Dear Mr Abbot‚ My name is Matthew Wright and I am in year 9 at Turramurra High School. I am writing to you regarding the coalition’s foreign aid budget. In 2005 John Howard promised to double Australian aid and recently the Australian Labor Party promised to further lift it to 0.5% of our gross national income by 2015. Our foreign aid is still sitting on 0.34%. There are millions of people depending on developed countries like Australia to help them out. It is easy to ask why it has to be us‚ but
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Pros: MORE than 1 billion people live in extreme poverty. If targeted effectively‚ foreign aid can make a positive contribution to improving people’s lives‚ reducing inequality and promoting justice. A fundamental principle for effective aid is that it should be focused on reducing poverty and be driven by those whose needs are being addressed. In other words‚ the interests and rights of the poor and marginalized must be at the center of any program. First‚ in humanitarian emergencies‚ lives are
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The World’s Most Dangerous Drug is a documentary produced by the National Geographic Channel in 2006‚ that explores the disturbing effects of methamphetamines‚ not only to those who use the drug but also to those people associated with them. American journalist and news presenter‚ Lisa Ling‚ takes the viewer on a journey to the mental and physical aftermath of taking Meth. The use of selection and omission‚ re-enactment and archival material‚ manipulation of codes and actuality‚ all contribute
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION This project focuses on the poverty profile in Nigeria‚ the foreign aids given to the nation to help alleviate poverty and how it affects the economic development of Nigeria. According to the World Bank website‚ “poverty is hunger. It is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. It is not being able to go to school‚ not knowing how to read‚ and not being able to speak properly. Poverty is not having a job‚ and is fear for the future‚ and
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AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The illness alters the immune system‚ making people much more vulnerable to infections and diseases. This susceptibility worsens as the disease progresses. HIV is found in the body fluids of an infected person (semen and vaginal fluids‚ blood and breast milk). The virus is passed from one person to another through blood-to-blood and sexual contact
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Whether Australia’s foreign aid should be reduced Today I’m bringing a serious subject that has influenced the world and the development of countries around us into perspective. Foreign aid‚ and how the government should increase it‚ but first we have to ask the question‚ “What is foreign aid?” Simply‚ it is the economic‚ or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation‚ for economic stabilization‚ or for mutual defense. The G20 or group of 20 is the premier
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According to Tarnoff and Nowels (2004)‚ “In 2004‚ the United States is providing some form of foreign assistance to about 150 countries. Israel and Egypt continue‚ as they have since the late 1970s‚ as the largest recipients‚ although Iraq‚ receiving over $20 billion for reconstruction activities since mid-2003‚ is the biggest recipient in FY 2004” (para.3). As in the above example‚ there is much foreign aid which means bilateral development assistance‚ humanitarian assistance‚ multilateral assistance
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What is AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (slowly-replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive (1). A virus is a piece of genetic material‚ RNA or DNA‚ surrounded by a protein coat. To replicate‚ a virus must infect a cell and direct its cellular machinery to produce new viruses. A virus cannot
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HIV/AIDS The world is plagued by the HIV infection which almost always comes before AIDS. If you are HIV positive‚ that doesn’t mean you have AIDS. Having AIDS usually means that you are HIV positive. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) basically breaks down your immune system until it can’t function properly anymore. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) never really kills anyone; instead it is a disease like pneumonia or something like that‚ that the body cannot fight because its immune system
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AIDS is a disease that damages the immune system and interferes with a person’s ability to fight off disease. It is most commonly transmitted sexually‚ but can also be transmitted through infected blood exposure and through birth. Mayoclinic.com says “AIDS is a chronic‚ potentially life-threatening condition” AIDS is caused by the retrovirus HIV‚ HIV targets T-cells which are vital immune system cells and without them it is nearly impossible to fight a common cold let alone a life threatening disease
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