Apr 14th, 2008
Ted Talks (Learning)
For Ted Talks I chose to do the subject Poverty. Poverty in Africa is a world issue that many people are dieing from. I started learning about Poverty when we were reading the book the Outsiders and we had to do a project on it. When I started learning more about Poverty and hunger and malnutrition it started to feel concerned about it and ways I could stop poverty. Some of my ideas were to donate alot of money. That money could go to building a new school and we could also donate textbooks and pencils and school equipment to make the price a lot cheaper. Also clothing and other important needs could be donated. Food is another huge issue. Seeds can be planted which would be a lot cheaper to buy food and defnitley healthier.
The reason why I am so concerned abouty Poverty is because every 3.6 seconds a peron dies. Thats soo many people dieing each day and thats just in Africa. Imagine how many people are dieing across the whole world just from Poverty. All the leftovers you threw away yesterday could have helped a person live longer. Once a person gets sick they may not be able to go to work so they have to stay home. You end up with no money and when you have no money you cant buy any food. You will eventually get soo sick that you will die.
I learned so many things about Poverty. Not just one person can stop poverty but many of us can.
