IB Community Theme: Sharing our humanity

Human Trafficking

I have heard this one program talk about human trafficking many times now and I believe that now is the time to share the dark side of the human race.  For each minute it takes for you to read this, two people are trafficked.  What does that sound like to you?  Human Trafficking.  Does it sound like people on buses and freeways, getting from one place to another?  Does it sound like a special term for a stalker?  Not at all, although the guesses are quite close.  In fact, human trafficking is a "nicer" term for human slavery.  That's right.  Slav

The horror & reality of poverty

Poverty

In our TOK class, there has been debate on whether a person that grew up in the States or Bangladesh would end up giving more aid or charity. While opinions were divided, I am absolutely convinced that a person like me who has spent his childhood in an impoverished nation will be more sympathetic towards the poor.

What is poverty? What can be do about it?

In my opinion, povery is the lack of basic necessitites suchas water, clothes, access to education, shelter, food, and access to healthcare. By adding education and health care in the list above, does not mean thatlack of it is a sign of poverty. Instead, it is avalability and affordablity ofeducation and health care that determines if there are signs of poverty or not.All the basic necessities mentioned such as water, clothes, food etc, allrequire money to buy, but it still not mean that poverty is based only onmaterial things.

Ethical Obligation of the Fortunate?

I would like to reply to the question posted by joannactheme:

 Do people in first-world countries or people with economic stability and available education have an ethical obligation to help those who haven't been given the opportunities that we have? If so, what is the measure of this obligation? How much help is enough?

malaria

It only costs 5 dollars to save someone from malaria with medication so why can't we seem to spend the money properly which we raise from charities (o^_^)b

gggs

Povert is no global though, many people don't care because it does not affect them