Monday, August 24, 2009

An unequal world

In this final unit you are studying wealth and poverty; Christian and Muslim responses to it. You may wish to post a comment after re-viewing the minature Earth video clip.

Your homework details are:

Prepare a summary (approx 500 words) of the work of one Religious Agency that helps  in the development of an LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country). Choose from: CHRISTIAN AID, TEAR FUND, CAFOD, WORLD VISION. (Each of these is a hyperlink to the website with the information). If you choose another organisation it must be religious (i.e. not comic relief or Oxfam)

Questions to answer (success criteria)

  • Why does it do it’s work (how have beliefs influenced them)?
  • What does it do? (briefly outline it’s different types of work)
  • Where does it work? (Give 2 examples of development work done).

This must be YOUR summary. Read, put down, write in your own words

Sources:

Christian aid booklet (See Mr Beech)

LRC has books on named agencies.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

the video is a real eye opener to the inaqualities in the world and shows just how much of a varie in wealth there is in the world. But what is being done about the poverty and diseases in 3rd world counties? I know you see lots of charitys giving money to the poorer countrys but how sure can we be that the money is actually goin to the people that need it.