What are the Millennium Villages? Where are they located?
Millennium Villages are designed to demonstrate how the eight Millennium Development Goals can be met in rural Africa within five years through community-led development. By working in 12 sites located in 10 African countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda), the Millennium Village initiative works directly with the respective communities, non-governmental organizations and national governments to show how rural African communities can lift themselves out of poverty and achieve the Goals if they have access to proven and powerful technologies that can enhance their farm productivity, health, education, and access to markets while operating within the budget constraints established by international agreements for official development assistance. Each of the 12 clusters of villages is located in a distinct agro-ecological zonearid or humid, highland or lowland, grain producing or pastoralto reflect the range of farming, water, and dis
