1. Improving Global Issues
What?
How?
Who?

2. Improving Global Issues
There are many problems… But also many solutions!
For example, globally poverty has been halved since 2000.
But how can the problems, like the ones you’ve seen in the ‘Explore Global Issues’ section of the Schools for Future Youth Website be improved?

3. Helping You To Think About This
There are many problems… But also many solutions!
There are many ways you could think about why problems exist and what solutions there can be.
The following is one way to help you think about it.
You could explore these ideas more yourself…

4. Improving Global Issues
In order to improve issues, we need to understand why people experience problems…
Often this is because people lack POWER
But WHY?
LACK POWER

5. What Sort Of Problems Do People Have?
LACK MATERIALS/
RESOURCES
LACK
MONEY
RIGHTS
NOT
MET
LACK POWER
LACK
SKILLS/
KNOWLEDGE
INTERESTS IGNORED

6. What Do People Therefore Need?
MATERIALS/
RESOURCES
MONEY
RIGHTS
ENABLED
MORE POWER
SKILLS/
KNOWLEDGE
LISTENED TO

7. How Can These be Provided?
MATERIALS GIVEN/LOANED
LAWS TO PROTECT RIGHTS
MONEY GIVEN
CREATING
JOBS
MORE POWER
BETTER SERVICES
CHANGE SOCIAL PRACTICES
EDUCATION /
TRAINING

8. LOCAL CHARITIES GLOBAL CHARITIES THEIR GOVERNMENT MORE POWER
Who Can Do This?
LOCAL CHARITIES
GLOBAL CHARITIES
THEIR
GOVERNMENT
MORE POWER
BUSINESSES
PEOPLE
THEMSELVES
LOCAL
COMMUNITY

9. Which Things Are The Most Sustainable?
Giving things to people (money/resources)
Training people
Changing laws
Working with individual people
Working with whole communities
Having policies to help create more/better jobs

10. Where Has Most Difference Been Made?
How has success been achieved around the world?
Example one:
Reducing global poverty by 50%. This has mainly been led by the governments of China and India through economic growth; E.g. companies in these countries have provided better jobs.
Example two:
Increasing school enrolment in Rwanda. This has mainly been achieved by the government of Rwanda but with lots of support and funding from international governments and charities to build schools and train teachers.
Can you think of other examples?