Global Issue's Living Ethically

In Global Issues I have been studying how to live ethically by looking at the issues we've recently been studying. By deciding about things and making the decisions and  showing the right and wrong about issues, I have been living ethically. Global issues and living ethically connect because  you have to think about equity, show how some things are not fair, make decisions about what you think  and how you feel about it. And this year in  Global issues I am learning how to live ethically by doing this.  I am thinking ethically by looking at some serious issues like deforestation, shark fin soup and poverty  and by studying the UN Millennium Development Goals. We have investigated some of these issues as our action projects and some of them we have just become more aware of.  As you can see from my wordle these are the main things I study in this subject.

     

Third World Farmer GAME

This game is about poverty and shows how people live with less money and manage everything with it.Throughout when I was playing the game I realised that the SLR that connected with the game was reason critically because when I was playing it I was asking why and how we would save money to buy something big , useful and get more money.The strategies that worked well in this game for a long term were the well source of water,the saving up of money for financial security,Education for the cope of income,Medicine,technology and voice insurance,they are good because you think for a long term about your children and about yourself and they lead to devolopement and increase standards of living for you and your future generations who could help you escape it as well as themselves.The strategies that didn't work and were short term decisions were the selling of children,marriage,drug,more kids,showing off and protection,they are bad decisions to make because if you sell your children you get less money and you use it and more kids means you need to feed more and get more money for your children and because of short term you have to make difficult decisions like selling your children or doing something you don't want to do but still don't have a choice because you thought for short term .Maybe if they start thinking long term they can escape it and by doing small things.The strategies that Iused when I was playing the game were short term decisions which turned very bad because I had to sell my children because I had to get more money and whatever I bought I had to sell it,soon enough. But overall this game is showing how people live in poverty a life in poverty and how we are trying to get more money and help them by things that are in the game.

Poverty

Who is the World Bank?
The World Bank's groups mission is to redce poverty and encourage economic growth and thereby contibuting to the achievements of the Millenium Devolopement Goals.The group includes IBRD,IFC,IDA and MIGA.

Why is it important to collect data from 73 countries?
It is important to collect data from 73 countries because it is available and out of these 73 countries,53 represent more than 80 percent of the world's population and despairity in the world now.

What is poverty?
Poverty is the state of being poor like not having food water and shelter.

What is the difference between poverty and extreme poverty?
Poverty is a state where one cannot meet basic needs for food,water,shelter,sanitation,education and health care.To determine the affected population,the World bank defines poverty as living than USD $1.25 per day.While Extreme poverty is in above deficiences,man feels powerless in terms of his defending rightful ownership of physical things,diginity,honor the state is called extreme poverty.

What is a poverty trap?
Poverty trap is a situation where you remain in poverty constantly you cannot save anything ,keep bare survival only and that too while doing work everyday,no escape from toiling work.

How does the world bank define poverty?
The World Bank defines poverty as not having enough income to meet basic human needs for adequate food,water,shelter,clothing,sanitation,health care or education.

How many people live under the poverty line in the world?
1.4 billion people live under the poverty line in the world.

How are the numbers showing improvemet in the situation over the last twenty years?
Twenty six years ago,out of every 10 people,four were in poverty .Today out of four,one is in poverty,Also twenty years ago,1.9 billion were in poverty;today only 1.4 billion people are in poverty.

Can you suggest some things/organizations that could be helping the situation and explain why there is an improvement?
Many international organizations are engaged in fighting poverty suchas UN Developement Programme (UNDP),UN world food programme (WFP).Private organizations such as CARE,OXFAM,Red Cross and Mercy International and many global entities are fighting global poverty.They provide funds,volunteers,bring special planes and truck loads in times of famine and drought to help relieve hunger and poverty of the people.

Write a short snapshot of a time when you witnessed poverty.Where,when,why?How did it make you feel?Be as descriptive as possible.
Yes Isaw extreme poverty when I went with my parents to a native village in Pakistan.I saw poor ladies doing household work from morning till evening,non stop.They earned less than a US$ a day,their children had no food,medical care or schooling,they only survived by whattheir mother earned on a daily basis to gain small bread.