After watching a clip of a girl living in Ethiopia and seeing her day to day life struggles for an education and a home we had these 2 questions to answer.
What problems are evident?
The problems evident in this short film is the lack of running water, homes and the basic nessesities for living. The lack of education was also very evident in the film with the students fighting to have an edcation that they deserve. There is huge poverty in Ethiopia which is seen in the clip.
Some solutions to these problems:
- creating a safe environment for children both at school and at home
- making sure that children have at least a primary education
- more facilities to be available for students
- helping those homeless or without a home
- rise in the living standards that the people are living in
- spreading the word for people to donate and help
Homeless stories:
What is my response to the stories?
I was quite horrified that so much bad stuff could happen to one person. You would think just for the girl Elle that her father abusing her and leaving then a new man abusing her would be bad enough but then someone takes advantage of her and gets her hooked on drugs and then threatens her life. When reading this i felt lots of empathy for those of whom these things have happen to, and realisation that this is bigger than i thought and it really does happen everyday to someone new.
How can we help the homeless?
- listen to people
- setting up a safe environment for homeless people to come and ask for help without fear
- recognising those who are in life threatening situations and helping them
- more efforts in stopping drug dealers