Millennium Promise's mission is to encourage individuals and organizations to join the fight against global poverty, disease, and hunger. Through an unprecedented campaign that draws on the support of all parts of society -- individuals, businesses, charitable organizations, faith-based groups, and government -- Millennium Promise aims to ensure the success of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and the end of extreme poverty by 2025.

The Millennium Village approach was designed to demonstrate -- in real time -- what it takes to meet the Millennium Development Goals on a large scale. The core idea of Millennium Villages is by investing in health, food production, education, access to clean water, essential infrastructure and access to markets, an underserved community will be empowered to improve its economic situation and consequently, the lives of its people.

'Millennium Villages' is a ground-breaking concept that seeks to end extreme poverty, one village at a time.

The Case Foundation's history of working in Kenya and its interest in providing rural communities with greater access to the tools and technology to end poverty led to our sponsorship of one Millennium Village in Western Kenya's Siaya District. In addition, while hundreds of organizations are already working to meet the Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Promise seeks to strengthen those efforts through a common and coordinated program of action. Millennium Promise is leveraging the skill, reach, and commitment of nongovernmental organizations around the world and hopefully increasing efficiency and effectiveness through collaboration. The vision and experience of two extraordinary leaders associated with Millennium Promise, Ray Chambers and Jeffrey Sachs, and their ability to generate awareness and support for addressing global poverty, also made sponsoring a village an attractive option for the Case Foundation.