poverty powerpoint by audrey, lexi, sophia and wendy
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The Eradication of Poverty
By: Wendy Zhang, Audrey Goettl, Sophia Waller,
and Lexie Krause
Image from:http://nextgr8twriter.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/poverty.jpg
Why is Poverty a Global Issue?• Affects people all over the world
• People are suffering from deadly epidemics
• They are living in extreme conditions• Half of the world’s population don’t
have basic living necessities• Most children living in poverty don’t
have a proper education
Affects of Poverty • Diseases
•Living in substandard housing•Not getting a proper education
• Lack of basic needs• Conflicts • Unliterary
Image From: http://www.elca.org/hunger/resources/hungerdramas/graphics/image%203-children%20in%20poverty.jpg
Background• 30,000 children die a day due to
poverty• Nearly 3 billion people, half the world’s
population, live in extreme poverty• About 1 billion people went into the 21st
century without being able to read or write just their name
• 6 million children under the age of five die a year due to poverty
What is being done?• Organizations, countries and programs
are trying to help put an end to poverty• United Nations is focusing on putting an
end to extreme poverty and hunger• Organizations are providing basic living
supplies and giving an education to people
• Oxfam International helps people start businesses
• Giving micro-loans
Case Study• According to Peter Moszynski from High
Wire Press, girls in Southern Sudan are more likely to die in childbirth than complete primary school
• Providing at least a primary education for Southern Sudanese people
• Sending money to organizations that provide basic living essentials– Health care, water, mosquito netting,
food, clothing, shelter
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We chose this topic because…
• Very few people know about the situation in Southern Sudan
• Southern Sudan is not as well known as Darfur; not a lot of media
• Southern Sudan is facing the same amount of problems as places such as Darfur, but is not as well known
Links and YouTube Videos• You Tube Videos:
-United Nations Development Goalshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddX4n30sXY
-Make Poverty Historyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWX0XwGxfFo
• Links-CAREhttp://www.care.org/
-ONEhttp://www.one.org/takeaction/
What organization is working on this issue
and what are they doing? • Mercy Corps
• Building homes and schools• Doing work at refugee camps
• Provides health services, household supplies, food, water and other basic
living necessities
What do we like about Mercy Corps?
•Mercy Corps gives humanitarian aid and
supplies rather than sending the money to the government•Works on a lot of problems•Has a variety of programs
DED• Organization that is working in Sudan
• Have many projects• Created a vocational school in Khartoum for Southern Sudanese
people• Have workshops, integration
programs, provide medical service, promote peace
What do we like about DED?
•They work with the people•Teaches them a lot of skills•Promotes important things, such as integration and peace
•Their work is in a lot of different areas in Sudan
Interactive Activities!
Think…• How far do you have to go to get water?• What do you worry about on a daily basis?• How hard do you have to work in order to get
a good meal?• What do you do when you are sick or get
hurt?• What type of area do you live in?
Activity 1:
What is your definition of poverty? Based on what
you’ve seen and learned, has that definition changed?
• Get into groups (we’ll assign them) and discuss these questions
• Write down your definition of poverty on a sheet of construction paper
• Share with the group
Activity 2:
“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”
–Mahatma Ghandi
•Write a reflection on this quote. •Share and discuss with your groups.•Pick the best reflection per group•Discussion with entire group
Activity 3:
Mercy CorpsHow we want to model our action plan
after the work Mercy Corps is doing:• Mercy Corps has had many successful
projects• We plan to actually do something about
the problem in Southern Sudan• Actually buy the supplies and help the
people• Raise awareness about Mercy Corps
S.P.I.PSaving People In Poverty
• Inform people in our community and at our school about poverty in Southern
Sudan• Encourage others to support this
organization and this cause• Start fundraisers
• Send money to people in Sudan
Our Aim and Purpose
We are doing this because we want to influence people and help them to believe that they can make a
difference in the world
Our Message
If everyone is informed about the magnitude of this issue, the more likely they will want to
help stop poverty
Our Short Term Goals
• Learn more about the issue• Raise awareness about this issue
• Get in contact with people who are doing something to help
• Raise money to send to organizations working with Southern Sudanese people
Long Term Goals
• Continue to raise money and send it to organizations• Continue raising awareness
• Continue our work throughout high school and college
Our Wiki
• Link to our Wiki http://global-challenge.wikispaces.com/Categories+Hum1+Group1
• Our Wiki contains information about this issue and what you can do to help
• Has links to other organizations and petitions that you can sign
Organizations/Petitions
• Oxfam International • World Bank
• UNICEF• UNDP
• Save the Children• ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty
History
Why is this issue important?
• It takes away people’s chances for a better and more successful lifestyle
• People are deprived of the education that they deserve
• It affects the entire world, thus making it an important issue
Why should you do something?
• It affects over half of the world’s population
•You could help save the lives of millions of people of all
ages
“Nobody can go back and start a new
beginning, but anyone can start today and
make a new ending.”-Maria Robison
Image from: http://www.ed.ac.uk/annualreview/0405/images/poverty.jpg
Reach Out. Speak Out. Be Heard.