Kiribati

Note taking:  Kiribati & climate change

Issues:

      Over population

      Rising sea levels

      More violent weather

      Storms wash away part of the island

      Lack of fresh water supply

Causes are:

      Climate change

      Pollution

      Soil degradation

      Erosion

      Storm surges

      And drought

Coral atoll containing 33 islands. 100 000 people live there.

The average height above sea level is less than 2m

They produced that their country will be under water by 2030!!!

It is hard for them to grow any food due to salivation. As when the water rises they receive salt in their crops!!!

The county will be uninhabitable long before it is sunk underwater.

All the water comes from underground. This means that all the waste for the land will seep into the underground water that they use and contaminate this.

The government is training his people to leave the country. Through education and training programs.

Other governments are providing education for this country. Australia has provided money for their country to receive some medical and nurse training.

Kiribati is a very Christian county.

Notes on: Tuberculosis Kiribati

300 people per 100000 people in Kiribati have tuberculosis. The world health organisation’s sees an issue if there is over 25 per 100000. Kiribati is well over this limit. The diseases are spread by coughing. This is a huge problem as Kiribati is overcrowded and disease spreads quickly. On average there are over 13people per household. There are 4 specials nurses who are dedicated to going out and identify people diagnosed with tuberculosis. They are funded by the Australian health organisation.

These nurses make sure these people receive help and isolate them while they receive help. So that they cannot give the disease to more people. Australian is also helping to build a lab and a pharmacy.  This is thought to decrease this problem by 30%.

note taking: Wheelcharis

Wheelchairs for students with special needs in kiribati, Australia volenteers international

Note taking:  Nurses of Kiribati

the kiribis austraian nurses enisiative, are allowing some students from Kiribati to undertake a nursing degree at the university in Brisbane. this project is founded by Oz aid. the nursing program is in response to climte change. it is so that they can help their community nd if the need occurs they can migrate with some skills at hand. so that they are useful to the country they migrate too. the nurses recieve 4 months of training in Kiribati and then more training in Brisbain at the university of Grithif. the Kiribati people are training their citizens as Nurses as their are not enough nurses all over the world.

India

1.    What are the recent achievements and challenges of our country?

India has some frequent natural disasters, with such a large population; this means that lots of Indian’s are affected. Although India has a good system for responding to the disasters when they occur.  Cyclones occur in the bay of

Bengal, and they get damaging earthquakes in the central northern area.

 Deforestation, river and air pollution are major pressures on the environment.

2.   How does poverty affect people in our country?

Poverty affects people in india through disease . there is a high risk of people in india getting a disease. food or waterborne diseases in india are bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever . Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

3.    How are people represented in the media in our country?

Poor people from India are represented in the media as people with unlucky circumstances as many are without adequate access to fresh water, food, shelter and medical procedures. This is shown to make people aware the poverty in the world. Indian people are also shown in the media to promote people donating to poverty organisations.

Poor people in India are not respected as well as the wealthy people in the media as they are seen as the lower class even through the poor people live in the same country as the expats and wealthy people so in the media often poor people are seen as second class citizens.

4.   How does the government support health and education?

The government has initiated various programs to improve health but India still suffers from health problems linked to poverty, malnutrition, rapid population growth, environmental pollution and neglect of children and women's well being. Life expectancy is about 70 years.

The average income is over three quarters of the population live on less than US $2 a day.

66% of Adults can read and write in India.

% of mobile phones is available to people in India.

The Government spends --- on Education in India per year

1.    What are the aid organisations doing to assist poor people in our country?

World Vision, Caritas, Red Cross, Oxfam and the Catholic Church

2.   How does trade assist our country

The United States of America and China are India’s biggest trading partners. Other major trading partners include United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Germany and Australia. Indian exports mainly are petroleum projects, textiles, gems and jewellery, engineering goods, chemicals and leather manufactures. Indian imports include crude oil, fertilisers, machinery, gems, fertilizer and chemicals. The major Australian export items to India are coal, gold, copper ore and fertilisers; Australia imports electric parts, pearls, gems and medicines from India as well.

3.    What is the average income (GPD per capital (PPP us$))?

4.   What percentages of people live below the national poverty line?

25% of Indies population are living below the poverty.

5.    What percentage of children attends primary school?

Primary education is compulsory in India, but only 66% of adults are literate and there is a big difference between males and females (male: 76.9% and female: 54.5%). This shows males are getting a better education than females.

6.    What percentage of adults can read (adult literacy rate)?

7.    What percentage of people has access to clean water (access to improved drinking water source)?

There are 128 million people living in India with no drinking water.

8.   12zWhat percentage of people has access to sanitation?

The there are 660 million people without access to sanitation in India which is 57%. So there are only 33% of people with access to sanitation.

9.    How old can children expect to live to (What is the life expectancy at birth)?

10.How many mobile (cellular) phones are available per 1000 people?

257.91 Per 1,000 people 

11.  How many internet users?

There are about 52 million uses but compared with the population of India which is 1,155,347,678, it is extremely low.

1.    What percentage of income is owned by the least wealthy 20% of households?

2.   How big is the gap between these the richest and poorest?

 The gap between rich and poor is massive. There is not equality and it is not a fair country. There are very rich places and people in India but there are extremely poor people in India as well. There are shanty towns as well as palaces which are not right and needs to be changed. The gap between rich and poor is huge.

Lowest 10% of money earned: 3.6% of the population-4159251641

Highest 10% of money earned: 31.1% of the population (2005)-3.593131279

3.    How much does the government spend on health?

4.   How much does the government spend on education?

India spends $980 000

poverty cycle

Poverty cycle

The cycle of poverty has been described as a phenomenon where poor families, become trapped in poverty for generations because they have no or limited access to critical recourses, such as:

·      Educational and

·      Financial services

Subsequent generations are also impoverish

There are multiple cycles of poverty – based on and among other things

·      Economic

·      Social

·      Spiritual and

·       geographical factors

many cycles overlap or perpuate new cycles and therefore any attempt to decipict the cycle of poverty will be far more simplistic than realistic

the figure below shows in very simple form how the cycle of poverty related to hunger keeps a person or household poor in one of the worlds developing countries

in september 2000 kofi annan former general secretary of the united nations. suggested that the world leaders could do something to end world povery. 189 counties agreed that by september 2015 they would acieve 8 goals in that direction. which are

1. eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
2. achieve universal primary education
3. promote gender equality and empower women
4. reduce child mortality
5. improve maternal health
6. combat diseases hiv/aids, malaria and others
7. ensure enviromental sustainability
8. develop a global partener ship for development 

Key principals of catholic social teaching

Key principals of catholic social teaching

Human dignity

Belief in the inherent dignity of the human person is the foundation of all catholic social teaching. Human life is sacred, and the dignity of human person is the starting point for a moral vision for society

The principle of human dignity is grounded in the idea that the person is made in the image of God. The person is the clearest reflection of God among us. We are required to honour the human person, to give priority to thru person.

community and the common good

In a culture driven by excessive individualism, our tradition proclaims that the person is not only sacred but also social. Human dignity can only be realized and protected within the wider society.

Everyone has a responsibility to contribute to the good of the whole society, to the common good.

Rights and responsibilities

Every person has a fundamental right to life and a right to those things required for human decency starting with food, water, shelter and clothing, employment, health care and education.

option for the poor and the vulnerable

A basic moral test of society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. The poor have the most urgent moral claim on the conscience of the nation.

The obligation to evaluate social and economies activity from the viewpoint of the poor and the powerless arises from the radical command to love ones neighbour as one’s self.

The option for the poor is an essential part of society’s effort to achieve the common good. A healthy community can be achieved only if its members give special attention to those with special needs, to those who are poor and on the margins of society.

participation

All people have a right to participate in the economic, political, and cultural life of society. It is a fundamental demand of justice and a requirement for human dignity that all people be assured a minimum level of participation in the community.

It is wrong for a group of people to be excluded unfairly or to be unable to participate in society. Working conditions

dignity of work

The economy must serve people, not the other way around. All workers have a right to productive and active work, to decent and fairwages, and to safe working conditions. They also have a fundamental right to organize and join unions.

People have a right to economic initiative and private property, but these rights have limits. No one is allowed a mass of excessive wealth when others lack the basic necessity of life.

stewardship of creation

Catholic tradition insists that we show our respect for the creator by our stewardship of creation. The goods of the earth are gifts from god, intended for the benefit of all.

We humans are not the ultimate owners of these goods, but rather, the temporary stewards. We are entrusted with the responsibility of caring for these gifts and preserving them for future generations.

Global solidarity

Catholic social teaching proclaims that we are brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, wherever they live. We are one human family, whatever our national, racial, ethnic, economic, and ideal logical differences. Solidarity means that “loving our neighbour” has global dimensions in an interdependent world.

John paul 2 has called solidarity a virtue . it is the virtue, he says, by which we demonstrate “a firm and preserving determination to commit oneself to the common good...... because we are all really responsible for all.”

constructive role for government

Because we are social beings, the state is natural to the person. Therefore the state has a positive moral function. It is an instrument to promote human dignity, protect human rights, and build the common good.

One of the key functions of government is to assist citizens in full filling their responsibilities to others in society. Since, in a large and complex society these responsibilities cannot adequately be carried out on a one- to-one basis, citizens need the help of government in fulfilling these responsibilities and promoting the common good.

Promotion and peace

catholic teaching prmotes peace as a positive, actionorientated concept. in the words of Pope john Paul 2, “peace is not just the absence of war. It involves mutual respect and confidence between peoples and nations. It involves collaboration and binding agreements”

questions

1. List the 5 issues social justice aims to cover

Poverty, child labour refugees, homelessness and hunger

2. In your own words explain what is meant by human dignity

The dignity of the human person. Something someone is proud of. Everyone is valuable and made in the image of god. Every human life is sacred and special and should be valued.

3. What is meant by a moral vision for society?

Our beliefs of how society should be. Equal and happy. Our values and beliefs for the community.

4. Which of the 5 social justice issues relates to     human dignity?

Poverty, child labour, refugees, homelessness, hunger all relate to human dignity

5. give an example of a community that you are part of.

I am part of the Stella Maris community. This is a sacred community because we are Catholics, and we are a religiously significant community.

6. how is this community both sacred and social?

We are sacred because we are religious and also social as we unite together at church.

7. what is the major test of moral society

The greatest test of a community is how a community teaches their most vulnerable and weakest neediest members of the community.

8. what are every humans fundamentalrights?

Every person has a fundamental right to those things required for human decency starting with food, shelter, clothing, employment, health care, and education

9. what is the of the government in maintaining human rights?

It is an instrument to promote human dignity, protect human rights, and building the common good.

10. who is responsible for assisting the governmento achieve its goals

We are all responsible for assisting the government through voting and working together to achieve the common good.

social justice

definition of social justice
Fair and proper administration of laws conforming to the natural law that all persons, irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, possessions, race, religion, etc., are to be treated equally and without prejudice. See also civil rights.

Education

Social Injustice

1.    The name of issue

Education

2.   A summary background of the issue

 All people, in Jomtien, Thailand, pledged to achieve universal primary education by 2000. But in 2000, 104 million school-age children were still not in school, 57 percent of them were girls and 94 percent were in developing countries - mostly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

3.   Details about the issue/ why the situations occur

Primary education should be free and available to everyone all over the world.

 It is important that everyone gets the rights to education so they can have

options as individual for work. Some children do not get the education they need.

4.  What can be done about the issue (who is currently doing something)

-      People/Charities could sponsor teachers to fly over to Africa and give the people a GOOD education! 

-      Over 860 million people in the world can’t read and 66% are women and 61% are from China, India, Bangladesh or Pakistan.

-      In 41 countries in the world the education rights for children to go to primary school have dropped since 2000.

-      Over 103.5 million children, primary school aged, are not enrolled in school. Nearly 57% are girls.

-      There is a worldwide shortage of school teachers.

types of social justice

types of social injustice:

lack of education

gender rights

fresh wateer

poverty

freedom of speech

child labour

fair wages

living conditions

hospitals

race

religion