Monday, March 21, 2011

Kiribati and climate change.

Kiribati
Kiribati is a coral atol containing 33 islands and 100,000 people live there. The average height above sea level is less than 2 metres. The govener of the country predicts that their country will be underwater by 2030. It's hard for them to grow any food for them to live off because of salanation. as time is going on Kiribati is getting more and more violent weather and it is washing away some of the islands. The major issue is that lack of fresh water supply. The environmental effects on the island are storm surgers, drought, and erosion. The governements response is to educate and train others, so they will be able to be useful in their own country and be accepted into other countries.



 

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

Tuberculosis
The rate of people that have tuberculosis in kiribati is 300 in 100,000. The world health organisations see an  issue if over 25 per 100,000. Kiribati is well over this limit. Tuberculosis is an airbore disease passed through sneezes and coughing and almost every house in kiribati has 20 people living in it, even when the houses are as small as your bedroom. This makes the disease easy to be passed on. They only have 4 specialist nurses who are dedicated to identify people who have tuberculosis and they help them to take the right medication at the right time of day. They also take them away and isolate them, treat them and send them home, this means the disease isnt transferrrd to everyone in the house. These nurses are called the dots who are funded by the Australian government. australia is also supplying money to help kiribati build labs and pharmacys. The goal is to reduce the amount of people with tuberculosis by 30%. the treatment is antiobiotics and there was a vaccination but it is no longer affective.

Nurses of kiribati
The students are undertaking a nursing degree at gritthis university in brisbane as part of the kiribis, australian nurses annitiative. This project is funded by Aus-aid. The nursing is a response to climate change in two ways, 1. They are going to be able to help in their communities
2.They are going to have a chance of employment in other areas.
The government needs to find ways of educating the people of kiribati so that they can migrate with some skills. The have 4 months of training at kiribis and 4 months in brisbane to learn with medicine and computers so they can get a degree.There is a shortage of nurses all over the world, so they are trying to train more people with the skills to help help the nurse shortage.

Erosion in kiribati.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

8+ Goals

In september 2000 Koffi Annan , formal general secretary of the united nations, uggested that the leaders of the world could do something to end world poverty.189 countries met in new york city, and they agreed that in september 2015 they will achieve the 8 goals towards ending global poverty.
The 8 goals are:
  • Erdadicate extreme hunger and poverty.
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality adn empower women.
  • Reduce child mortality
  • Improve maternal health
  • Combat aids and other diseases.
  • Ensure environmental sustainability.
  • Develop a global partnership for development.
Poverty Cycle

What is the Cycle of Poverty?


The cycle of poverty has been described as a phenomenon where your families become trapped in poverty for generations. Because they have no or limited access to critical resources, such as;
-          Education
-          Financial services
Subsequent generations are also improvised
There are multiple cycles of poverty- based on, among other things,
-          Economic
-          Social
-          Spiritual
-          Geographical factors
Many cycles overflag or perpetuate new cycles and therefore any attempt to depict the cycle of poverty will be far more simplistic than realistic.
The figure below shows- in very simplistic terms- how a cycle of poverty related to hunger keeps a person or household poor in one of the world’s developing countries.