholarship to the locals most in need, but also by strengthening cultural interactions between the participants and the inhabitants of the region.

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GOAL 14: Our efforts to conserve aquatic life

In accordance with this objective of sustainable development, we seek within various projects to conserve the oceans, seas and marine resources.

This is particularly the case for all marine conservation programs, such as in Mexico, Costa Rica or Fiji. By training you, RealStep contributes to the protection of marine ecosystems.

Concretely, the various bases strive to make ethical environmental choices, some of which include recycling stations, solar panels, compostable toilets, or the burning of single-use plastics. Most of our bases also organize beach clean-ups when they can. Many of our bases are located in coastal villages, and focus on community development, wildlife conservation, or marine conservation, everyone helps clean up our oceans

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GOAL 15: Our efforts to protect life on earth

This notably involves the preservation and restoration of the various terrestrial ecosystems. Many projects contribute to the protection of different species, to help wildlife against the various threats and challenges it faces. This is indeed the case in the program located in Limpopo in South Africa. Here, staff and participants support local organizations in collecting data and implementing various conservation projects. In this section, we present research conducted in Limpopo on the predation habits of resident cheetahs.

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GOAL 17: Our efforts to bring together different partners to achieve these goals

We are thus participating in setting up a global partnership for sustainable development, by collaborating directly with various local associations, within the communities. Indeed, as recognized by the United Nations, it is imperative to partner and work together. RealStep embodies this in everything we do and do, forming unique and collaborative relationships with each of the communities in which we operate.

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GOAL 2: our efforts to achieve zero hunger

The United Nations, through this SDG, plans to end hunger and malnutrition in all its forms within 10 years.

We offer various projects, in particular in the form of internships, to help populations suffering from malnutrition. The main missions of the participants are around raising awareness, as well as educating local young people. We highlight the benefits and importance of eating well, and participate in the preparation of balanced meals for the communities on site.

The community course in Fiji aims to reduce malnutrition in Dawasamu district. Malnutrition, widespread in Fiji, is a real scourge in the region. During this mission, different workshops are set up to sensitize the community to the value of nutrition.

E-WEB-Goal-03
GOAL 3: Our efforts to ensure the good health and well-being of everyone

The goal is to ensure health coverage for all, as well as similar medical care everywhere in the world.

Access to health care and knowledge leads to healthier habits, which makes all the difference in preventing inequalities.

RealStep allows many participants to carry out internships, training or first experiences in the medical environment, whether in terms of providing care, helping to develop treatment or even raising community awareness. .

The medical internship in Nepal, based in Kathmandu, promotes this access to medical care by all, and contributes to the good care of everyone.

E-WEB-Goal-04
GOAL 4: Our efforts to provide quality education

Education is a key aspect to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Having access to quality education means improving one's future and improving one's chances of emancipation in the future.

RealStep provides access to a large number of training courses, internships and even practical experiences in teaching, with communities in need of educational support. Many projects also focus on women's empowerment programs, such as the one proposed in Cape Town. These local women would like to develop their computer skills so that they can find a job. We have thus set up such a program with the host organization. We are continually developing our lessons to best provide them with the keys to emancipation.

E-WEB-Goal-05
GOAL 5: Our efforts to eradicate gender inequalities

Achieving this objective means eradicating both laws and standards and discriminatory practices, which are still omnipresent in our society. This also involves equal opportunities between the sexes, a mission to which various RealStep programs are working.

All programs for women's empowerment, and even education, meet not only goal 4 but also goal 5. Helping local women in South Africa to develop their computer skills to find a job more easily is helping to eradicate gender inequalities. Indeed, by giving women the skills to be competitive in the labor market, we respect and contribute to the achievement of this goal.

E-WEB-Goal-06
GOAL 6: Our efforts to ensure that everyone can have access to clean drinking water

Several communities do not have reliable and permanent access to drinking water, especially in rural areas. Thus, we seek to limit these risks in several of the RealStep projects.

After the 2004 tsunami, there were fears that the ecosystem of the Curieuse Marine National Park (CMNP), Seychelles, was in serious decline. To assess these concerns, our partner partnered with the Seychelles National Park Authority (SNPA) and began monitoring the forest in 2013. The water services provided to society are provided by ecosystems. Ensuring the health of our mangrove forest is our way of supporting global efforts to improve water quality. We thus offer this forest monitoring mission in the Seychelles on RealStep.

E-WEB-Goal-08
GOAL 8: Our efforts to provide communities with decent work and economic growth

RealStep also supports the various communities by helping them find decent jobs, which will ultimately generate sustained economic growth and improve the average standard of living.

Thus, several internships, training and other experiences contribute to improving the standard of living of the local community. This is particularly the case in the marine conservation programs in Mexico, which now pay out a scholarship to the locals most in need, but also by strengthening cultural interactions between the participants and the inhabitants of the region.

E-WEB-Goal-14
GOAL 14: Our efforts to conserve aquatic life

In accordance with this objective of sustainable development, we seek within various projects to conserve the oceans, seas and marine resources.

This is particularly the case for all marine conservation programs, such as in Mexico, Costa Rica or Fiji. By training you, RealStep contributes to the protection of marine ecosystems.

Concretely, the various bases strive to make ethical environmental choices, some of which include recycling stations, solar panels, compostable toilets, or the burning of single-use plastics. Most of our bases also organize beach clean-ups when they can. Many of our bases are located in coastal villages, and focus on community development, wildlife conservation, or marine conservation, everyone helps clean up our oceans

E-WEB-Goal-15
GOAL 15: Our efforts to protect life on earth

This notably involves the preservation and restoration of the various terrestrial ecosystems. Many projects contribute to the protection of different species, to help wildlife against the various threats and challenges it faces. This is indeed the case in the program located in Limpopo in South Africa. Here, staff and participants support local organizations in collecting data and implementing various conservation projects. In this section, we present research conducted in Limpopo on the predation habits of resident cheetahs.

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GOAL 17: Our efforts to bring together different partners to achieve these goals

We are thus participating in setting up a global partnership for sustainable development, by collaborating directly with various local associations, within the communities. Indeed, as recognized by the United Nations, it is imperative to partner and work together. RealStep embodies this in everything we do and do, forming unique and collaborative relationships with each of the communities in which we operate.