BB Citizenship 2 Project script

BB Citizenship 2 Project script

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  CITIZENSHIP 2 PRESENTATIONSCRIPT (First slide) All together: Good morning fellow sec 2s and clts. We are group 2. Jin: I’m Jin. Elliot: I’m Elliot. Isaac: I’m Isaac. Jonathan: I’m Jonathan. Elliot: Today, we will be presenting to you our citizenship 2 project which is, as all of you know, about social entrepreneurship. The topic we have decided to do is hunger, and the social entrepreneur we have selected is Food from the heart. (Second slide) Elliot: firstly, we will be showing you the powerpoint presentation on hunger, and later we will be showing you the prezi on the social entrepreneur. (Third slide) Jin: I’m sure all of you know the literal meaning of hunger, which is the craving for food. That’s why I’m not gonna talk about that right now. In fact, what I’m gonna talk about now is what hunger means to the two different groups of people around the world - people from developed countries and people from non-developed countries. For most people in developed countries, being hungry is simply the uncomfortable feeling you get if you skip meals. But in less developed countries, it’s very different if you’re one of the hundreds of millions who don’t get enough to eat every single day. Being malnourished means you don’t have the strength or energy to do even the simplest tasks such as climbing the stairs or studying. Because hunger makes you weak, tired and unable to concentrate, and of course work or study of any kind is exhausting. All you can think about is when you are going to eat. (fourth slide) Jin: As you can see these are the two kinds of people. (fifth slide)
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  Isaac: Now wewill be talking about the causes of hunger. the first cause is poverty trap. In developing countries, farmers often cannot afford seed to plant the crops that would provide for their families. Craftsmen lack the means to pay for the tools to ply their trade. Others have no land or water or education to lay the foundations for a secure future. The poverty-stricken do not have enough money to buy or produce enough food for themselves and their families. In turn, they tend to be weaker and cannot produce enough to buy more food. In short, the poor are hungry and their hunger traps them in poverty. Jonathan: the second cause is war. Since 1992, the proportion of short and long- term food crises that can be attributed to human causes has more than doubled, rising from 15 percent to more than 35 percent. All too often, these emergencies are triggered by conflicts. From Asia to Africa to Latin America, fighting displaces millions of people from their homes, leading to some of the world's worst hunger emergencies. Since 2004, conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has uprooted more than a million people, precipitating a major food crisis -- in an area that had generally enjoyed good rains and crops. In war, food sometimes becomes a weapon. Soldiers will starve opponents into submission by seizing or destroying food and livestock and systematically wrecking local markets. Fields and water wells are often mined or contaminated, forcing farmers to abandon their land. When conflict threw Central Africa into confusion in the 1990s, the proportion of hungry people rose from 53 percent to 58 percent. By comparison, malnutrition is on the retreat in more peaceful parts of Africa such as Ghana and Malawi. Elliot: the third cause is nature. Natural disasters such as floods, tropical storms and long periods of drought are on the increase -- with calamitous consequences for food security in poor, developing countries. Drought is now the single most common cause of food shortages in the world. In 2011, recurrent drought caused crop failures and heavy livestock losses in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. In many countries, climate change is exacerbating already adverse natural conditions. For example, poor farmers in Ethiopia or Guatemala traditionally deal with rain failure by selling off livestock to cover their losses and pay for food. But successive years of drought, increasingly common in the Horn of Africa and Central America, are exhausting their resources. Jin: the fourth cause is the lack of agricultural infrastructure. In the long-term, improved agricultural output offers the quickest fix for poverty and hunger.
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  According to theFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2004 Food Insecurity Report, all the countries that are on track to reach the first Millennium Development Goal have something in common -- significantly better than average agricultural growth. Yet too many developing countries lack key agricultural infrastructure, such as enough roads, warehouses and irrigation. The results are high transport costs, lack of storage facilities and unreliable water supplies. All conspire to limit agricultural yields and access to food. But, although the majority of developing countries depend on agriculture, their governments economic planning often emphasises urban development. Isaac: the last cause is over-exploitation of the environment. Poor farming practices, deforestation, over-cropping and overgrazing are exhausting the Earth's fertility and spreading the roots of hunger. Increasingly, the world's fertile farmland is under threat from erosion, salination and desertification. (sixth slide) Isaac: next, we will be talking about the consequences of hunger. Jonathan: According to the Tufts University Centre of Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, evidence from recent research about child nutrition shows that, in addition to having a detrimental effect on the cognitive development of children, hunger and malnutrition results in lost knowledge, brainpower, and productivity for the nation. Elliot: The infant mortality rate is closely linked to inadequate quantity or quality in the diet of the infant's mother. In 1996, the infant mortality rate in the United States was 7.3 deaths per 1,000 live births. Black infants in the U.S. died at more than twice the rate of white infants, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Jin: Hunger and malnutrition exacerbate chronic and acute diseases and speed the onset of degenerative diseases among the elderly. This not only leads to an unnecessary decrease in the quality of life for many older people, but also increases the cost of health care in the United States. National data for people aged 65 to 75 show that a majority are not consuming even two-thirds of the nutrients they need to stay healthy. Isaac: Hunger, and insecurity about whether a family will be able to obtain enough food to avoid hunger, also have an emotional impact on children and their parents.
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  Anxiety, negative feelingsabout self-worth, and hostility towards the outside world can result from chronic hunger and food insecurity. Jonathan: children will suffer from growth stunts. This dresults from inadequate nutrition. According to the U.S. Public Health Service, the Surgeon General's 1990 goal of eliminating growth retardation of infants and children caused by inadequate diets was not met because significant numbers of low-income children continued to suffer retarded growth. In 1992, almost twice as many low-income children as would be expected were short for their age. (seventh slide) Elliot: finally, we have a video for all of you. (switch to prezi) Jin: now we will be showing you the prezi. (next two slides) Jin: So what kind of person is a social entrepreneur? Well, he or she is……….. FROM HERE, JUST READ HDIRECTLY FROM THE PREZI, BUT TRY TO MAINTAIN EYE CONTACT WITH THE AUDIENCE AT THE SAME TIME. BY THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW YOUR ORDER – WHO SPEAKS BEFORE AND AFTER YOU.