Hum2+Group6+Case+Study+1

**Case Study 1**
Step One: In order to be able to create an action plan and effect change in your issue area, you need to conduct a case study of one particular program that is currently working on your topic.That means your topic has to very specific and narrowed.

For example: Child Poverty in India is way too broad of a topic.

Instead: Street Children in Delhi, India.


 * Write your NARROWED and SPECIFIC topic below:  **

--We will be focusing on labor issues having to do with taking advantage of workers and children in Africa.--

Step Two: Now that your group has chosen a specific topic you need research what is already happening to help your area. Make sure to write down who did what part.

• Part One: Find and research an organization that is currently doing work on your narrowed topic and answer the following questions. Answer the questions and fill out the resource log (it is posted on the wiki under Assignments) and post it on your wiki.


 * What is the organization?**

//The International Labour Organization (ILO)//


 * What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue?**

//Since 1919, The International Labour Organization has made and maintained a highly developed system of labour standards. Aimed to provide decent work for men and women on an international scale. These conditions are freedom, equity, security and dignity.//


 * What are some of the things you like about their program?**

//I like the fact that the program is part of the UN. This means that it is a highly trustworthy and prestigious organization that helps thousands of worker around the world to seek better job conditions.////They have a micro insurance project that gets funds from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide quality to low-income families and regions in order to avoid poverty.////They also run the Better Work project that is formed by workers' and factories' organization that help workers in Jordan, Vietnam, and Lesotho. This three part campaign will directly benefit 800,00 people.////COOP AFRICA is funded by DFID and run by ILO. The group supports creating reasonable working environments and job availability in over 9 countries in Africa.////The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) is the largest campaign ever to be done in the world to reduce or eliminate child labor. This project was started in 1992, and has assisted over 90 countries to develop rules, policies, punishments, and regional campaigns to end child labour.//


 * What are some questions you have about it?**

Do you pay your volunteers?How much funding do your organization get a year? What areas are you more focused on?


 * How could you become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it?**

//Every Organization needs money to run, donations from me would be well appreciated and within reasonable means. Plus, this is a very big organization with many offices and many events around the world. If there is ever a campaign nearby, I would volunteer myself to help the situation through campaigning.//

//**Name: Arvind Selvakesari**//

• Part Two: Find and research another organization (yes, this means your group is researching two organizations) that is currently doing work on your narrowed topic and answer the following questions. This person should answer the questions and print out the resource that they gathered this information from.


 * What is the organization?**

AIR (American Institutes for Research)

AIR is an organization which maintains a project called RECLISA (Reducing Exploitative Child Labor in South Africa). The RECLISA project has fourteen project activities to raise awareness, improve educational opportunities, enhance social services, and strengthen government policies.
 * What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue?**

**What are some of the things you like about their program?**

I like that they are making good progress in helping the exploiting of child labor in South Africa. At the end of February, 2008, RECLISA had helped more than 10,000 children who were caught in, or were at the risk of, child labor.


 * What are some questions you have about it?**

How much money have you put into this project? Why did you (AIR) choose to start this project?


 * How could you become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it?**

We could become involved with this organization by being one of their supporters or by donating to their group. Our action plan could be similar to theirs because we are also focusing on international labor and exploited child labor as a major issue in Africa. Our action plan could giving children education so they will have better work opportunities when they grow up. Also we could try to give children other jobs which are less dangerous or harsh. Make sure to give your resource information to person one. [|http://www.reclisa.org/]


 * Name: James**

• Part Three: Type a persuasive opening paragraph on your wiki about your topic. Make sure your group is filling out your resource log with the sources you have used so far.

Africa has been a corrupt and unstable continent both financially and politically for its entire existence; plagued by chronic diseases, extremist leaders, and an unbelievably corrupt labor policy. Ironically, it is the believed origin of the human race, now home to 1 billion citizens (17% of global population). The majority of these 1 billion citizens are poor, making less than one USD a day, and aren't given their deserved rights in labor. For instance, millions of Africans work to produce "blood diamonds." These diamonds are sold by extremist groups that often kill their workers and deny them a hopeful life. You are likely to find these diamonds at at least one jeweler in any town in any country. Diamonds are only one of the many exploited African resources. Starbucks coffee and Shell  have been tried for denying Ethiopian coffee farmers and African oil producers a fair pay for their goods. BBC news reports that Starbucks owes Ethiopian coffee producers $88 million. As you can see we've denied an entire continent their rights, we've let children die for illegal work, and we've created a world that relies on such corruption. If we merely raise our voices, refuse to buy products sold by people who don't care, we will make them care, we will make them pay, and we will have a world where **1 billion** more people have jobs. Jobs they love, respect, and which will allow society to grow. This is our goal. This is our mission.


 * Name:David Morency**