Did you Know Blog

Did you know?

1.)  35 years ago 45,000 children have died because of poverty, but now only 17,000 children have died from poverty. (It’s getting better but it’s still bad.)

2.)  Nearly 1/2 of the world’s population on less than $2.50 a day.

3.)  In 2011, 165 million children under the age of five were stunted because of malnutrition.

4.)  More than 750 million people cannot access clean drinking water, which kills an estimated 842,000 people every year globally or approximately 2,300 people per day.

5.)  Less than 1 percent of the US budget is going toward fighting extreme poverty.

6.)  3 million children die from malnutrition every year.

7.)  More people have access to a phone than a toilet.

8.)  805 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat.

9.)  80% of the world’s population lives on less than $10 a day.

10.)                     Oxfam estimates that it would take $60 billion annually to end extreme globally poverty.                                                                                                                                           

"11 Facts About Global Poverty." 11 Facts About Global Poverty. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2015.

"25 Most Shocking Global Poverty Facts." ONE. N.p., 21 Oct. 2014. Web. 31 May 2015.

Ted Talk on “The Hidden Reason for poverty the world needs to address now”

Ted Talk on “The Hidden Reason for poverty the world needs to address now”

                                                                    Summary

In the beginning of the Ted Talk, Gary Haugen talks about how he was talking care of police abuse cases until 1994, when he was sent to Rwanda to be the director of the U.N.’s genocide investigation. He thinks that the Rwanda genocide was one of the world’s greatest failures of simple compassion (Compassion is made from two words in Latin, Cum Passion which means to suffer with). He was also part of the greatest success of compassion which is the fight against Global Poverty. One of his most Jarring experiences was with Venus who is a mom from Zambia. She has 3 kids and she is a widow.

When he met her she had walked about 12 miles so she could go the Capital city so she can tell her story. Venus talked with Gary for hours, telling him how she experienced poverty. She had to watch her youngest son suffer from malnutrition. To Gary, the fight against global poverty is the broadest, longest running manifestation of the human phenomenon of compassion in the history of our species. When Gary was graduating high school, they told him thirty five years ago that 40,000 children die because of poverty. But now, that number has dropped to about to 17,000 children.

His point is that every year, Eight million kids don’t have to die from poverty. The people that live in extreme poverty ($1.25) 35 years ago was 50%, but now is 15%. But 2 Billion people that only made $1.25 now only make $2.00. Now going back to Venus, she said that she was fine, until her husband died, and Brutus through them out of their house and stole their land. He says that none of those traditional antipoverty programs could stop Brutus because they weren’t meant to get rid of him. Gary goes on and starts to talk about another girl he met whose name is Griselda and she lives in Guatemala.

When he first met her she noticed that she wasn’t going to school at all and she was barely leaving her home. Days before they met her when she was walking home from church, men out of nowhere snatched her and raped her. She had every opportunity to go to school, but it wasn’t safe for her to get there. Any anti-poverty programs cannot save slaves from being in poverty, and that’s the downfall of them. Poverty has to be fixed so this problem can be solved.

My Opinion

I think that it is horrible that Antipoverty programs can’t fix this problem that they overlook it. I like the Antipoverty programs but I hate how they overlook issues such as dragging people out of their houses which causes them to be in poverty or people being dragged into slavery which causes them to be in poverty. I really hope that those programs while watch this Ted talk and try to fix what and how they support poverty.  But, I’m still glad that the numbers have started to drop for how many children died in poverty but I still feel really bad for them. This concluded my opinion.

"The Hidden Reason for Poverty the World Needs to Address Now." Gary Haugen:. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2015.

Jewish Perspective Blog

Jewish Perspective Essay

1        1.)DEUTERONOMY 10:18-19

-             [God] upholds the cause of the orphan and the widow, and befriends the stranger, providing him/her with food and clothing. -- You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

This Text means that you should always try to help strangers/the people in poverty. It also means that you should go out of your way to give them food and clothes. This mostly goes toward Widows and Orphans because they had no one to depend to, and they all needed help in one way or another. The text also explains that should also befriend the people that you help, because we used to be like them.

2.) DEUTERONOMY 24:19-22

-         When you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf in the field, do not turn back to get it; it shall go to the stranger, the orphan, and the widow -- in order that Adonai your God may bless you in all your undertakings. When you beat down the fruit of your olive trees, do not go over them again; that shall go to the stranger, the orphan, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not pick it over again; that shall go to the stranger, the orphan, and the widow. Always remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore do I enjoin you to observe this commandment.

This text explains that when you go out and collect stuff from your field and leave something behind, do not go back and get it. You should leave it for the people in poverty, Orphan or/and Widow to pick it up because they have less than you. You have to do this inorder for God to bless you. Whenever you gather olives from your olive trees or grapes from your vineyard, you should leave some for the Orphan, People in poverty, and Poor. Finally, you should always remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that’s why you should observe this.

 

 

3.) DEUTERONOMY 15:12-18

-         If a fellow Hebrew, man or woman, is sold to you, s/he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall set him/her free. When you set him/her free, do not let her/him go empty-handed: Furnish her/him out of the flock, threshing floor, and vat, with which Adonai your God has blessed you. Bear in mind that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and Adonai your God redeemed you; therefore I enjoin this commandment upon you today.
But should he say to you, "I do not want to leave you" --for he loves your household and is happy with you -- you shall take an awl and put it through his ear into the door, and he shall become your slave in perpetuity. Do the same with your female slave. When you do set him free, do not feel aggrieved; for in the six years he has given you double the service of a hired slave. Moreover, Adonai your God will bless you in all you do.

 

if a Hebrew man or woman is sold to you, they shall serve you for 6 years, and then in the 7^th year you have to set them free. But, when you set them free you must not leave them empty handed. You should do this because of when you were slaves in the land of Egypt and God redeemed you. If he/she does not want to leave you, you shall make him your slave forever. But when you do set him free, you should not feel aggrieved.

 

 

 

It’s pretty different from the past. Before we had no Orphanages but now we do (Even though some are bad), and Widows can support themselves. Most of it didn’t surprise me, except to when it said that if a slave doesn’t want to leave you, you must let him stay with you. It is very interesting to know because it shows how kind Jewish/Israeli people can be. I would look differently to Judaism, because we act so kind toward Orphans, people in poverty, and Widows.

 

"On1Foot." Welcome to. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 May 2015.

Ancient Rome Blog

Ancient Rome

          During the time of Ancient Rome, Romans based much of their society on the expotation of slavory. Their economic systems have become very dependent on the widespread of existed labor. Most of the slaves in Rome were in poverty, since they did not own a house, and were forced to work for Roman Kings. Slaves were an essential to Rome and without them Rome wouldn't be as strong as they were back then. Most of the complications Rome solved.

          Most Slaves in Rome worked in mines and in the Empire's many farms and potteries, and most public work were completed by Slaves as well. The government’s state bureaucracy depended very much on educated slaves to keep the empire running. Some educated slaves also kept most of the private industries going by being their accountants. There were literate slaves who were teachers, artists, and entertainers.

          In later centuries of the Roman Empire, slavery began to decrease in importance. This was because Christianity demanded to be more generous. As well as the occurring the supply of slaves began to dwindle from Rome. To Roman law slaves were regarded as “property”. They were forces to please their masters, and did not receive protection from their owners.

Now we don’t have slavery, and we learned that a religion can stop slavery (sort of). It surprised me how much they treated slaves back then, calling them property, and that they cannot receive protection from their owners. It didn’t surprise me that they did have slaves. This is interesting to know because it explains how poorly the government treated slaves. This concludes my blog post.

"Roman Society." Roman Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2015.

Documentary on Poverty affecting Obesity Synopsis and Analysis

Daniel Bustan

Mr.Hendlish

Period B

April, 13, 2015

Documentary on Poverty affecting Obesity Synopsis and Analysis

            The documentary starts off with the talking of obesity. They said that since people live in poor towns, that affects what they eat and how that can affect them. People were explaining how that their towns are poor; it’s hard to find a super market near them/in their town. They would have to resort to unhealthy food like McDonalds and such. They also didn’t get the opportunity to eat healthy because they were either very stressed or too busy, and since they lived in a poor environment, they didn’t have enough money in order buy healthy food so they stuck with cheap junk food.

After being interviewed the mayor of that town decided to make a change. He couldn’t build supermarkets, but he started hiring people that would be food vendors, but they could only sell fresh greens and fruits. He also put in unhealthy food stores fridges that hold fruits and veggies to sell to people that don’t want to buy unhealthy food. A lot of people were affected by this, and a lot of them enjoyed it. It helped most of people’s life be affected for the good. It helped people get their life back on track and the mayor enjoyed seeing his people starting to eat healthy and not from unhealthy fast food chains.

Analysis on Documentary

            I learned from that documentary that a lot of towns are poor and that most of them don’t have what we have. It’s amazing how people who own many Fast Food companies take advantage of poor towns and cities. It differs what I learned in Ancient history because poverty affected food and in Ancient History that wasn’t a problem (I’m pretty sure it isn’t). I would recommend this Documentary to a friend because it shows how the environment can change EVERYTHING, such as what type of food would be in that town and how it can affect people. It also shows how poverty affects many people and their health.

A lot of things surprised me, how the government doesn’t even try to help out. And also it surprised me how the mayor didn’t decide to do anything until the interview. I felt like they did a good job presenting how they changed the environment around them with healthy vendors, and fridges. I wish they just made it a little bit more detailed. This helped me motivate me in contributing my ideas and energy because it shows how anything could help the poor especially good/healthy food.

Sources

"The Weight of the Nation: Poverty and Obesity (HBO Docs)." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MJnm5X9NN0

Ancient Greece Blog Post

Ancient Greece Blog Post

The History of Greece started no later back to Stone Age hunters. Later early farmers came and the civilizations of the Minoan and Mycenaean kings. This was followed by the Dark Ages, where wars occurred and Population shrank. While the Population was shrinking so was the decline of production of food.   This causes a further decline in the population and more and more people were dying because of the loss of food and war.

The Neolithic period lasted from 6800 to 3200 BC. Many people traveled from domesticated settlements in Near East of Greece because of overpopulation. The people that went to travel discovered pottery and animal husbandry in Greece. The Neolithic people were said to be the first farmers and their lives weren’t has complex and simple. Many people were very creative pottery designers, especially the ones located from the sites at Sesklo.

The Early Bronze age started around 2800 BC and lasted until 1050 BC. The Bronze Age is mainly known for the invention and introduction to metal bronze. The settlements of the Early Bronze Age lived on hills or on low plains, which were close to water. The next Age was called the Mycenaean Age which started at 600 BC to 1100 BC (I’m skipping to important Ages). This Age was a period of high cultural achievement.

This culture was based around the cities in Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, Athens, Thebes, Orchomenos, and Folksier. The Mycenaean were bold traders and maintained contact with other countries from the Mediterranean and Europe. They were excellent engineers and built outstanding bridges, tombs, residences and palaces.

The Dark Ages occurred in 1100 to 750 BC. This was the period in when the Myceneans went through a period of civil war. This caused death and food decline with the Mycenaeans. Since the food declined, people died of starvations, and since the war was occurring people died from that aswell.

The Archaic period was from the year 620 to 480 BC.  This age is defined by the development of art at this time, specifically through pottery and sculptures. The Next Age, or to be more specific period, is the Classical period. This was the period of the death of the Macodonian king and Alexander the Great in 323 BC. This was also the period that Athens reached its greatest political and cultural heights. The Final Period was called the Hellenistic Period from 336 to 146 BC. This was the period in which the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great as well as the establishment of Roman supremacy.

Society has changed a lot from this time, especially during the Dark Age. We sort of still have a Dark Age but it has more to do with food then with war. It surprised me on how Greece may have been the first people to invent pottery. It didn’t shock me that they had a Dark age, because almost every society has a Dark Age. Well I would look at Greece as the one Country that had a very successful conqueror/King and that they invented pottery.

"Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander." Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, The Early Greek Dark Age and Revival in the Near East, The Poverty of the Early Greek Dark Age. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.

"Minoan Art." Ancient Greece. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.