Thw World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is an international orgainzation that was founded about one hundred years ago. What The World Health Organization does is provides people across the global with health tips and health services. The World Health Orgaination is an organization that functions in over eighty different countries across the world. I chose to do my final paper on The World Health Organization because I feel that myself, as a citizen can benifit from this organization. This organization collects universal data of heath issues that affect people across the globe. It keeps us informed and helps us benifit with individual health by keeping us informed about certain diseases that are affecting the major population.

The World Health Organization has created it's own accomplishments and because of this certain organization we now celebrate world health day as a national holiday which brings awarenesses to people everywhere. This organization has dedicated it's all to helping people in need. For example, one goal of this organization is that they are going to help to vanish the disease of SARS, they hope to come up with a drug that will have a cure to all those whose are suffering for it today. The World Health Organization is one that will continue to englighten people about there health, regardless of them suffering from a sickness or not, this oprganization helps in the overall health of people everywhere.

Global Exchange, "Fair Trade Chocolate and Cocoa: The Sweet Solution to Abusive Child Labor and Poverty"

The whole idea of chocolate being the sweet candy for people to eat nowadays is somewhat true, every now and then one can not help but want a treat here and there. Today is seems as if we people get more and more cavaities everyday. How cheap is it to purchase a piece of candy? How cheap is it to the producer or big businesses? The sad reality is that people do not always ask the questions after purchasing it. The economy and it's people are human being, that is those who come from foregin countries and those who are right out our doors that have been the subject of constant abuse.

After getting the chance to read over the article I found interesting insights to producers who allow abuse and poverty to contiune with workers. Big business owners can not help but have people working for low wages because of fear with competition with other businesses. If busniesses paided their workers decent wages they to would be placed in poverty. Does it make it right? No, I feel it does not make it right. All people are equal and if businesses can not afford to paid their workers than maybe that business needs to undergo adjustments. How does abuse get tied into this all? Abuse is an action that is done to be little and intimidate the other person making them the helpless victim. In order for large company's to gain controll the use of physical violence is demonstrated and thus there we have forced labor, which can tie into the concept of human trafficking. Signs of trafficked persons entail people who are submissive and fearful of leaving their work place, hence, people like those who make the what we all love "chocolate.' The way in which chocolate is covered with a paper we can connect it to how we conver up the curel production of what everyone takes for granted.

Questionnaire Reflection

When I first received the Proust Questionnaire I literally stared at the paper for about five minutes contemplating on how I could answer the questions. Me at the age of nineteen was amazed and impressed about how Marcel answered the questions at the young age of thirteen. As I went on to read thoroughly through Marcel's responses I started to get a better understanding of how to grasp the questions and answer them with my own feelings and thoughts. Completing the questionnaire was very interesting and has given me some understanding of how I think and feel. I enjoyed this exercise because it made me think about things I've never been asked before. For example, the question, "when I am the happiest?." If someone asked me that question before I had a chance to see it on paper I'm sure I would have been dead silent because until this questionnaire I see now what makes me happy and doesn't, what values I have and which ones I don't hold. For the future I will now be forever critical about understanding my surroundings throughout my life.

I look forward to exploring ways of formatting research papers in this class. This questionnaire gave me a somewhat feel of what this class is going to offer me and I am thrilled to come into this english class. What I have grown to realize over the years is the fact that I don't like to think outside the box, I tend to go for the obvious. I will push myself to think more abstractly, therefore, even improving my writting skills. I wish for the best this semester.

(Pre- Write) What do you know about the spread of disease in the global community?

What I know about the spread of disease is one way of the that rapid spread of diseases is by transportation. The way in which a disease is carried out to other parts of the world is by the way of people carrying disease to and from foreign places back to their original country. Take AIDS for example, it was started in Africa and then with travelers and tourist going to Africa they contract the disease and brought it over to their country. Little by little generating the disease one person at a time. As far as anything else goes I have to say that I am not very informed about the way in which disease occurs. Is there only one way disease is spread throughout the world? What places in the world is disease a major crisis? How peoples lives have to been impacted by the spread of disease. I have many questions in store about the spread of disease that I hope to get answered when learning about the spread of disease in class, and also by doing outside class research for our assignment number three. Is culture a factor in certain diseases a person is more prone to contracting? What are the top five global diseases that we are battling with today? How can people like me help people in far away places, like India and China? How can I help America? What are disease that America is having to deal with?

What disease are we here in America trying to fight? What i will build on is the definition of a pandemic- an infectious disease that spreads at a rapid rate targeting large amounts of people and countries concurrently. I want to learn about the services that are provided in America and around the world.

How is your semester going so far?

My semester is going pretty good. This semester is have become a member of Phi Theta Kappa, and have been doing very well in all my classes. Aside from the little mishap that happened here with the notice of Academic Difficulty, I have yet to receive any form of Notice of Academic Difficulty. I dorm here on campus and have a cool roommate, last year my roommate and I had issues, and I hate to speak before the first semester ends, but I am feelings rather at peace with the whole living situation this time around.

This semester I have taken a liking in the subject of anatomy. I am taking anatomy online and have been doing better than average, just last week we had two quizzes and I scored 90% on both of them, an 18 out of 20, twice. When I started taking this classes I wasn't interested, because it was an online course and I figured that it would be a lot more difficult for me, but as the semester is nearly over I have formed sort of positive feeling about online classes.

As far as the rest of my classes go I feel good about going to class everyday and enjoy learning new things. I can't wait to see what my grade point average is this semester. :D!!!!!!

How many times have you gone to Alexandria House?What did you do?Whom did you work with?What did you learn?How did you feel/ do differently?

I have gone to Alexandria House two times thus far. Both times I've gone I have had the opportunity to work with Lucia, from Alexandria House, along with classmate Sandra- Jade Leinter. The tasks that Sandra and I had were working in the clothing area in the backyard, folding and organizing donated clothes in categories of; women, men, girls, boys, and baby's. I have to say that when I first was asked to fold clothes I thought to myself, "that's it, I'm going to be folding clothes." When going the second times I had a new question in store, "how can people charish what so little they may have." Seeing the people come to the backyard of were the clothes were with happy attitudes made me see that I was the person who was blessed enough to fold clothes. I gained a more open minded view of people who have very little. I'm not to feel sad for the people but to see them as equals who have much to look forward to in life as does any other person. It was amazing to me that people were thankful for the donated clothing that were at there service. What I learned about working at Alexandria House, is to appreciate what you have, literally, like such little privilege as buying new clothing. Next time I plan to maybe interact with the people a little more, by saying, hello, and maybe even direct them to what it is that they are looking for. I plan to continue going to Alexandria House even after my hours are up. :).

Human Rights: Trafficking of Women and Children and Forced Child Labor (Pre-Writing)

Christine Montes
Professor Sturgeon
September 29, 2008

I personally have thought that slavery no longer existed. I mean, from what is portrayed on the media and in our newspapers I never envisioned slavery. Child Labor on the other hand is something that was presented to me in high school. My English showed a movie about it in class so I have an understanding of it but not a very in-depth one. Looking at it now, slavery does really exists because children, women and men are being treated like property, having to marry young, work young and have no childhood. Being forced to have no life and have their right taken from them is something I want an explanation for.

Trafficking of Women I know very little about. What I do know is that women all around the world, even here, are being treated as slaves. I take this very seriously because I too am a women and the fact that it still exist today troubles me very much. I plan to learn as much as I can because I what to spread the word to people who have no real clue about what these topics. This debate will greatly impact me and my knowledge to knowing what slavery throughout the world really is, ranging from childhood to late adulthood. The questions I have in my mind already are: How did Human Trafficking start? What is being done to stop this cruel behavior? I look forward to learning all I can.