Final Blog Post

The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis


I think that this book helped me learn about the condition that people in LEDCs live in. This showed me reality.


The Paper Bag Game!


I am looking forward to the game. I think that it will be challenging and fun to learn about how people survive in LEDCs.


Describe the course in one sentence:


We should have this as a regular subject instead of humanities!! We learnt about the world and how people survive on less than $1 a day.

LEDC Farmer Game Response

What are the challenges faced by farmers in L.E.D.C's?

There are many challenges from bankruptcy to death of a family member. Farmers in LEDCs face many problems and are unable to know before hand or handle situation thanks to lack of communication to rural areas in the country. This can happen when supplies, medicine and basic needs are not being able to reach villages and small towns.

What are the barriers to development that they face?

The barriers that they face are lack of education, no long-term planning, lack of food, lack of water, no proper infrastructure, no proper shelter, disease, bad weather which leads to bad crops, which leads to less money gotten from selling crops. Poor people - or less privileged people - are stuck in the cycle of poverty without anyway out. Basically the shock factors. 

In what ways are farming and poverty linked to development?

Farming and poverty are linked to development because sometimes, poverty and bad farming will lead to less money, which can stop the money from going to development and instead to immediate needs like water, food and shelter. The farmer will be thinking about basic needs instead of long-term planning like education and transportation.


Picture: End Poverty!!!

Source Link: http://files.myopera.com/heartbreakkid1/blog/end-poverty-global-care-help1.jpg

Peace One Day Video Response

1) What big ideas did you get from watching it?
The big ideas that I get from watching the video is that one person can make a big difference, so if each and everyone of us try, we can make an even bigger difference in the world.


2) Why is peace so important?
Peace is important because helps maintain happiness in even the darkest times.


3) What are the links between peace and development?
Peace can help stop war so then the development can take place without interruptions like war.



4) What are the hidden costs of war? (Sometimes they aren't so 'hidden' - but often they aren't monetary costs).
There are many hidden costs of war:
- Loss of family.
- Financial loss.
- Disease (AID, HIV ...).

etc...

Peace Day Lunchtime

Today we had the Peace day celebration at lunchtime. It was a HUGE success. Almost all of the middle school came and it was really fun. We did many things like face-painting, 'Make a Commitment's, donations and lots of other fun stuff. I could feel the excitement and taste the yummy heart cookies. I could hear the buzz of everyone and the shouting of "Make a Commitment TODAY!!!". It was really fun and the results were amazing. We raised RM 611/- in total. The money will go the the T-shirts for the Angor Wat Marathon in Combodia. The marathon will help land mine survivors and children AIDS victims. I hope it will raise awareness of peace in ISKL and I hope we do it again next year and be more successful at it than before. 
PEACE!!

Source: http://www.thenutgraph.com/user_uploads/images/2009/07/21/peace_soldier%20by%20Jayel%20Aheram%20flickr.jpg

Intro to Global Issues

1) What are Global Issues?

Global Issues is a subject where we learn about issues around the world, which include poverty, hunger, education, medication and war etc. We learn about the main issues in the world and what is being done to improve the situation of at least a third of the people on Earth. 

2) Why should I care about Global Issues?
I should care because we live on this planet and we've done something to harm it.  It's up to US to clean up our act and make this planet a better place to live on.