THE ULTIMATE FAN FOUNDATION

The Ultimate Fan Foundation was built on leveraging Sports, Entertainment, Business and Land Development as a tool for Social and Inclusive Development , Sustainability & Peace to assist in Eradicating the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals by 2030.

It takes a village to raise a child is an African proverb that means that an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment.  Many of us are familiar with the African proverb, “it takes a village to raise a child.” The truth is, it “takes a village” to achieve just about any meaningful change in our world from fighting disease to uniting for peace.

For many years, purpose driven organizations believed that change could result from a handful of generous supporters, vocal advocates or committed volunteers.  Today, in our highly fragmented world, we know that the most effective change makers inspire participation at a broader and deeper level.  “The Ultimate Fan Foundation” (TUFF) is that broader and deeper level.

The Ultimate Fan Foundation is committed to Eradicating the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and transforming every community of need into the best place for ALL citizens to live, learn, and work.  The TUFF organization is working to make this vision a reality through a comprehensive strategic empowerment agenda that includes educational programs & services, advocacy, partnerships, and coalition building within the following three Strands of Empowerment:

 

  1. Live: Ensuring that community members reside in healthy and safe communities that provide equal opportunities for social engagement, cultural expression, and healthy living.  
  2. Work: Grow professionally, assume advanced leadership opportunities and reinvest in the community.  
  3. Learn: Building a pipeline of high quality cradle to career educational services that impact the entire family, eliminate the achievement and education gaps, move all children towards high performance, and prepare youth and adults for career success.

The Ultimate Fan Foundation (TUFF) Global Sustainability Development Plan (GSDP) is predicated on the impact that sports and entertainment has on development and peace around the world. Our Global Villages face unprecedented Challenges, Disparities and Poverty and high rates of chronic disease and disorders, increasing social isolation and disconnection from supportive people, governments and businesses.

TUFF’s GSDP is designed to assist the children and the families of these children in the relief of immediate financial strain and services related to the sustainability and well being of the family and child. As well as the supportive plan of continuing the personal and professional development dreams and accomplishments of sports and entertainment executives in developing and sustaining the communities they serve.

Unfortunately, there are more challenges than organizations with the capacity to do something about them. TUFF looks to become one of a small number of organizations that can respond on a local, national and global level in the attainment of reaching the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals through sports and entertainment by 2030.

501c3 NON PROFIT

The Ultimate Fan Foundation, TUFF is a 501c3 Global Non Profit organization who’s mission is to foster the enrichment of the lives of children and their families, who suffer from countless diseases and disorders, hunger and homelessness and Eradicate poverty that plagues our society. 

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE

When it comes to The Ultimate Fan Foundation, TUFF’s Global Village, we understand the quote, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Every single business and person has the responsibility for taking care of the 7.7 + Billion people and millions of species of biodiversity on the planet that makes up our global village.Our Earth provides us with food, shelter & with most of our requirements. Thus, for the sustainability of our planet, TUFF and its people, will fulfill our responsibilities towards Mother Nature as a global citizen to handover a clean & green planet to our future generations.Our efforts will not be small as TUFF’s Athletes and Entertainers will lead the charge of uniting our Global Village together towards nature conservation to preserve our other Earth, it’s the only one we got.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE!

“Schuye LaRue, shown in the District, was a star basketball player at the University of Virginia and drafted into the WNBA. But she has been living on the streets for years. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) One of the most critical challenges facing our athletes and entertainers is retaining and maintaining their financial and brand value. More often, when the lights go out  or the game is over, and the last of the movie credits are gone, they are questioning their value and their wealth has diminished.

This worrisome trend bodes serious consequences for them, their families as well as our youth, profession, and society.  TUFF’s Athletes & Entertainer Villages will find success in offering Athlete’s and Entertainers housing accommodation, clinical, wellness and behavioral health services and specialized shared cohort learning experiences, called Learning Communities (LCs), which integrate curricular and extracurricular activities and provide a context for both intellectual and social development.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE!

TUFF’s Veteran Villages refers to a supportive yet temporary type of accommodation that is meant to bridge the gap from homelessness to permanent housing by offering structure, supervision, support (for addictions and mental health, for instance), life skills, and in some cases, education and training.

“Transitional is conceptualized as an intermediate step between emergency crisis and permanent housing. It is more long term, service intensive and private than emergency shelters, yet remains time limited to stays of three months to three years.

These Villages will create a sense of place for each veteran and family member by incorporating other critical transitional services such as clinical, wellness and behavioral health services all under the nation’s top rated military health care program; all on public transit connected campuses.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE!

Our communities are in great need of development, jobs, residential and commercial development. The Opportunity Zones allows a financial development model that promotes Economic Development and Empowerment as well as Gentrification.

The issues surrounding homelessness encompass many of society’s most pervasive social concerns like hunger, displaced families, substance abuse, serious mental illness, post traumatic stress disorder and chronic health problems.

The reasons people fall into homelessness are as varied and unique as the people themselves, stemming from factors such as lack of education, limited job skills, no personal support systems, deep poverty, job loss and lack of affordable housing.

TUFF’s Community Villages provides one on one case management and connection to housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. In addition, TUFF provides traditional street outreach and engagement, housing locator services and assistance with helping section 8 housing clients (and others) to remain housed.

UNITED AS ONE!

TUFF recognizes the power of uniting athletes and entertainers in a single corporate structure to spur business and economic growth around the world to attain the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals by 2030.Over the next decade, the potential impact of athletes and entertainers on the global economy as business and land developers, producers, entrepreneurs, employees and consumers will be at least as significant as that of China and India.By 2030 the global population will reach 8.5 billion, 9.7 billion by 2050 and exceed 11 billion in 2100, while the World Gross Domestic Product, (GDP) will reach $160 Trillion by 2030, $350 Trillion by 2050 and exceed $750 Trillion by 2100.“If 1% of the World’s Annual GDP went to Global Human Benefit, UN Sustainability Development Goals are met, NOW THAT’S TUFF!”

SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT IS LIFE!

Sport & Entertainment are activities with no age, race or social bar. They serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence. So, let’s celebrate the true spirit of sports and entertainment. Let’s dedicate a part of us to a sport & entertainment. Let’s indulge ourselves in sports & entertainment. Let the value of brotherhood, sisterhood, unity and teamwork prevail in all of us to live better and harmonious life.

Let us dedicate sports and entertainment in our lives apart from just being a way to stay fit, sing or to break the monopoly in our routines. Sports & Entertainment can drive social change, community development and foster peace and understanding, above all put a smile on everyone’s face.

It teaches us the value of togetherness, to think for others before ourselves, to plan for our goals, to relax our worries, to express ourselves better. That is why one of the best to define a sports and entertainer is As all these values have great impact on our personal, social and professional life. The power of teamwork, the importance of selflessness, the impact of performing well is what sports and entertainment is all about.

SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT IS BUSINESS!

Today sport and entertainment emerges as an important component of Socio-Economic development of a country. The active participation improves community health and productivity, reduces medical expenses, imbibes discipline in character, generates great leaders, and enhances social cohesion.

The execution of mega sporting and entertainment events helps in developing infrastructure, generates employment, secure inflow of foreign capital, generates players and athletes, and thus contributes significantly to the economic development of a country. Therefore, it can be said that the impact of sports and entertainment on economy and society is multi dimensional.

Hence, it can be seen that sports and entertainment play an important role in shaping up an economy and government to promote sports and entertainment in country. This will increase the business for local players who make sports and entertainment equipment; it will also provide business to banks, insurance companies, food distribution, airlines and other transport business, media, brokers, and a medium of creating a platform for the younger generation.

SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT IS DEVELOPMENT!

If you look closely at your favorite sport or artist nowadays, it’s hard to miss the influence of economics. It’s evident from the way players are drafted, entertainers signed, or how much they are paid, through to individual coaching decisions, and even strategic shifts across entire leagues.

The sports and entertainment industry comprises several segments, including sports infrastructure, TV/Radio, sports/concert events, training, media, goods manufacturing and retail. The business opportunities are far reaching due to the industry’s close connection with other sectors within the global economy including education, media, real estate,

infrastructure and tourism.

Total economic impact is calculated by aggregating the direct, indirect and induced impacts derived from the expenditure of three stakeholder groups spectators, participants and event organizers.  GLOBAL SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT HAS A US $10 TRILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC IMPACT.

SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT IS TUFF!

The Ultimate Fan Foundation, TUFF was created by Athletes and Entertainers, for the athlete and entertainers to become Legendary, to give back to the Community and Fans, in a business designed to be Managed, Owned, and Operated by the Athletes and Entertainers.  We are the first company in the world that is designed for Athlete and Entertainer Business Transformation, from the game & show to the office, to transforming communities worldwide.

TUFF gives each athlete and entertainer the capability to be a part of what we love to do, before, during and after our professional careers.  Our goal is to have athletes and entertainers in every age group, providing a pipeline of talent for our TUFF Teams for global sports, entertainment, business and land development around the world.

More importantly, the plan puts an emphasis on a redistribution of financial wealth and health resources to each and every athlete, entertainer and community we develop, so the athlete, entertainer and the community and the game and show will continue to thrive.  Sports and Entertainment are deeply rooted in our societies and generates passion, commitment and a strong sense of community. As a consequence, it has developed into a global economy that touches every vertical market arena and the professional athletes and entertainers are at the heart of every game and super star performance in A $10 TRILLION DOLLAR MARKET.

THE TUFF FACTS - UN SDG FACTS & FIGURES

POVERTY #1

  • 783 million people live below the international poverty line of US$1.90 a day 
  • In 2016, almost 10 per cent of the world’s workers live with their families on less than US$1.90 per person per day
  • Globally, there are 122 women aged 25 to 34 living in extreme poverty for every 100 men of the same age group.
  • Most people living below the poverty line belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
  • High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries
  • One in four children under age five in the world has inadequate height for his or her age
  • As of 2016, only 45% of the world’s population were effectively covered by at least one social protection cash benefit.
  • In 2017, economic losses due to disasters, including three major hurricanes in the USA and the Caribbean, were estimated at over $300 billion.

ZERO HUNGER #2

  •  Globally, one in nine people in the world today (815 million) are undernourished
  • The majority of the world’s hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 per cent of the population is undernourished.
  • Asia is the continent with the hungriest people – two thirds of the total. The percentage in southern Asia has fallen in recent years but in western Asia it has increased slightly.
  • Southern Asia faces the greatest hunger burden, with about 281 million undernourished people. In sub-Saharan Africa, projections for the 2014-2016 period indicate a rate of undernourishment of almost 23 per cent.
  • Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45 per cent) of deaths in children under five – 3.1 million children each year.
  • One in four of the world’s children suffer stunted growth. In developing countries, the proportion can rise to one in three.
  • 66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone.

QUALITY EDUCATION #3

  • Enrollment in primary education in developing countries has reached 91 per cent but 57 million primary age children remain out of school.
  • More than half of children that have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • An estimated 50 per cent of out-of-school children of primary school age live in conflict-affected areas.
  • 617 million youth worldwide lack basic mathematics and literacy skills.

GENDER EQUALITY #4

  • Globally, 750 million women and girls were married before the age of 18 and at least 200 million women and girls in 30 countries have undergone FGM.
  • The rates of girls between 15-19 who are subjected to FGM (female genital mutilation) in the 30 countries where the practice is concentrated have dropped from 1 in 2 girls in 2000 to 1 in 3 girls by 2017.
  • In 18 countries, husbands can legally prevent their wives from working; in 39 countries, daughters and sons do not have equal inheritance rights; and 49 countries lack laws protecting women from domestic violence.
  • One in five women and girls, including 19 per cent of women and girls aged 15 to 49, have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner with the last 12 months. Yet, 49 countries have no laws that specifically protect women from such violence.
  • While women have made important inroads into political office across the world, their representation in national parliaments at 23.7 per cent is still far from parity.
  • In 46 countries, women now hold more than 30 per cent of seats in national parliament in at least one chamber.
  • Only 52 per cent of women married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use and health care.
  • Globally, women are just 13 per cent of agricultural land holders.
  • Women in Northern Africa hold less than one in five paid jobs in the non-agricultural sector. The proportion of women in paid employment outside the agriculture sector has increased from 35 per cent in 1990 to 41 per cent in 2015.
  • More than 100 countries have taken action to track budget allocations for gender equality.
  • In Southern Asia, a girl’s risk of marrying in childhood has dropped by over 40% since 2000.

CLEAN WATER & SANITATION #5

  • 1 in 4 health care facilities lacks basic water services 
  • 3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 6 in 10 people lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities.
  • At least 892 million people continue to practice open defecation.
  • Women and girls are responsible for water collection in 80 per cent of households without access to water on premises.
  • Between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of the global population using an improved drinking water source has increased from 76 per cent to 90 per cent
  • Water scarcity affects more than 40 per cent of the global population and is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billion people are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge.
  • 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines
  • More than 80 per cent of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal
  • Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases
  • Approximately 70 per cent of all water abstracted from rivers, lakes and aquifers is used for irrigation
  • Floods and other water-related disasters account for 70 per cent of all deaths related to natural disasterstes of girls between 15-19 who are subjected to FGM (female genital mutilation) in the 30 countries where the practice is concentrated have dropped from 1 in 2 girls in 2000 to 1 in 3 girls by 2017.
  • In 18 countries, husbands can legally prevent their wives from working; in 39 countries, daughters and sons do not have equal inheritance rights; and 49 countries lack laws protecting women from domestic violence.
  • One in five women and girls, including 19 per cent of women and girls aged 15 to 49, have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner with the last 12 months. Yet, 49 countries have no laws that specifically protect women from such violence.
  • While women have made important inroads into political office across the world, their representation in national parliaments at 23.7 per cent is still far from parity.
  • In 46 countries, women now hold more than 30 per cent of seats in national parliament in at least one chamber.
  • Only 52 per cent of women married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use and health care.
  • Globally, women are just 13 per cent of agricultural land holders.
  • Women in Northern Africa hold less than one in five paid jobs in the non-agricultural sector. The proportion of women in paid employment outside the agriculture sector has increased from 35 per cent in 1990 to 41 per cent in 2015.
  • More than 100 countries have taken action to track budget allocations for gender equality.
  • In Southern Asia, a girl’s risk of marrying in childhood has dropped by over 40% since 2000.

GOOD HEALTH & WELLBEING #6

Child health

  • 17,000 fewer children die each day than in 1990, but more than five million children still die before their fifth birthday each year.
  • Since 2000, measles vaccines have averted nearly 15.6 million deaths.
  • Despite determined global progress, an increasing proportion of child deaths are in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Four out of every five deaths of children under age five occur in these regions.
  • Children born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before the age of five as those from wealthier families.
  • Children of educated mothers—even mothers with only primary schooling—are more likely to survive than children of mothers with no education.

Maternal health

  • Maternal mortality has fallen by 37% since 2000.
  • In Eastern Asia, Northern Africa and Southern Asia, maternal mortality has declined by around two-thirds.
  • But maternal mortality ratio – the proportion of mothers that do not survive childbirth compared to those who do –   in developing regions is still 14 times higher than in the developed regions.
  • More women are receiving antenatal care. In developing regions, antenatal care increased from 65 per cent in 1990 to 83 per cent in 2012.
  • Only half of women in developing regions receive the recommended amount of health care they need.
  • Fewer teens are having children in most developing regions, but progress has slowed. The large increase in contraceptive use in the 1990s was not matched in the 2000s.
  • The need for family planning is slowly being met for more women, but demand is increasing at a rapid pace.

AFFORDABLE & CLEAN ENERGY #7

  • 13% of the global population still lacks access to modern electricity.
  • 3 billion people rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating
  • Energy is the dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for around 60 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Indoor air pollution from using combustible fuels for household energy caused 4.3 million deaths in 2012, with women and girls accounting for 6 out of every 10 of these.
  • The share of renewable energy in final energy consumption has reached 17.5% in 2015.

DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH #8

  • The global unemployment rate in 2017 was 5.6%, down from 6.4% in 2000.
  • Globally, 61% of all workers were engaged in informal employment in 2016. Excluding the agricultural sector, 51% of all workers fell into this employment category.
  • Men earn 12.5% more than women in 40 out of 45 countries with data.
  • The global gender pay gap stands at 23 per cent globally and without decisive action, it will take another 68 years to achieve equal pay. Women’s labor force participation rate is 63 per cent while that of men is 94 per cent.
  • Despite their increasing presence in public life, women continue to do 2.6 times the unpaid care and domestic work that men do.
  • 470 million jobs are needed globally for new entrants to the labor market between 2016 and 2030.

REDUCED INEQUALITIES #9

  • In 2016, over 64.4% of products exported by the least developed countries to world markets faced zero tariffs, an increase of 20% since 2010.
  • Evidence from developing countries shows that children in the poorest 20 per cent of the populations are still up to three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday than children in the richest quintiles.
  • Social protection has been significantly extended globally, yet persons with disabilities are up to five times more likely than average to incur catastrophic health expenditures.
  • Despite overall declines in maternal mortality in most developing countries, women in rural areas are still up to three times more likely to die while giving birth than women living in urban centers.
  • Up to 30 per cent of income inequality is due to inequality within households, including between women and men. Women are also more likely than men to live below 50 per cent of the median income

SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES #10

  • Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities today and 5 billion people are projected to live in cities by 2030.
  • 95 per cent of urban expansion in the next decades will take place in developing world
  • 883 million people live in slums today and most them are found in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia.
  • The world’s cities occupy just 3 per cent of the Earth’s land, but account for 60-80 per cent of energy consumption and 75 per cent of carbon emissions.
  • Rapid urbanization is exerting pressure on fresh water supplies, sewage, the living environment, and public health
  • As of 2016, 90% of urban dwellers have been breathing unsafe air, resulting in 4.2 million deaths due to ambient air pollution. More than half of the global urban population were exposed to air pollution levels at least 2.5 times higher than the safety standard.

INDUSTRY INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE #11

  • Basic infrastructure like roads, information and communication technologies, sanitation, electrical power and water remains scarce in many developing countries
  • 16% of the global population does not have access to mobile broadband networks.
  • For many African countries, particularly the lower-income countries, the existent constraints regarding infrastructure affect firm productivity by around 40 per cent.
  • The global share of manufacturing value added in GDP increased from 15.2% in 2005 to 16.3% in 2017, driven by the fast growth of manufacturing in Asia.
  • Industrialization’s job multiplication effect has a positive impact on society. Every job in manufacturing creates 2.2 jobs in other sectors.
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises that engage in industrial processing and manufacturing are the most critical for the early stages of industrialization and are typically the largest job creators. They make up over 90 per cent of business worldwide and account for between 50-60 per cent of employment.
  • Least developed countries have immense potential for industrialization in food and beverages (agro-industry), and textiles and garments, with good prospects for sustained employment generation and higher productivity
  • Middle-income countries can benefit from entering the basic and fabricated metals industries, which offer a range of products facing rapidly growing international demand
  • In developing countries, barely 30 per cent of agricultural production undergoes industrial processing. In high-income countries, 98 per cent is processed. This suggests that there are great opportunities for developing countries in agribusiness.

RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION #12

  • Should the global population reach 9.6 billion by 2050, the equivalent of almost three planets could be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles.
  • With rises in the use of non-metallic minerals within infrastructure and construction, there has been significant improvement in the material standard of living. The per capita “material footprint” of developing countries increased from 5 metric tons in 2000 to 9 metric tons in 2017.
  • 93% of the world’s 250 largest companies are now reporting on sustainability.

Water

  • Less than 3 per cent of the world’s water is fresh (drinkable), of which 2.5 per cent is frozen in the Antarctica, Arctic and glaciers. Humanity must therefore rely on 0.5 per cent for all of man’s ecosystem’s and fresh water needs.
  • Humankind is polluting water in rivers and lakes faster than nature can recycle and purify
  • More than 1 billion people still do not have access to fresh water.
  • Excessive use of water contributes to the global water stress.
  • Water is free from nature but the infrastructure needed to deliver it is expensive. 

Energy

  • If people worldwide switched to energy efficient light-bulbs, the world would save US$120 billion annually.
  • Despite technological advances that have promoted energy efficiency gains, energy use in OECD countries will continue to grow another 35 per cent by 2020. Commercial and residential energy use is the second most rapidly growing area of global energy use after transport.
  • In 2002 the motor vehicle stock in OECD countries was 550 million vehicles (75 per cent of which were personal cars). A 32 per cent increase in vehicle ownership is expected by 2020. At the same time, motor vehicle kilometers are projected to increase by 40 per cent and global air travel is projected to triple in the same period.
  • Households consume 29 per cent of global energy and consequently contribute to 21 per cent of resultant CO2 emissions.
  • The share of renewable energy in final energy consumption has reached 17.5% in 2015.

Food

  • While substantial environmental impacts from food occur in the production phase (agriculture, food processing), households influence these impacts through their dietary choices and habits. This consequently affects the environment through food-related energy consumption and waste generation.
  • Each year, an estimated 1/3 of all food produced – equivalent to 1.3 billion tons worth around $1 trillion – ends up rotting in the bins of consumers and retailers, or spoiling due to poor transportation and harvesting practices
  • 2 billion people globally are overweight or obese.
  • Land degradation, declining soil fertility, unsustainable water use, over-fishing and marine environment degradation are all lessening the ability of the natural resource base to supply food.
  • The food sector accounts for around 30 per cent of the world’s total energy consumption and accounts for around 22 per cent of total Greenhouse Gas emissions.

CLIMATE ACTION #13

Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow. Weather patterns are changing, sea levels are rising, weather events are becoming more extreme and greenhouse gas emissions are now at their highest levels in history. Without action, the world’s average surface temperature is likely to surpass 3 degrees centigrade this century. The poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most.Affordable, scalable solutions are now available to enable countries to leapfrog to cleaner, more resilient economies. The pace of change is quickening as more people are turning to renewable energy and a range of other measures that will reduce emissions and increase adaptation efforts. Climate change, however, is a global challenge that does not respect national borders. It is an issue that requires solutions that need to be coordinated at the international level to help developing countries move toward a low-carbon economy.

LIFE BELOW WATER #14

  • Oceans cover three quarters of the Earth’s surface, contain 97 per cent of the Earth’s water, and represent 99 per cent of the living space on the planet by volume.
  • Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods.
  • Globally, the market value of marine and coastal resources and industries is estimated at $3 trillion per year or about 5 per cent of global GDP.
  • Oceans contain nearly 200,000 identified species, but actual numbers may lie in the millions.
  • Oceans absorb about 30 per cent of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming.
  • Oceans serve as the world’s largest source of protein, with more than 3 billion people depending on the oceans as their primary source of protein
  • Marine fisheries directly or indirectly employ over 200 million people.
  • Subsidies for fishing are contributing to the rapid depletion of many fish species and are preventing efforts to save and restore global fisheries and related jobs, causing ocean fisheries to generate US$50 billion less per year than they could.
  • Open Ocean sites show current levels of acidity have increased by 26 per cent since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
  • Coastal waters are deteriorating due to pollution and eutrophication. Without concerted efforts, coastal eutrophication is expected to increase in 20 percent of large marine ecosystems by 2050.

LIFE ON LAND #15

Forests

  • Around 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihood, including 70 million indigenous people.
  • Forests are home to more than 80 per cent of all terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects.
  • Between 2010 and 2015, the world lost 3.3 million hectares of forest areas. Poor rural women depend on common pool resources and are especially affected by their depletion.

Desertification

  • 2.6 billion people depend directly on agriculture, but 52 per cent of the land used for agriculture is moderately or severely affected by soil degradation.
  • Arable land loss is estimated at 30 to 35 times the historical rate
  • Due to drought and desertification, 12 million hectares are lost each year (23 hectares per minute). Within one year, 20 million tons of grain could have been grown.
  • 74 per cent of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally.

Biodiversity

  • Illicit poaching and trafficking of wildlife continues to thwart conservation efforts, with nearly 7,000 species of animals and plants reported in illegal trade involving 120 countries.
  • Of the 8,300 animal breeds known, 8 per cent are extinct and 22 per cent are at risk of extinction.
  • Of the over 80,000 tree species, less than 1 per cent have been studied for potential use.
  • Fish provide 20 per cent of animal protein to about 3 billion people. Only ten species provide about 30 per cent of marine capture fisheries and ten species provide about 50 per cent of aquaculture production.
  • Over 80 per cent of the human diet is provided by plants. Only three cereal crops – rice, maize and wheat – provide 60 per cent of energy intake.
  • As many as 80 per cent of people living in rural areas in developing countries rely on traditional plant-­‐based medicines for basic healthcare.
  • Micro-organisms and invertebrates are key to ecosystem services, but their contributions are still poorly known and rarely acknowledged.

PEACE, JUSTICE & STRONG INSTITUTIONS #16

  • Among the institutions most affected by corruption are the judiciary and police.
  • Corruption, bribery, theft and tax evasion cost some US $1.26 trillion for developing countries per year; this amount of money could be used to lift those who are living on less than $1.25 a day above $1.25 for at least six years
  • Birth registration has occurred for 73 per cent of children under 5, but only 46% of Sub-Saharan Africa have had their births registered.
  • Approximately 28.5 million primary school age who are out of school live in conflict-affected areas.
  • The rule of law and development have a significant interrelation and are mutually reinforcing, making it essential for sustainable development at the national and international level.
  • The proportion of prisoners held in detention without sentencing has remained almost constant in the last decade, at 31% of all prisoners.

Violence against children

  • Violence against children affects more than 1 billion children around the world and costs societies up to US$ 7 trillion a year.
  • 50% of the world’s children experience violence every year.
  • Every 5 minutes, somewhere in the world, a child is killed by violence
  • 1 in 10 children is sexually abused before the age of 18.
  • 9 in 10 children live in countries where corporal punishment is not fully prohibited, leaving 732 million children without legal protection.
  • 1 in 3 internet users worldwide is a child and 800 million of them use social media. Any child can become a victim of online violence.
  • Child online sexual abuse reports to NCMEC has grown from 1 million in 2014 to 45 million in 2018.
  • 246 million children worldwide affected by school-related violence each year.
  • 1 in 3 students has been bullied by their peers at school in the last month, and at least 1 in 10 children have experienced cyberbullying.

PARTNERSHIP FOR GOALS #17

  • Official development assistance stood at $146.6  billion in 2017. This represents a decrease of 0.6 per cent in real terms over 2016.
  • 79 per cent of imports from developing countries enter developed countries duty-free
  • The debt burden on developing countries remains stable at about 3 per cent of export revenue
  • The number of Internet users in Africa almost doubled in the past four years
  • 30 per cent of the world’s youth are digital natives, active online for at least five years
  • But more four billion people do not use the Internet, and 90 per cent of them are from the developing world

THE TUFF SOLUTION

The TUFF Solution to Eradicating the UN Sustainability Development Goals by 2030 is a combination of Mobile Apps, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology.  If one imagined the cryptocurrencies were in the stock market, then in the S&P 500 rating (the top 500 largest companies by market capitalization listed on American stock exchanges) cryptocurrencies would be in the 15th place.

The role of Mobile Apps, Cryptocurrencies in the fintech revolution has already been established. Institutions like Santander, American Express and Western Union have adopted Ripple’s fast money transfer network.  Projects like Fast Invest, a peer to peer (P2P) lending platform, is enabling a P2P crypto loans marketplace. With the added security of Blockchain, which is set for use across industries, ranging from supply chain and healthcare to real estate and identity management. Greater mainstream adoption will lead to a significant leap in a Mobile App-Crypto market capitalization.

If we look at the current trends, then the future of blockchain and cryptocurrencies utilizing Mobile Apps, looks very bright. We are looking at a decentralized world, where cryptocurrencies will see mainstream adoption by businesses, individuals and, hopefully, even governments. Blockchain has tremendous power to increase social scalability which is essential for future systems and creating a global Mobile Application trust.

ERADICATE INCORPORATED

Eradicate Incorporated, (EI) is a global community development mobile application, combined with the security and speed of TUF’s Olorun Blockchain Technology and Victory Coin as a platform for the world to assist in eradicating and meeting the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals by 2030.

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The Future of Blockchain Technology: Top Five Predictions for 2030

  1. Government Crypto By 2030, most governments around the world will create or adopt some form of virtual currency.  
  2. Trillion Dollar Protocols By 2030, there will be more trillion dollar tokens than there will be trillion dollar companies. 
  3. Blockchain Identity for All By 2030, a cross border, blockchain based, self sovereign identity standard will emerge for individuals, as well as physical and virtual assets.  
  4. World Trade on a Blockchain BY 2030, most of world trade will be conducted leveraging blockchain technology.  
  5. Blockchain4Good By 2030, significant improvements in the world’s standard of living will be attributable to the development of blockchain technology.

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