The Lumina Scholars Foundation aligns with several specific targets under Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1), which aims to end poverty in all its forms everywhere. Here are the targets that Lumina specifically aligns with:

  1. Target 1.1: By providing educational scholarships, vocational training, and mentorship programs, Lumina helps to ensure that all men and women, including vulnerable youth, have equal rights to economic resources and opportunities.

  2. Target 1.2: Lumina's focus on education and skill development contributes to reducing at least by half the proportion of men, women, and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions.

  3. Target 1.3: Lumina's programs aim to implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including providing support to vulnerable youth aging out of orphanages and foster care.

  4. Target 1.4: Lumina's efforts align with the target to ensure that all men and women, in particular, the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property.

  5. Target 1.5: By investing in education and skill development, Lumina helps build the resilience of individuals to economic, social, and environmental shocks, thus contributing to building the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations.

  6. Target 1.A: Lumina's support for vulnerable youth, including those aging out of orphanages, aligns with the target to ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries to implement programs to end poverty.

  7. Target 1.B: Lumina's focus on education and empowerment contributes to creating sound policy frameworks at the national, regional, and international levels, which are essential for promoting pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies.

Overall, Lumina's commitment to education, empowerment, and poverty alleviation aligns with multiple targets under SDG 1, demonstrating its contribution to global efforts to end poverty and promote sustainable development.