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    03/08/2015 Class: 12th Subject: English; Flamingo (AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM IN A SLUM) Summary of the poem; Question and Answers Course Hi Guest‚  Join Now | Sign in Home About Us Advertise with us Admission Notice Ads by Google Entrance Exams ► Class 12 ► School Classroom ► Slum Exam Results Fashion Technology Word Puzzles Feedback Registration College Study Abroad CBSE Exam Paper Career Counselling MBA Course For Freshers 1 Year MBA Program For Freshers. Get Ready For a Job

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    SUBMITTED ON 20 February 2012 PROJECT TITLE Developing an effective support network for reduction of drug abuse and rehabilitation of disadvantaged drug addict children through community participation: A model project at Tejgaon slum area. [pic] MATT 2 STAGE 2 GROUP 11‚ TEAM D TABLE OF CONTENTS |Sl. No. |Contents |Page No. | |01. |Title Page

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    making. Juror 10’s little rampage in pages 51 to 53 of the book really show his thought of people who live in a slum neighbourhood‚ he talks like they’re from a completely different planet to us‚ for example he tries to tell to the rest of the court room with a stern voice “They are different. They think different. They act different”. Juror 10 also thinks that people who live in the slums have a different way of life and a different way of resolving problems “They don’t need any big excuse to kill

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    a written and visual portrayal of the horrendous living conditions in many New York City slums. While the middle and upper classes lived considerably more comfortable lives‚ the people suffering through the horrid conditions in the aforementioned slums were often forgotten—their needs going unattended. “How the Other Half Lives” served as a form of muckraking—by exposing the conditions of New York City slums to the middle and upper classes‚ initiative was then taken to improve the health and living

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    this slum is claimed to have a strong sense of community‚ high employment rate‚ little crime and a model for sustainable living. Kevin McCloud’s opinions in the opening scenes of the film reinforce the audience’s attitudes of poverty stricken‚ disease rife slums. He says “When I think of a slum‚ the thing I think of is misery. And for people to say they are intensely happy‚ I don’t buy that.” These relatable personal opinions and camera shots of McCloud experiencing the extremes of the slum give

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    country. The develop saw some improvements for people but poverty still prevailed because there was not a holistic approach. It saw job creation but not job training. It saw profits but not for the people of Brazil. The people were forced to build the slum or favelas as a result. (Charlip & Burns‚ p.254). The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus‚ “Child of the Dark‚” is a

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    Consequently‚ the history of government and slum housing is a tale of attempts at force. The first slum control laws were tenement house laws. The first notable tenement house law was passed in New York in 1867.18 Modern building codes‚ essentially‚ are products of tenement

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    Find Me Unafraid: Love‚ Loss and Hope in an African Slum is a 2015 nonfiction memoir by Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner. Kennedy‚ a Kenyan born in the slums‚ and Jessica‚ a privileged white American from Colorado‚ tell the story of their meeting‚ romance‚ and eventual collaboration to build schools and bring change to the slums of Kibera. The title is taken from a line in the poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley: “And yet the menace of the years / Finds and shall find me unafraid.” Kennedy

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    In Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo‚ hope is a main central idea in the book. The purpose of the text is to show the tension between religion‚ power‚ sex and caste. Annawadi‚ a slum in India is filled with many children being born in already impoverished. One of these individuals includes Abdul‚ a young boy who scrambles through the garbage of upperclassman to recycle and sell for money. These individuals like Abdul‚ have hope in every circumstance to always look further than what they

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    Living Conditions in Australia at the turn of the 20th Century. Life in Australia at the turn of the 20th Century was dangerous especially for the lower class‚ the terrible slum conditions made life difficult and hygiene was not regularly practiced‚ life was a constant battle against all sorts of infectious diseases‚ and yet the City Council did little to nothing at all to improve these conditions. Life was even worse when the unsanitary environment became accompanied by the Bubonic Plague‚ though

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