Case+Study,+Core+1+Global+Infectious+Diseases

**Part One: The Case Study**
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: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Aids in South Africa
 * Step One:**
 * 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.**

Name: Mohan Make sure to give your resource information to person one. Name:_Mohan_
 * 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?** Aids Foundation South Africa
 * What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue**? They are donating a lot of their money to organizations based in S. Africa. They also give shelter to a lot of orphans.
 * What are some of the things you like about their program?** I like how they help a lot of different organizations.
 * What are some questions you have about it?** How do they get their money and do they have any long term plans?
 * How could you become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it?** There is a page on their website that details what we can do to help their organization
 * 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 answers the following questions. This person should answer the questions and print out the resource that they gathered this information from.
 * What is the organization?** USAID
 * What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue?** They are trying to educate young children in Africa about the dangers of AIDS and how they can avoid it.
 * What are some of the things you like about their program?** They have quite a broad span of things they are trying to do.
 * What are some questions you have about it?** How do they educate the children in Africa.
 * How could you become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it?** We could get some more info on it and try to do what they are doing.
 * 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.

Name:

Our topic is about AIDS in South Africa. We will educate and raise the awareness of people’s knowledge about AIDS. Did you know that 1000 people die every day because of AIDS in South Africa ALONE!! The prevalence of AIDS is rising slowly but steadily so we hope to raise awareness and help educate kids in South Africa about AIDS, we will have fund raisers and we will buy curriculums about AIDS at http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr013.shtml and send them to schools in Africa. These curriculums cost $10 per school. The curriculums will help the African kids to know what AIDS can do and to prevent it.



**Case study part 2**
**Members: Mohan, Tyler and Jacob, Jerry**
 * Issue: Global Infectious Diseases**
 * Who will post information: Mohan and Tyler**

**Case Study and Related Links Information for Wiki**

//Now that you have your opening paragraph posted on the wiki, you need to post some more information on your case study. Post the questions as well as the answers on your wiki. Make sure to add youtubes, photos and video to your wiki as well.// 1. What is the specific topic your group decided to focus on? AIDS in South Africa 2. Which organization did you choose to focus on and why? AIDS foundation South Africa because they have the same aims as us and they are very easy to access and they give very good details on how to help or join them. Also, they are focused on AIDS in South Africa which is what we are doing as well.

3. What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue? Donating money to organizations based in South Africa trying to help orphans affected by AIDS. Giving a lot of money to try and find a cure for AIDS.

4. What are some of the things you like about their program? How they try to help the kids and educate them about the dangers of AIDS How their program is very easy to access and you can easily see what they are doing and how you can help. 5. How do you plan to become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it? There is a page on their website that details what we can do to help their organization. So I think I could help them through that.

1000 people in South Africa die each day. 50% of 15 year olds in South Africa are not expected to live longer than 60 years older.
 * Related tasks:**
 * 1) Make a list of relevant articles and statistics on the issue

http://www.avert.org/safricastats.htm, statistics http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5265432.stm, AIDS policy attacked http://www.africafocus.org/docs06/aids0602.php, statistics AIDS Foundation South Africa Avert Association [|UNICEF UK] [|The Treatment Action Campaign] [|The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47I25qv2Mjg [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzQQiCPWSYA] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvH7FI3zQc
 * 1) Make a list of organizations that people can join to get involved in this issue and petitions that people can sign.
 * 1) Make a list of relevant images, youtubes and videos you have collected on the issue