Today, coinciding with the Millennium Development Goals UN World Summit, the Nike Foundation announced 11 global and in-country projects with key partners...[in] Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ethiopia and Zambia...Contributing to global efforts to reach the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, The Nike Foundation will place particular emphasis on reaching the goals of poverty alleviation and gender equality. Initially, the Foundation is supporting primarily non-governmental organizations and programs that provide direct services and capacity building to improve the lives and well-being of adolescent girls in the developing world.