Global IssuesGlobal IssuesWhat are the issues What are the issues that matter most in that matter most in today's world?today's world?

What is a Global What is a Global Issue?Issue?

A global issue is a broad A global issue is a broad description that is often used description that is often used to explain matters of great to explain matters of great social concern that affect human social concern that affect human populations locally and that are populations locally and that are shared among diverse human shared among diverse human societies within our global societies within our global community.community.

VocabularyVocabularyTerrorism, Immigration, Famine, Malnutrition, Racism, Pollution, Illiteracy

Malnutrition and FamineMalnutrition and Famine

Malnutrition is a general term for a condition caused by improper diet or nutrition, and can occur in conjunction with both under and over consumption of calories.

Famine is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any fauna species, which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.

Starvation describes a "state of exhaustion of the body caused by lack of food." This state may precede death.

Some 850 million people (one in eight of the world's population) go to bed hungry every night.

Such hunger is not due to a shortage of food – globally there is enough to go round and if (a big if) we make the right decisions now, we can continue to feed the world despite population growth and climate change. For example we can reduce the number of people that are starving by:

Not wasting food Equal distribution of food (Obesity)

Every 6 seconds one kid dies of hunger.

FamineFamine

Illiteracy around the Illiteracy around the worldworld

Over 60% of adults in the US prison system read at or below the fourth grade level.Over 60% of adults in the US prison system read at or below the fourth grade level.

85% of US juvenile inmates are functionally illiterate.85% of US juvenile inmates are functionally illiterate.

Every year 100000 puplis in the UK leave school illiterate.Every year 100000 puplis in the UK leave school illiterate.

In the UK the In the UK the prison population is some 85,000. More than three-quarters of them prison population is some 85,000. More than three-quarters of them cannot read, write or count to the standard expected of an 11-year-old.cannot read, write or count to the standard expected of an 11-year-old.

West Africa has the highest number of illiterates in the world according to a study.West Africa has the highest number of illiterates in the world according to a study.

Approximately 776 million adults – most of them women – have no secure Approximately 776 million adults – most of them women – have no secure command of the fundamentals of literacy and numeracycommand of the fundamentals of literacy and numeracy”” whiles seventy-five million whiles seventy-five million children are not in school.children are not in school.

Poverty Poverty Africa includes some of the poorest countries in the world. In much of Africa south of the

Sahara, harsh environmental conditions exacerbate the conditions of poverty. Dry and barren land covers large expanses of this region. As the poor try to eke out livings through farming and other subsistence practices, they exhaust the land, using up the soil nutrients needed to grow crops.

Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation.

Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight.

Slum-dwellers who make up a third of the world's urban population often live no better - if not worse - than rural people, a United Nations report says.

In Sub-Saharan Africa 72% of urban inhabitants live in slums rising to nearly 100% in some states.

In Latin America about 31% of urban people are classified as living in slums.

In the UK over 13 million of us live in poverty. That's one-in-five without enough to live on.

By 2013 there will be 3.1 million children in poverty in the UK.

Charities around the worldCharities around the world

Oxfam is British based organisation that works in 92 countries Oxfam is British based organisation that works in 92 countries and its main focus is poverty, food, sanitaion and womes rights. and its main focus is poverty, food, sanitaion and womes rights. Last year year this charity raised a staggering 14.5 million Last year year this charity raised a staggering 14.5 million people in 57 countries, 5,700,000 people were given acess to people in 57 countries, 5,700,000 people were given acess to clean water and 760, 000 people helped grow more food. Money is clean water and 760, 000 people helped grow more food. Money is raised with campaigns, festivals, schools and donating clothes.raised with campaigns, festivals, schools and donating clothes.

Book Aid International increases access to books and supports Book Aid International increases access to books and supports literacy, education and development in sub-Saharan Africa. We literacy, education and development in sub-Saharan Africa. We provided 516,138 new books to over 2,000 libraries last year provided 516,138 new books to over 2,000 libraries last year alone and have sent more than 30 million books to partner alone and have sent more than 30 million books to partner libraries since 1954.libraries since 1954.

Médecins Sans Frontières was founded in Paris is 1971 (MSF). Médecins Sans Frontières was founded in Paris is 1971 (MSF). It`s an international, independent, medical humanitarian It`s an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.

http://www.bookaid.org/our-work/where-we-work/

What we do in What we do in Catalunya to Catalunya to help!help!

How would you solve these issues………..?

What would you do if What would you do if you could make a you could make a difference?difference? In groups imagine that you are a new charity In groups imagine that you are a new charity and that you have a budget on €400.000 to and that you have a budget on €400.000 to spend, what would you do with the money?spend, what would you do with the money?

Name of the charity….Name of the charity…. Aim of your charity….Aim of your charity…. Distribution of your budget….Distribution of your budget…. What would you do first….What would you do first…. How would you spend the money…How would you spend the money… Which country / group would you help and Which country / group would you help and why….why….

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