Reflections

Global issues are just that-global. We are all affected one way or another. Whether it be the fact that some our our government funds go towards those governments helping external countries, or how our media is flooded with facts about global issues. Also, it could be the taking action part that influences our lives. For instance, in my life, some of the income for my family on a monthly basis goes towards the sponsorship of a child in another developing country. Finally, we are influenced by these global issues because of how globalized we are as a global society. Today, all countries depend on one another, and if one country begins to struggle, there will be repercussions in a chain of countries and places all around the world.

Just like how all people are affected in some way, all people are capable of contributing to a change for the better. Whether it be donating money to an organization to help the issue on a regular basis, or just donating that handful of change to the organization set up at your local grocery store. We can all contribute somehow. We don't even have to spend a penny on the issue either if that's the route you'd rather proceed upon. Just creating awareness, like that of which this blog is doing, can help in major ways to solving these global issues.

Any of these small attributions, can bring about a big change for the better. You see, if everyone donated just a single dollar to every organization towards these organizations (which would most likely never happen considering how many there are), there would be billions on end to supply these organizations. Also, again, it's not just the money factor that brings about big change. Creating awareness helps in more way than one. For one, it could go viral in this day in age with the media! Also, with all of that attention towards the topic you are pressing, you could influence people to bring about change themselves such as donate money, participate in helping internationally first hand, or even do what you did- created awareness.

Both local and global issues should be targeted strategically and should not be dealt with in a similar way. Each situation is different, therefore, requires a different approach. For instance, going about a poverty issue in Africa, requires sort of an "all at once" approach in my opinion, as it's a major issue that cant be solved individually because these people will just fall back into place with their poverty surroundings. However, on a local scale, solving a community issue you could work an individual approach or try the whole community- it doesn't really matter because it's on a smaller scale. As you may see, both require the same sort of assistance, yet they need a totally different approach.

How do we balance the world's need for resources, whilst still protecting our environment and people? Well, to protect the people, making sure products are made under good conditions (not child labor), and also that these workers get a fair price for their product by ensuring that the product you have s fair-trade certified. To protect our environment, we could try to just be aware of how much we are using up of the natural resources, and be conscious as to how much we really need it. Also, the alternate ways to create things can be with chemicals in a factory, instead of our resources. That would be great, except for the CO2 emission! We're just destroying our Earth in a different way!

In society today, there is always someone to point fingers at when it seems an issue is brought into play. Like who should be responsible for finding a solution to this issue- government, corporations, or individuals? I think that all three are responsible in one way or another! As for the government, they owe it to their people to bring them out of the economic drought they have been drowning in for countless generations. Corporations need to solve the issue, because they owe it to the people who are passionate, yet powerless, towards the issue to bring about a positive change. Although, it all comes down to the people. The people globally are responsible because we depended on Africa at one time or another in our history, and we owe it to them to be there for them. Also, who's going to support the corporations? Who's going to elect the government? I think all three of these groups are equally responsible, and that in a way, they all sort of work together in solving issues.

In the past few decades, have things change for the better or for the worse? The poverty situation in Africa has made a turn for the better. As stated above, we need an "all at once" approach to solving this issue, but yet that hasn't happened- at least not by just one organization. Today, we have so many organizations working towards solving this issue in particular, poverty in Africa, that there is an "all at once approach already happening! With all different organizations taking different views and aspects towards the issue, as one, we are covering all that we need to cover, all at once. I still believe we need that extra push to actually bring Africa out of this state, but I do believe we are on the right track, but that we need to elaborate more to really make a significant change on a global scale.