Oxfam

Chris McCandless wrote in his journal: “Happiness is best when shared” when he was living on his own in the wild of Alaska. This statement can be viewed as deeply ironic considering McCandless intentionally severed his connections from society to be alone. What was his motive to do something so drastic? Jon Krakauer, a man of adventure and thrill seeking searched for an answer, and in his search he discovered the similarities between himself and Chris. Captivated by McCandless’ journey for…

The possibility of education in solving the intergenerational poverty in Hong Kong What is the intergenerational poverty? It refers to the poverty induced by the socially or economically challenged background of a person’s parents. (Commission on poverty, 2007) In Hong Kong, there are 121,400 poor households with children under 18 years old. (Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report, 2014) It is impossible that education solves the intergenerational poverty in Hong Kong because there are great…

In September of 2015, the image of 3 year old Aylan Kurdi 's lifeless body being pulled from Turkish waters forced the world to shift its collective gaze towards Syria where thousands of individuals were risking their lives in order to flee their war-torn country. What began as a civil war, has resulted in the largest displacement of individuals since World War II. The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the most pressing issues that the world is facing today. The influx of refugees into…

We have reached the point where poverty needs to be treated less like an inconvenience and more like the devastating reality that it is. The issue is easy enough to ignore when you’re not affected by it, but in doing so we condone the suffering of millions of people. It is the responsibility of the government at least, if not all citizens, to stand by these people and provide them the assistance they so desperately need. We can’t abandon them and expect them to survive in the conditions they’re…

“Education is the key to success” Article 26 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “ everyone has the right to education” (UN). Is education the solution to Africa’s poverty? Several studies have linked lack of education as being one of the reasons for under -development in Africa. My essay is going to explore this notion and also other core issues that I felt were imperative for the development of Africa. The other matters I look into are Poor governance, Civil war and…

materialistic things such as wealth and other status symbols. Tolstoy gave up his materialistic possession including money so that he could pursue his ideals and dreams. “What nobody knew- was that he would donate all the money in his college fund to OXFAM America, a charity dedicated to fighting hunger” ( 20). This quote shows us that Chris followed the same path as Tolstoy, he too abandoned the luxuries he once had in favor of pursuing his dreams. Chris hated the idea of spending money on…

INTRODUCTION Amnesty International is a global movement of people campaigning for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected. A worldwide voluntary based membership organization holding more than 3 million supports, members and activists from across 150 countries and territories. The amnesty international is one of the world’s largest organizations campaigning for human rights, consisting of sections, affiliated groups and individual members. It is a non-profit Non…

Alaska is nearly twice the size of Texas, but only inhabited by less than 750,000 people, making it very hard for stranded and injured people to get help.Chris McCandless, a huge proponent of Henry David Thoreau, studied and believed he was living the transcendentalist life that Henry David Thoreau preached. McCandless drifted around the country subsiding by the transcendentalist ideals, making several stops along the way where he would generally make a profound impact with those life paths he…

With so many political problems around the world that range from an unstable market to natural disasters, it is safe to say that they are all connected. Hunger, is a problem that everyone can sympathize with. Whether a country is developed or is developing, hunger strikes everywhere. By investigating key political actors, we can interpret data while meeting further research of countries with the highest percentage of people that are malnourished. When the world analyzes data from the past, it…

Robin Palmer, the Land Policy Adviser of Oxfam International for Great Britain, relies that Mugabe originally accepted a “willing seller, willing buyer formula for land reform, trusting that the British would come forward with the generous funding they seemed to promise” (Palmer 1). However, Mugabe…