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Poverty Today: Guest Speakers Red Cross and Coach Art Poverty Globally

Social Location - Advantage Walk The purpose of this exercise is to provide participants with an opportunity to understand the intricacies of social location in American society

Social Location - Advantage Walk Common themes in reflections Biggest advantages listed: parents, grandparents, public school, health, overall appreciation Obstacles: parents’ education, finances, alcoholism, parent that passed away, language barriers Some obstacles not mentioned in questions: emotional instability in home life, special learning needs, abuse Questions reflect SOME aspects of social location, outline some of the topics we will look at this semester

Defining and Measuring Poverty Poverty: lack of resources necessary for well- being: Food Water Housing Health care

Defining and Measuring Poverty Relative poverty: deficiency in material resources compared with some other population.

Defining and Measuring Poverty Absolute poverty: Lack of resources that leads to hunger and physical deprivation Life threatening

Source: Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 by TransparencyInternational.org Poverty Globally

Problems of Poverty Hunger AIDS Pneumonia Tuberculosis Malaria Measles Diarrhea 11 million children under the age of 5 die each year because of preventable diseases and malnutrition. –World Health Organization

Work in groups of 5-6. Read the excerpt. Depending on your article, answer the following questions Poverty’s Diseases 1.What is it? 2.How many people die yearly worldwide? 3.Why is it deadly? 4.How is poverty a factor? 5.What solutions/ treatments are there? 6.Select 1-2 people from your group to share what you found, 1 recorder, 1 researcher Diseases and Non-profit Organizations Non-profit Organizations 1.What is the mission of the organization? 2.How does it work? 3.Who does it help? 4.Would you recommend others to donate time or money to this organization (why or why not)? 5.Select 1-2 people from your group to share what you found, 1 recorder, 1 researcher 15 minutes Don’t write on info sheet. Save paperclips Write down answers and names

computerscreendoor Back of class Team 1 B Claudia L Osvaldo M Lizbeth G Gerardo L Britnee B Ashley Team 2 Flores Cynthia Nguyen Henry Mansour Eiriny Rodriguez Christian Akiba Chisato Kang Michelle Team 3 Molina Areli Alvarez Rosio Chu Alex Pilone Alyssa Padilla Josue Campbell Catherine Team 4 Holguin Madison Lucero Adriana Duran Marisol Liu Wen-Hao Marquez Wendy Garcia Viviana Team 5 Calaquian Meryl Cardenas Jose Cameron Jonathan Adams Shannon Escobar Vanessa Harden Jennifer Team 6 Martin Sebastian Sanchez Wendy Carrillo Jasmine Kwak Samuel Winders Molly Team 7 Khan Bisma Hirabayashi Marc Bedolla Ricky Perez Cynthia Zalenski Peter Team 8 Lam Thang Gonzalez Ana Barrera Sabrina Dheming Steve Hernandez Annie Team 9 Kim Daniel Martinez Angie Kim Sara Ventura Alejandro Peper Derek Team 10 Rangel Christopher Torres Mildred Ramirez Jessica Hernandez Joanna Cervantes Nancy Team 11 McOsker Caoimhe Cananea Jessa Alvarez Lauro Ballesteros Sofia VCervantes Yunuen

Work in groups of 5-6. Read the excerpt. Depending on your article, answer the following questions Poverty’s Diseases 1.What is it? 2.How many people die yearly worldwide? 3.Why is it deadly? 4.How is poverty a factor? 5.What solutions/ treatments are there? 6.Select 1-2 people from your group to share what you found, 1 recorder, 1 researcher Diseases and Non-profit Organizations Non-profit Organizations 1.What is the mission of the organization? 2.How does it work? 3.Who does it help? 4.What can we do? 5.Would you recommend others to donate time or money to this organization? 6.Select 1-2 people from your group to share what you found, 1 recorder, 1 researcher 15 minutes Don’t write on info sheet. Save paperclips Write down answers and names

For your notes Diseases: write down name of disease and solutions Non-profits: write down name of organization and what they do

Malaria What is it? How many people die yearly worldwide? Why is it deadly? How is poverty a factor? What solutions/treatments are there?

Measles What is it? How many people die yearly worldwide? Why is it deadly? How is poverty a factor? What solutions/treatments are there?

Tuberculosis What is it? How many people die yearly worldwide? Why is it deadly? How is poverty a factor? What solutions/treatments are there?

Diarrhea What is it? How many people die yearly worldwide? Why is it deadly? How is poverty a factor? What solutions/treatments are there?

Pneumonia What is it? How many people die yearly worldwide? Why is it deadly? How is poverty a factor? What solutions/treatments are there?

Feeding America 1.What is the mission? 2.How does it work? 3.Who does it help? 4.What can we do? 5.Would you recommend others to donate time or money to this organization?

Wine to Water 1.What is the mission? 2.How does it work? 3.Who does it help? 4.What can we do? 5.Would you recommend others to donate time or money to this organization?

Meals on Wheels 1.What is the mission? 2.How does it work? 3.Who does it help? 4.What can we do? 5.Would you recommend others to donate time or money to this organization?

Kiva What is the mission? 2.How does it work? 3.Who does it help? 4.What can we do? 5.Would you recommend others to donate time or money to this organization?

Oxfam 1.What is the mission? 2.How does it work? 3.Who does it help? 4.What can we do? 5.Would you recommend others to donate time or money to this organization?

Mercy Corps 1.What is the mission? 2.How does it work? 3.Who does it help? 4.What can we do? 5.Would you recommend others to donate time or money to this organization?

Pass up group work with first and last names Pass up info sheets re-attached with paperclips

Solutions to Poverty Organizations mentioned are listed as Top 10 Poverty Fighting Non-Profits by TakePart.org Other ways to be a part of the solution: This website provides rating as well as CEO compensation

View: The Way We Live. Ups and Downs of Global Stratification Answer questions on Video Note Taking Guide while watching 56 secs start :30 1.How did Doctors Without Borders start? 2.What is their charter? 3.What is brain drain? 4.How is the role of women a factor? 5.What do you think about the increase in care workers in the United States from other countries?

Provide assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened due to: armed conflict epidemics malnutrition natural disasters Nobel Peace Prize

Next Class Read article on website: Hunger in the United States

Malaria Over a million people die from malaria each year Spread by mosquitoes Anti-malarial drug often not available Best cure is prevention, mosquito nets for beds $6 donation can provide a net to save lives UNICEFUNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO).World Health Organization (WHO)

Measles A million deaths per year Do not usually die directly of measles, but from its complications Preventable through vaccines Less than $1 per vaccination can save lives UNICEFUNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO).World Health Organization (WHO)

Tuberculosis Kills well over 1.5 million people each year Highly contagious – one person can infect 15 Children can be vaccinated, adults cannot Long antibiotic treatment needed

Diarrhea Kills 1.6 million people each year, almost all of them children. Result of unclean water Malnutrition causes death Treatable with a mixture of water, salt, and sugar that replenishes the lost fluids

Pneumonia Kills more than 2 million children each year Contagious Not enough doctors or health care Solution-train one person in each village to recognize symptoms and dispense antibiotics