What assessment task are we working towards?You will write a formal letter to the chairperson of the SRC persuading them to donate the proceeds of a 2017 casual day to help address the absolute poverty experienced by most Cambodian children.
The thing is, there are over 2,000 NGOs in Cambodia. What do YOU recommend as the most effective way to donate the money? |
(1) Background Theory for Folio Tasks 1 & 2: Different Types of Poverty
For Folio task 1, we will concentrate on ABSOLUTE POVERTY. A definition is:
This occurs when the amount of income, if any, is insufficient to meet basic needs of food, clothing and shelter, no matter how efficiently the money is managed. (Aspin 1996, p. 107) This relates closely to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:
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It can be argued that in Australia people living in poverty mainly experience RELATIVE POVERTY. A definition of this is:
When individuals and/or families have an adequate income to satisfy basic needs but their income falls markedly below that of the rest of the community ... They may be said to be in poverty relative to the rest of the community. (Aspin 1996, p. 108) Check out this app to compare Australia with global income levels:
http://www.globalrichlist.com/ We will inquire more into Relative Poverty for Folio task 2. |
Source: Lois Aspin, Focus on Australian Society, Longman Australia, Melbourne, 1996.
(2) Case Study: Cambodia
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Follow up activity after watching Small Voices - Omar Havana's photography
What might absolute poverty LOOK like FEEL like SMELL like TASTE like SOUND like for a child?
Life in a Cambodian rubbish dump Amy Simmons, ABC News Online 11 November 2011 Just 30 kilometres from Cambodia's world famous Angkor temples is an astounding sight tourists don't see. Tucked away from foreign eyes on the outskirts of Siem Reap is a community of about 500 people who live - or survive - in a rubbish dump. Spanish photojournalist Omar Havana spent seven months from October 2010 to April 2011 getting to know the people at the dump and documenting their lives. |
See the photographs in the ABC article
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If you wish to use these images in your assignments, consider Giles Duley's perspectives on how he uses photography to evoke a response from viewers in a respectful and effective manner: