Human wellbeing Flashcards
1.1 Responding to welling issues
What is a government organisation?
A system or group of people governing an organised or community, generally a state.
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What is an example of a government organisation?
- centrelink
- medicare
- australian taxation office
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What is a non-government organisation (NGO)?
A non-profit group that operates independently of any government and serves a social or political goal.
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What are some examples of non-government organisation?
- world vision
- red cross
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Where do NGOs get their funding from?
NGOs rely of donations from the government, communities and individual
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What are the limitations of NGOs fundings?
insufficient donations that cannot support the work specific NGO’s want to action and present limitations to the amount each organisation can achieve.
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Why do people donate to NGO?
People who are passionate about a cause may choose to donate money to a respective organisation (actioning to prevent the negative impacts of said cause), in order to show their support, empathy, passion, resilience and aid.
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What is Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF)?
also known as Doctors Without Borders
MSF is an organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, exclusion from health care and natural disasters.
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What issues does the MSF face for speaking out against violations of human rights?
As the MSF regularly speaks out, they are faced with a lot of conflict against the views of the select governments and laws they stand against, this results in a negative attitude towards them from select governments, however, for many areas of the global society this makes them very popular.
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Why is MSF’s work extremely vital in conflict zones?
They typically work in high conflict areas as citizen in these zones are cut off from basic health care services and are in need of urgent care
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What type of medical care does MSF provide in conflict zones?
MSF provides primary health care, vaccinations, mental health counselling and more adapting programs to people’s health needs.
1.4 Improving access to healthcare in remote Australia
How does the Human Development Index of Australia compare to other countries in the world?
Australia is currently ranked highly, placed at rank 10, however we have not improved our index but rather are have decreased.
However, Australia does have an advantage compared to other less fortunate countries as, it has a stable government and access to many resources available to help improvement, so overall, the circumstances may not be equal.
1.5 Improving wellbeing of aboriginal australians
In which communities is Cathy Freeman Foundation active since 2007?
The Cathy Freeman Foundation is active to improve the wellbeing of aboriginal children in 4 areas: Palm Island and woorabina in Queensland, Galiwin’ku and Wurrumiyanga in the Northern Territory
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What aspects of wellbeing are being addressed by Cathy Freeman Foundation?
The aspects the Cathy Freeman Foundation address are:
* high unemployment
* low literacy rates
* low life expectancy rates
* high rates of ear disease/loss of hearing
1.5 Improving wellbeing of aboriginal australians
How does the Cathy Freeman foundation do to put specific emphasis on education?
The foundation emphasises the public recognition of high educational achievers, encouragement of attendance at school, increased number of teachers, school camps to the main land and scholarships to attend private school in Queensland.
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How would you measure the success of the work of this Cathy Freeman foundation?
To measure the success of this foundation you would watch the increase in improved wellbeing amongst select communites and the impacts this has on their education and future employment.
