Aid Programs

Question 1

Literacy Programs- save the children- literacy boost

Answer 1

– Literacy refers to the ability to read and write.

REASON:
Many are not learning basic skills like reading once they get to school. Save the Children’s Literacy Boost creating a culture of reading both inside and outside the classroom.

TYPE:
Non- Government Organisation

DO?:
Measuring kids’ reading skills: to see how well they know their ABCs, sound out words and letters, read and understand sentences.

Training teachers: to help children crack the code of reading, keep students engaged and interested in reading books, and use games, songs and stories in literacy lessons.

Getting communities involved: in learning by providing books, libraries and supplies, sponsoring camps, “reading buddies” and other learning activities.

Question 2

Food Security–UN World Food programme School Meals

Answer 2

• • All people having access to enough food.
• • Supply of food is unevenly distributed in the world.

REASON:
- Food is a precious commodity in many developing countries, so people often suffer from under nutrition

• Lack of food → malnutrition → reduced immunity to infectious disease → shorter life expectancy

TYPE:
Multilateral Aid

DO?:
Along with governments and partners, supports education, reduces malnutrition, and promotes development, especially during times of crises and emergencies.

Question 3

HIV/AIDS– UNAIDS

Answer 3

• -One of the greatest global threats to development
• -Directly impacts on a person’s health and their ability to participate within their family and community

REASON:
- Worldwide millions are living with HIV/AIDS

TYPE:
Multilateral Aid

DO?

• Address violence against young women eg Sexual Exploitation
• Goal- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
• Increase access for adolescents and youth to legal services

Question 4

Malaria- Roll back Malaria

Answer 4

• Significant contributor to poverty in developing countries
• Totally preventable and treatable.
• The disease incapacitates individuals, stopping children from attending school and adults from working

REASON:

• Every Minute 1 child dies from malaria.
• Preventable and Treatable

TYPE:
Multilateral Aid

DO?:

• indoor residual spraying (IRS);
• prevention in pregnancy with LLINs and intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy
• treatment with effective antimalarial drugs

Question 5

Immunisation- Child Days Plus

Answer 5

• Most cost-effective measure to protect children and adults against disease
• Cannot only save lives but can help children reach their full potential
• 2,000,000 children die each year from easily preventable diseases

REASON:

• Immunisation, one of the most cost-effective public health interventions,
• Has been protecting children everywhere against common yet potentially life-threatening diseases

TYPE:
- an international strategy supported by the World Health Organisation

DO?:

• Maternal neonatal tetanus immunisations of girls and women of childbearing years.
• Catch-up immunisations

Question 6

Water and sanitation programs -Water aid australia

Answer 6

• Unsafe drinking water can lead to spread of disease
• Water is essential for life and is required for drinking, bathing, cooking and sanitation

REASON:

• Over 650 million people live without safe water.
• 1 in 3 do not have access to adequate sanitation.

TYPE:
- non- governmental organisation.

DO?:

• Work with local partnerships to build water points close to their homes
• Training courses in Hygiene education–> able to pass on knowledge