Summary of “Brida”
(Summer and Autumn - Winter and Spring)
Brida, by Paulo Coelho is about a 21 year-old witch, longing to learn magic. She goes to a man called the Magus, who is unwilling to reveal the fact that she is his Soulmate. She asks him to teach her magic but he leaves he89r in the dark night. Next morning, still mad, she goes to a book shop and hears about Wicca, a known witch. Brida goes to the witch, and after being accepted as an apprentice, begins to learn magic. She learns the Tradition of the Moon, the Traditions of the Sun, and other important concepts of magic. Brida tries reading the cards, given by Wicca, which can show visions. Wicca shows Brida her past life in which she was married to a soldier, her Soulmate. She goes back to the Magus and asks him how to find her Soulmate. He reluctantly tells her that she needs to understand that she is no different than others. Then, when she meets her Soulmate, she would see a tinkle in his eyes and a light over his left shoulder. Brida leaves to find her Soulmate, not realizing that she just left him behind.
(192 words)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Summary
My Left Foot by Christy Brown is about his struggle with cerebral palsy. Throughout his early years, his mother always stood by him. She gave him the support he needed in order to keep trying. She was the first one to notice that Christy couldn’t hold his head upright when he was four months old. She stood-up against the doctors who told her that Christy was hopeless. She read to him for hours, hoping that one day he would be able to read and write himself. She shed tears for him when he improved a little. She believed he that would be fine and that there was nothing wrong with his brain, just his body. She treated him equally and always included him in the family. She showed love, compassion, and had faith that helped him realize that he was no less than others. When he first attempted to write letter “A”, she put a hand on his shoulder and told him to keep going. In the end it paid off because Christy proved that she was right the whole time.
181 words
My Left Foot by Christy Brown is about his struggle with cerebral palsy. Throughout his early years, his mother always stood by him. She gave him the support he needed in order to keep trying. She was the first one to notice that Christy couldn’t hold his head upright when he was four months old. She stood-up against the doctors who told her that Christy was hopeless. She read to him for hours, hoping that one day he would be able to read and write himself. She shed tears for him when he improved a little. She believed he that would be fine and that there was nothing wrong with his brain, just his body. She treated him equally and always included him in the family. She showed love, compassion, and had faith that helped him realize that he was no less than others. When he first attempted to write letter “A”, she put a hand on his shoulder and told him to keep going. In the end it paid off because Christy proved that she was right the whole time.
181 words
Lord of The Flies essay
Wild Humans
Bidushi Adhikari
English 9 (3)
Ms. Klein
16th October, 2009
Have you ever wondered if there is the slightest possibility that humans can become primitive creatures? Our ancestors have evolved throughout the long periods in history. Because of their maturity, people have become what they are today. We think, talk, study, communicate, express emotions, and ideas. We have excelled in the fields of science, math, astronomy and other major area, improving our technology through each mistake. We have created a world that is different from what it started as. But, nobody would think that this could change. You may think that humans have evolved so much, that there is no likelihood of us devolving, but think again. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding shows the reader how the obsession with hunting, the merging of the boys with nature, and the firm clutch of illusion destroys the basic human nature of the boys. He shows how the young boys go back to the forms of early humans, and completely forget civilization.
The obsession with hunting leads the boys to the downfall of their humanity. Through the first few chapters of the book, Golding gives us the idea of these boys as delicate, British boys. They are like any other ten year-olds, laughing, crying, and teasing each other. Golding uses words, such as “delight”, “laughter”, “smiled”, “steadily”, “danced”, and “giggled” (Golding 2-6), to describe the feelings and the state of the boys. But, by the third chapter, the need of hunting totally grasps the boys. Landing unexpectedly on an island and having nothing to eat, makes hunting a really important feature. But, as for Jack, he becomes excessively occupied in hunting. When the theory of the “beast” is introduced to the boys, in chapter five, Jack believes it to be something that he can hunt down, and kill, “If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down. We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat-!” (Golding 100). The boys, on top of that, agree with him, as they are steadily gripped in the idea of hunting. During the hunting scene of the sow, Golding uses phrases like “wedded in her lust,” “heavy and fulfilled,” “Right up her ass!,” “drops of vivid blood,” and “excited by the long chase” to tell the reader how the boys are feeling the horrendous joy and excitement from slaughtering the poor sow. This scene can also be described as a rape scene, and the boys are too blinded to see how dreadfully they are torturing the sow. They have forgotten to be pitiful, and their innocence is completely lost. “…started work on the sow and paunched her, lugging out the hot bags of colored guts, pushing them into a pile on the rock…” (Golding 153) is one of the sentences that give an imagery of the violent and lustful behavior of the boys, especially Jack. The aggressive nature of the boys, with their desire for hunting, leads them to the point where they cut off the pig’s head, which they have hunted, and forced it on a stick which they jammed it into ground. Even this torturous fraction of hunting gives contentment and satisfaction to the boys. Golding uses sentences such as, “The silence accepted the gift and awed them”, and “…standing over the dry blood, they looked suddenly furtive,” (Golding 154) to illustrate the outlook of the boys. Later, the boys come up with a chant they always sing during their “traditional” dances; “Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Spill her blood!” (Golding 81). By adding this part to the story, Golding is showing us that the boys are so engrossed in hunting and killing, that some of the ancient aspects of their ancestors have come back to them.
Along with their obsession with hunting, the boys fuse into their surrounding, becoming a part of it. Jack acts like an animal in the forest, preying on its victim.
In chapter three, Golding uses words like “dog-like”, “crouched”, “naked”, “bolting”, “lifted”, and “still” (Golding 49-50) to describe Jack’s behavior, and to give the reader an imagery of a predator, waiting for its prey, wild, untamed, and impatient. In chapter four, Jack paints his face black and red, and the boys do the same. They seem to camouflage into the wilderness around them. The boys do this to feel more like warriors, and to feel like they can do anything, hiding behind the mask. Golding also mentions how Jack feels like “an awesome stranger” (Golding 67) and is quite pleased with himself, when he looks in the water. Golding uses words such as “awesome,” “astonishment,” and “excitedly” to describe Jack’s mood, and the satisfaction that he has gained from hiding away in an illusion. In the scene, where the boys are doing their dance, and Simon comes in, Golding uses words and phrases such as “horseshoe”, “crowd”, “poured down the rock”, “ heap”, and “single organism”(Golding 170-171) to emphasize on the fact that they are working like a single living creature of nature. He also says that the crowd of the boys “began to beat like a steady pulse” (Golding 171), which gives the reader an impression of a living creature. They have lost their identity and names, becoming like “savages” (Golding 226). After the scene of Simon’s death, when the weather has subsided, the light ripples of the sea waves slowly wash his body away. Simon had always been the quieter one, and the sensible one. He was the one who pointed out that “maybe there is a beast…maybe it’s only us” (Golding 97). He loved nature and always admired the beauty it held. He took time to be alone, and take in the signification of nature; “I wanted- to go to a place- a place I know…A place in the jungle”. By letting the sea become part of his death, Golding is trying to tell us that nature was where Simon was supposed to go, and where he belongs.
Once the boys blend into their surrounding, the little scar left of reality disappears, and illusion takes over. As the boys paint their faces, they don’t realize how much damage they are doing to their human characteristics. Now, they tend to act more like animals than like normal human beings. At the beginning of the book, the conch held so much power and authority over the boys. It gave a sense of democracy, civilization, and order in their lives in the island. But, as the story progresses, the conch becomes valueless. Golding refers to it as a “fragile, shining beauty” (Golding 205) by the end of the book. Ralph tries his best to maintain all the leadership and civilized manners, but the boys seem to be blindfolded by hunting. In chapter five, Ralph calls a meeting; “We need an assembly. Not for fun…” (Golding 85). Ralph tires to get everything together in an organizational way. “Now there’s no water. The shells are dry…that shelter might fall down in the rain comes back. We’ll need those shelters….We’ve all got to use the rocks again.” But the boys still don’t listen to him. In the scene, where Simon is talking to the beast, which is actually the pig’s head, he is almost losing it. The beast lures him into thinking that it is real but Simon sticks to himself and reality. He tries to convince himself that he is imagining this conversation, but is barely successful. The pig calls him a “silly little boy”, and mocks him, “I’m part of you? I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”(Golding 181). But Simon fights through this, and does not let go of the thread attached to reality. Percival, a littun, can’t remember his home address or telephone number by the end of the book; “Percival Wemys Madison sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away.” (Golding 229). By putting this part in the story, Golding is trying to tell us that there is hardly any civilization left in the boys, and that is also slowly fading away. At the end of the book, the conch is destroyed and shattered into a million pieces; “the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist”. This symbolizes that the last piece of organization and authority is destroyed with the conch.
Overall, in Lord of the Flies, destruction of the boys’ natural character plays an important factor in their lives on the island. Golding tells us that devastation of a person is possible when there is desperation for survival. In order to survive, the boys start hunting down pigs. This brings back the instincts of their ancestors, and they become like undeveloped natives. As the feeling grows within them, the boys do the typical things that make them like tribal natives; coloring their face, having traditional dances, and feeling like hunters while carrying spears. They sink into their surrounding, and become part of it. As time moves on, the boys start to feel as if this whole stay on the island is a “pretend game”. They act as though killing each other is fine. They think that their lives, at this point, are a mere pastime, which will soon get over. In this book, Golding tells us that it is possible to destroy the civilization that mankind took so long to build.
Work Cited :
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and faber, 1999.
~ 1502 words
Bidushi Adhikari
English 9 (3)
Ms. Klein
16th October, 2009
Have you ever wondered if there is the slightest possibility that humans can become primitive creatures? Our ancestors have evolved throughout the long periods in history. Because of their maturity, people have become what they are today. We think, talk, study, communicate, express emotions, and ideas. We have excelled in the fields of science, math, astronomy and other major area, improving our technology through each mistake. We have created a world that is different from what it started as. But, nobody would think that this could change. You may think that humans have evolved so much, that there is no likelihood of us devolving, but think again. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding shows the reader how the obsession with hunting, the merging of the boys with nature, and the firm clutch of illusion destroys the basic human nature of the boys. He shows how the young boys go back to the forms of early humans, and completely forget civilization.
The obsession with hunting leads the boys to the downfall of their humanity. Through the first few chapters of the book, Golding gives us the idea of these boys as delicate, British boys. They are like any other ten year-olds, laughing, crying, and teasing each other. Golding uses words, such as “delight”, “laughter”, “smiled”, “steadily”, “danced”, and “giggled” (Golding 2-6), to describe the feelings and the state of the boys. But, by the third chapter, the need of hunting totally grasps the boys. Landing unexpectedly on an island and having nothing to eat, makes hunting a really important feature. But, as for Jack, he becomes excessively occupied in hunting. When the theory of the “beast” is introduced to the boys, in chapter five, Jack believes it to be something that he can hunt down, and kill, “If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down. We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat-!” (Golding 100). The boys, on top of that, agree with him, as they are steadily gripped in the idea of hunting. During the hunting scene of the sow, Golding uses phrases like “wedded in her lust,” “heavy and fulfilled,” “Right up her ass!,” “drops of vivid blood,” and “excited by the long chase” to tell the reader how the boys are feeling the horrendous joy and excitement from slaughtering the poor sow. This scene can also be described as a rape scene, and the boys are too blinded to see how dreadfully they are torturing the sow. They have forgotten to be pitiful, and their innocence is completely lost. “…started work on the sow and paunched her, lugging out the hot bags of colored guts, pushing them into a pile on the rock…” (Golding 153) is one of the sentences that give an imagery of the violent and lustful behavior of the boys, especially Jack. The aggressive nature of the boys, with their desire for hunting, leads them to the point where they cut off the pig’s head, which they have hunted, and forced it on a stick which they jammed it into ground. Even this torturous fraction of hunting gives contentment and satisfaction to the boys. Golding uses sentences such as, “The silence accepted the gift and awed them”, and “…standing over the dry blood, they looked suddenly furtive,” (Golding 154) to illustrate the outlook of the boys. Later, the boys come up with a chant they always sing during their “traditional” dances; “Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Spill her blood!” (Golding 81). By adding this part to the story, Golding is showing us that the boys are so engrossed in hunting and killing, that some of the ancient aspects of their ancestors have come back to them.
Along with their obsession with hunting, the boys fuse into their surrounding, becoming a part of it. Jack acts like an animal in the forest, preying on its victim.
In chapter three, Golding uses words like “dog-like”, “crouched”, “naked”, “bolting”, “lifted”, and “still” (Golding 49-50) to describe Jack’s behavior, and to give the reader an imagery of a predator, waiting for its prey, wild, untamed, and impatient. In chapter four, Jack paints his face black and red, and the boys do the same. They seem to camouflage into the wilderness around them. The boys do this to feel more like warriors, and to feel like they can do anything, hiding behind the mask. Golding also mentions how Jack feels like “an awesome stranger” (Golding 67) and is quite pleased with himself, when he looks in the water. Golding uses words such as “awesome,” “astonishment,” and “excitedly” to describe Jack’s mood, and the satisfaction that he has gained from hiding away in an illusion. In the scene, where the boys are doing their dance, and Simon comes in, Golding uses words and phrases such as “horseshoe”, “crowd”, “poured down the rock”, “ heap”, and “single organism”(Golding 170-171) to emphasize on the fact that they are working like a single living creature of nature. He also says that the crowd of the boys “began to beat like a steady pulse” (Golding 171), which gives the reader an impression of a living creature. They have lost their identity and names, becoming like “savages” (Golding 226). After the scene of Simon’s death, when the weather has subsided, the light ripples of the sea waves slowly wash his body away. Simon had always been the quieter one, and the sensible one. He was the one who pointed out that “maybe there is a beast…maybe it’s only us” (Golding 97). He loved nature and always admired the beauty it held. He took time to be alone, and take in the signification of nature; “I wanted- to go to a place- a place I know…A place in the jungle”. By letting the sea become part of his death, Golding is trying to tell us that nature was where Simon was supposed to go, and where he belongs.
Once the boys blend into their surrounding, the little scar left of reality disappears, and illusion takes over. As the boys paint their faces, they don’t realize how much damage they are doing to their human characteristics. Now, they tend to act more like animals than like normal human beings. At the beginning of the book, the conch held so much power and authority over the boys. It gave a sense of democracy, civilization, and order in their lives in the island. But, as the story progresses, the conch becomes valueless. Golding refers to it as a “fragile, shining beauty” (Golding 205) by the end of the book. Ralph tries his best to maintain all the leadership and civilized manners, but the boys seem to be blindfolded by hunting. In chapter five, Ralph calls a meeting; “We need an assembly. Not for fun…” (Golding 85). Ralph tires to get everything together in an organizational way. “Now there’s no water. The shells are dry…that shelter might fall down in the rain comes back. We’ll need those shelters….We’ve all got to use the rocks again.” But the boys still don’t listen to him. In the scene, where Simon is talking to the beast, which is actually the pig’s head, he is almost losing it. The beast lures him into thinking that it is real but Simon sticks to himself and reality. He tries to convince himself that he is imagining this conversation, but is barely successful. The pig calls him a “silly little boy”, and mocks him, “I’m part of you? I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”(Golding 181). But Simon fights through this, and does not let go of the thread attached to reality. Percival, a littun, can’t remember his home address or telephone number by the end of the book; “Percival Wemys Madison sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away.” (Golding 229). By putting this part in the story, Golding is trying to tell us that there is hardly any civilization left in the boys, and that is also slowly fading away. At the end of the book, the conch is destroyed and shattered into a million pieces; “the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist”. This symbolizes that the last piece of organization and authority is destroyed with the conch.
Overall, in Lord of the Flies, destruction of the boys’ natural character plays an important factor in their lives on the island. Golding tells us that devastation of a person is possible when there is desperation for survival. In order to survive, the boys start hunting down pigs. This brings back the instincts of their ancestors, and they become like undeveloped natives. As the feeling grows within them, the boys do the typical things that make them like tribal natives; coloring their face, having traditional dances, and feeling like hunters while carrying spears. They sink into their surrounding, and become part of it. As time moves on, the boys start to feel as if this whole stay on the island is a “pretend game”. They act as though killing each other is fine. They think that their lives, at this point, are a mere pastime, which will soon get over. In this book, Golding tells us that it is possible to destroy the civilization that mankind took so long to build.
Work Cited :
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and faber, 1999.
~ 1502 words
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
MUN 2008
Position Paper 1
Committee: Political Commission
Topic: Improving availability and Quality of Medicine related resources and strengthening health sectors worldwide
Country: The Republic of South Africa
Delegate: Bidushi Adhikari, Woodstock School
The Republic of South Africa joined the UN in 24 October 1945. Although South Africa is one of the most developed countries in Africa, it has a great quantity of people with AIDS. After investigation done in the early 80s, an organization was set up, in 1992, called the National AIDS Convention of South Africa (NACOSA). The main purpose of the organization was to make ways of preventing AIDS among the South African people. After a year, the number of recorded HIV infections had increased by 60%. By 1998 the situation was getting worse, 1,500 people were getting admitted everyday in the hospitals because of the widespread of AIDS. In 2005, it was estimated that 18.8 million people out 42.5 million of were infected by HIV AIDS. Some predict that this is the product of poverty, poor governing, sexual violence, and the low status of women. Other diseases commonly found in South Africa are malaria, dengue fever, typhoid fever which is transmitted thorough unhygienic water and food.
In 2002, South Africa’s High Court asked the government to make a drug that will help unborn babies not be infected by HIV from the mother. In the last 10 years, AIDS among the people has increased, but so has the help. Treatments have been publicly offered to the citizens. During the same year, 40% of the country’s expenditure went to aid its people with HIV AIDS. From the UN, there are many forms of aid provided to South Africa. Millennium Development Goals are one of such. This organization helps South Africa meets its development objectives like a healthy life for everyone. By early 2005, there were 30 000 thousand persons receiving aid by the ARV programme, which is an African organization that makes drugs to hold back the HIV virus and the spreading of it. It stands for antiretroviral therapy. The South African government is also trying to educate the people to make them aware of AIDS. 200 hospitals have also been built, presently.
Looking through all of these facts, there are certain suggestions to be made. Since, not all the medication sent from the UN goes to South African people, UN should send WHO or people from specialized organizations into the country and hand out drugs that cure and/or immunize. The UN can also donate money for making the hospitals more reliable and clean to maintain a hygienic environment. The UN should also educate the people and teach them about HIV AIDS and how it can be spread, by volunteers from other prosperous countries. Several precautions should also be taken for a hygienic area. Developed countries should donate more money to help the South Africans. The UN should also make sure that there are certain organizations established for the health care for the people, and help with the psychological effect of diseases on people affected by them. These solutions do not only apply to South Africa, but the rest of the world where health is a major issue.
Position Paper 2
Committee: Political Commission
Topic: Improving the effective fulfillment of ODA (Official Development Aid) promises and creating reliable channels in developing and underdeveloped nations.
Country: The Republic of South Africa
Delegate: Bidushi Adhikari, Woodstock School
Previously, the Republic of South Africa has been receiving global help since the 1994, regarding ODA. Developed countries like Japan, US, Norway and Ireland have been providing ODA help to the South African government constantly. The country has also established associations with different kinds of organizations like World Bank, African Development Bank, the French Treasury and French Development Agency and the Japanese Bank. They have been continuously assisting South Africa concerning financial problems. The same year the Reconstruction and Development Programme set 8 main goals on helping the country like lifting the heavy poverty, raising living standards, developing human resource capacity, improving the country economically, ending discrimination in businesses many and others.
Currently there has been some destruction within the country. The country has lost profits, which means that many of the nurses, teachers, polices will be loosing their jobs while students won’t be able to go to school. Improvements can also be recognized. Japan, for instance, has recently extended the ODA loan to 6,084 million yen to improve the water mains and resources and also to maintain a hygienic surrounding within the black people’s habitations. Now, the loan given from Japan to South Africa reaches 20,145 million yen. The Development Bank of Southern Africa is helping out by making sure these necessities reach the poor’s home. UNDP has a mission in South Africa and that is to providing the poor people with daily supplies. They wish to achieve this by 2010. Ireland has also been another donor for South Africa. It has planned to spend 65 million Euros on South Africa from 2008 to 2012 for their development aid, and mainly to get South Africa out of poverty. Ireland is also previewing HIV and AIDS programme in South Africa to help people understand. G8 country leaders like President Barack Obama of US and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, are preparing to donate 50 billion US dollars to raise the whole of Africa out of deficiency.
Considering the facts stated in the previous paragraphs, it would be appreciated if organizations, like WHO and World Bank, gave in more money to help the economy develop. Organizations should make a deadline as to when they would want to accomplish their objectives. Steps of cleanliness should also be taken and taught to put a stop to the spreading of infections. Sanitized water and food should be provided from the government to make a healthy living for its citizens. Signs could also be put up regarding different warnings for safety and proper cleanliness. Doctors and nurses should be sent from the WHO to every part of the country to do a regular check up for any sign of diseases dispersal. Roads, railway stations and public buses should also be offered to make it easier for the South African people to move about, in reasonable costs. There should be more governmental schools than private so that all ranges of the South African communities can afford to educate their infants. A research has also shows that 21.7% of the people are unemployed so the UN should also present equal chances and verities of occupations to the people.
Committee: Political Commission
Topic: Improving availability and Quality of Medicine related resources and strengthening health sectors worldwide
Country: The Republic of South Africa
Delegate: Bidushi Adhikari, Woodstock School
The Republic of South Africa joined the UN in 24 October 1945. Although South Africa is one of the most developed countries in Africa, it has a great quantity of people with AIDS. After investigation done in the early 80s, an organization was set up, in 1992, called the National AIDS Convention of South Africa (NACOSA). The main purpose of the organization was to make ways of preventing AIDS among the South African people. After a year, the number of recorded HIV infections had increased by 60%. By 1998 the situation was getting worse, 1,500 people were getting admitted everyday in the hospitals because of the widespread of AIDS. In 2005, it was estimated that 18.8 million people out 42.5 million of were infected by HIV AIDS. Some predict that this is the product of poverty, poor governing, sexual violence, and the low status of women. Other diseases commonly found in South Africa are malaria, dengue fever, typhoid fever which is transmitted thorough unhygienic water and food.
In 2002, South Africa’s High Court asked the government to make a drug that will help unborn babies not be infected by HIV from the mother. In the last 10 years, AIDS among the people has increased, but so has the help. Treatments have been publicly offered to the citizens. During the same year, 40% of the country’s expenditure went to aid its people with HIV AIDS. From the UN, there are many forms of aid provided to South Africa. Millennium Development Goals are one of such. This organization helps South Africa meets its development objectives like a healthy life for everyone. By early 2005, there were 30 000 thousand persons receiving aid by the ARV programme, which is an African organization that makes drugs to hold back the HIV virus and the spreading of it. It stands for antiretroviral therapy. The South African government is also trying to educate the people to make them aware of AIDS. 200 hospitals have also been built, presently.
Looking through all of these facts, there are certain suggestions to be made. Since, not all the medication sent from the UN goes to South African people, UN should send WHO or people from specialized organizations into the country and hand out drugs that cure and/or immunize. The UN can also donate money for making the hospitals more reliable and clean to maintain a hygienic environment. The UN should also educate the people and teach them about HIV AIDS and how it can be spread, by volunteers from other prosperous countries. Several precautions should also be taken for a hygienic area. Developed countries should donate more money to help the South Africans. The UN should also make sure that there are certain organizations established for the health care for the people, and help with the psychological effect of diseases on people affected by them. These solutions do not only apply to South Africa, but the rest of the world where health is a major issue.
Position Paper 2
Committee: Political Commission
Topic: Improving the effective fulfillment of ODA (Official Development Aid) promises and creating reliable channels in developing and underdeveloped nations.
Country: The Republic of South Africa
Delegate: Bidushi Adhikari, Woodstock School
Previously, the Republic of South Africa has been receiving global help since the 1994, regarding ODA. Developed countries like Japan, US, Norway and Ireland have been providing ODA help to the South African government constantly. The country has also established associations with different kinds of organizations like World Bank, African Development Bank, the French Treasury and French Development Agency and the Japanese Bank. They have been continuously assisting South Africa concerning financial problems. The same year the Reconstruction and Development Programme set 8 main goals on helping the country like lifting the heavy poverty, raising living standards, developing human resource capacity, improving the country economically, ending discrimination in businesses many and others.
Currently there has been some destruction within the country. The country has lost profits, which means that many of the nurses, teachers, polices will be loosing their jobs while students won’t be able to go to school. Improvements can also be recognized. Japan, for instance, has recently extended the ODA loan to 6,084 million yen to improve the water mains and resources and also to maintain a hygienic surrounding within the black people’s habitations. Now, the loan given from Japan to South Africa reaches 20,145 million yen. The Development Bank of Southern Africa is helping out by making sure these necessities reach the poor’s home. UNDP has a mission in South Africa and that is to providing the poor people with daily supplies. They wish to achieve this by 2010. Ireland has also been another donor for South Africa. It has planned to spend 65 million Euros on South Africa from 2008 to 2012 for their development aid, and mainly to get South Africa out of poverty. Ireland is also previewing HIV and AIDS programme in South Africa to help people understand. G8 country leaders like President Barack Obama of US and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, are preparing to donate 50 billion US dollars to raise the whole of Africa out of deficiency.
Considering the facts stated in the previous paragraphs, it would be appreciated if organizations, like WHO and World Bank, gave in more money to help the economy develop. Organizations should make a deadline as to when they would want to accomplish their objectives. Steps of cleanliness should also be taken and taught to put a stop to the spreading of infections. Sanitized water and food should be provided from the government to make a healthy living for its citizens. Signs could also be put up regarding different warnings for safety and proper cleanliness. Doctors and nurses should be sent from the WHO to every part of the country to do a regular check up for any sign of diseases dispersal. Roads, railway stations and public buses should also be offered to make it easier for the South African people to move about, in reasonable costs. There should be more governmental schools than private so that all ranges of the South African communities can afford to educate their infants. A research has also shows that 21.7% of the people are unemployed so the UN should also present equal chances and verities of occupations to the people.
Position Paper 1
Committee: Political Commission
Topic: Improving availability and Quality of Medicine related resources and strengthening health sectors worldwide
Country: The Republic of South Africa
Delegate: Bidushi Adhikari, Woodstock School
The Republic of South Africa joined the UN in 24 October 1945. Although South Africa is one of the most developed countries in Africa, it has a great quantity of people with AIDS. After investigation done in the early 80s, an organization was set up, in 1992, called the National AIDS Convention of South Africa (NACOSA). The main purpose of the organization was to make ways of preventing AIDS among the South African people. After a year, the number of recorded HIV infections had increased by 60%. By 1998 the situation was getting worse, 1,500 people were getting admitted everyday in the hospitals because of the widespread of AIDS. In 2005, it was estimated that 18.8 million people out 42.5 million of were infected by HIV AIDS. Some predict that this is the product of poverty, poor governing, sexual violence, and the low status of women. Other diseases commonly found in South Africa are malaria, dengue fever, typhoid fever which is transmitted thorough unhygienic water and food.
In 2002, South Africa’s High Court asked the government to make a drug that will help unborn babies not be infected by HIV from the mother. In the last 10 years, AIDS among the people has increased, but so has the help. Treatments have been publicly offered to the citizens. During the same year, 40% of the country’s expenditure went to aid its people with HIV AIDS. From the UN, there are many forms of aid provided to South Africa. Millennium Development Goals are one of such. This organization helps South Africa meets its development objectives like a healthy life for everyone. By early 2005, there were 30 000 thousand persons receiving aid by the ARV programme, which is an African organization that makes drugs to hold back the HIV virus and the spreading of it. It stands for antiretroviral therapy. The South African government is also trying to educate the people to make them aware of AIDS. 200 hospitals have also been built, presently.
Looking through all of these facts, there are certain suggestions to be made. Since, not all the medication sent from the UN goes to South African people, UN should send WHO or people from specialized organizations into the country and hand out drugs that cure and/or immunize. The UN can also donate money for making the hospitals more reliable and clean to maintain a hygienic environment. The UN should also educate the people and teach them about HIV AIDS and how it can be spread, by volunteers from other prosperous countries. Several precautions should also be taken for a hygienic area. Developed countries should donate more money to help the South Africans. The UN should also make sure that there are certain organizations established for the health care for the people, and help with the psychological effect of diseases on people affected by them. These solutions do not only apply to South Africa, but the rest of the world where health is a major issue.
Position Paper 2
Committee: Political Commission
Topic: Improving the effective fulfillment of ODA (Official Development Aid) promises and creating reliable channels in developing and underdeveloped nations.
Country: The Republic of South Africa
Delegate: Bidushi Adhikari, Woodstock School
Previously, the Republic of South Africa has been receiving global help since the 1994, regarding ODA. Developed countries like Japan, US, Norway and Ireland have been providing ODA help to the South African government constantly. The country has also established associations with different kinds of organizations like World Bank, African Development Bank, the French Treasury and French Development Agency and the Japanese Bank. They have been continuously assisting South Africa concerning financial problems. The same year the Reconstruction and Development Programme set 8 main goals on helping the country like lifting the heavy poverty, raising living standards, developing human resource capacity, improving the country economically, ending discrimination in businesses many and others.
Currently there has been some destruction within the country. The country has lost profits, which means that many of the nurses, teachers, polices will be loosing their jobs while students won’t be able to go to school. Improvements can also be recognized. Japan, for instance, has recently extended the ODA loan to 6,084 million yen to improve the water mains and resources and also to maintain a hygienic surrounding within the black people’s habitations. Now, the loan given from Japan to South Africa reaches 20,145 million yen. The Development Bank of Southern Africa is helping out by making sure these necessities reach the poor’s home. UNDP has a mission in South Africa and that is to providing the poor people with daily supplies. They wish to achieve this by 2010. Ireland has also been another donor for South Africa. It has planned to spend 65 million Euros on South Africa from 2008 to 2012 for their development aid, and mainly to get South Africa out of poverty. Ireland is also previewing HIV and AIDS programme in South Africa to help people understand. G8 country leaders like President Barack Obama of US and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, are preparing to donate 50 billion US dollars to raise the whole of Africa out of deficiency.
Considering the facts stated in the previous paragraphs, it would be appreciated if organizations, like WHO and World Bank, gave in more money to help the economy develop. Organizations should make a deadline as to when they would want to accomplish their objectives. Steps of cleanliness should also be taken and taught to put a stop to the spreading of infections. Sanitized water and food should be provided from the government to make a healthy living for its citizens. Signs could also be put up regarding different warnings for safety and proper cleanliness. Doctors and nurses should be sent from the WHO to every part of the country to do a regular check up for any sign of diseases dispersal. Roads, railway stations and public buses should also be offered to make it easier for the South African people to move about, in reasonable costs. There should be more governmental schools than private so that all ranges of the South African communities can afford to educate their infants. A research has also shows that 21.7% of the people are unemployed so the UN should also present equal chances and verities of occupations to the people.
Committee: Political Commission
Topic: Improving availability and Quality of Medicine related resources and strengthening health sectors worldwide
Country: The Republic of South Africa
Delegate: Bidushi Adhikari, Woodstock School
The Republic of South Africa joined the UN in 24 October 1945. Although South Africa is one of the most developed countries in Africa, it has a great quantity of people with AIDS. After investigation done in the early 80s, an organization was set up, in 1992, called the National AIDS Convention of South Africa (NACOSA). The main purpose of the organization was to make ways of preventing AIDS among the South African people. After a year, the number of recorded HIV infections had increased by 60%. By 1998 the situation was getting worse, 1,500 people were getting admitted everyday in the hospitals because of the widespread of AIDS. In 2005, it was estimated that 18.8 million people out 42.5 million of were infected by HIV AIDS. Some predict that this is the product of poverty, poor governing, sexual violence, and the low status of women. Other diseases commonly found in South Africa are malaria, dengue fever, typhoid fever which is transmitted thorough unhygienic water and food.
In 2002, South Africa’s High Court asked the government to make a drug that will help unborn babies not be infected by HIV from the mother. In the last 10 years, AIDS among the people has increased, but so has the help. Treatments have been publicly offered to the citizens. During the same year, 40% of the country’s expenditure went to aid its people with HIV AIDS. From the UN, there are many forms of aid provided to South Africa. Millennium Development Goals are one of such. This organization helps South Africa meets its development objectives like a healthy life for everyone. By early 2005, there were 30 000 thousand persons receiving aid by the ARV programme, which is an African organization that makes drugs to hold back the HIV virus and the spreading of it. It stands for antiretroviral therapy. The South African government is also trying to educate the people to make them aware of AIDS. 200 hospitals have also been built, presently.
Looking through all of these facts, there are certain suggestions to be made. Since, not all the medication sent from the UN goes to South African people, UN should send WHO or people from specialized organizations into the country and hand out drugs that cure and/or immunize. The UN can also donate money for making the hospitals more reliable and clean to maintain a hygienic environment. The UN should also educate the people and teach them about HIV AIDS and how it can be spread, by volunteers from other prosperous countries. Several precautions should also be taken for a hygienic area. Developed countries should donate more money to help the South Africans. The UN should also make sure that there are certain organizations established for the health care for the people, and help with the psychological effect of diseases on people affected by them. These solutions do not only apply to South Africa, but the rest of the world where health is a major issue.
Position Paper 2
Committee: Political Commission
Topic: Improving the effective fulfillment of ODA (Official Development Aid) promises and creating reliable channels in developing and underdeveloped nations.
Country: The Republic of South Africa
Delegate: Bidushi Adhikari, Woodstock School
Previously, the Republic of South Africa has been receiving global help since the 1994, regarding ODA. Developed countries like Japan, US, Norway and Ireland have been providing ODA help to the South African government constantly. The country has also established associations with different kinds of organizations like World Bank, African Development Bank, the French Treasury and French Development Agency and the Japanese Bank. They have been continuously assisting South Africa concerning financial problems. The same year the Reconstruction and Development Programme set 8 main goals on helping the country like lifting the heavy poverty, raising living standards, developing human resource capacity, improving the country economically, ending discrimination in businesses many and others.
Currently there has been some destruction within the country. The country has lost profits, which means that many of the nurses, teachers, polices will be loosing their jobs while students won’t be able to go to school. Improvements can also be recognized. Japan, for instance, has recently extended the ODA loan to 6,084 million yen to improve the water mains and resources and also to maintain a hygienic surrounding within the black people’s habitations. Now, the loan given from Japan to South Africa reaches 20,145 million yen. The Development Bank of Southern Africa is helping out by making sure these necessities reach the poor’s home. UNDP has a mission in South Africa and that is to providing the poor people with daily supplies. They wish to achieve this by 2010. Ireland has also been another donor for South Africa. It has planned to spend 65 million Euros on South Africa from 2008 to 2012 for their development aid, and mainly to get South Africa out of poverty. Ireland is also previewing HIV and AIDS programme in South Africa to help people understand. G8 country leaders like President Barack Obama of US and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, are preparing to donate 50 billion US dollars to raise the whole of Africa out of deficiency.
Considering the facts stated in the previous paragraphs, it would be appreciated if organizations, like WHO and World Bank, gave in more money to help the economy develop. Organizations should make a deadline as to when they would want to accomplish their objectives. Steps of cleanliness should also be taken and taught to put a stop to the spreading of infections. Sanitized water and food should be provided from the government to make a healthy living for its citizens. Signs could also be put up regarding different warnings for safety and proper cleanliness. Doctors and nurses should be sent from the WHO to every part of the country to do a regular check up for any sign of diseases dispersal. Roads, railway stations and public buses should also be offered to make it easier for the South African people to move about, in reasonable costs. There should be more governmental schools than private so that all ranges of the South African communities can afford to educate their infants. A research has also shows that 21.7% of the people are unemployed so the UN should also present equal chances and verities of occupations to the people.
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