Dec 30
Elizabeth StoltzHealth, Millennium Development Goals Malaria, Top Ten
GCC students set up a malaria bed net to raise awareness of malaria in their school
This month, we’ve focused on Millennium Development Goal #6: Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases. As December draws to a close, GCC wanted to leave on a more upbeat note. As you’ll see with fact #10, there is reason to believe that we CAN make malaria a disease reserved for the history books. How many of these facts did you know?
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Dec 23
Elizabeth StoltzGlobal Awareness Days, HIV and AIDS Top Ten, World AIDS Day
GCC students campaign on World AIDS Day
Did you know that the term AIDS wasn’t used until 1982? When the New York Times first published an article about the spreading virus, no one could’ve guessed the enormity of the disease. For the past three decades, the virus has demanded our attention – over 60 million people have either contracted it or died from it. Below are ten facts we’ve compiled about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and AIDS, the late stage infection.
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Dec 19
Sylvia WongStudent Voices, Water Song, The Chapin School
Children at a hand-washing station in Port au Prince, Haiti. (Photo: Concern Worldwide)
High school students from The Chapin School wrote a H20 Rap in conjunction with a school play that was developed in the fall called “The Water Project”. In the play, students explore the theme of water: the role it plays in everyday lives, its symbolic meaning, and the future of water.
CLICK TO PLAY: The Water Project, H20 Rap.
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Dec 16
Sylvia WongHIV and AIDS, Student Action Austin High, World AIDS Day
Students at Austin High raise awareness of HIV and AIDS on World AIDS Day
More than a year ago, I received an email from Juhi Tariq, a Global Studies major at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. Juhi was working on creating a year long community service project and wanted to start a Global Concerns club at one of the local Austin high schools. After a lot of hard work and planning, she received the Brown Scholarship at St. Edward’s and GCC was brought to Austin High School!
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Dec 10
Elizabeth StoltzGlobal Awareness Days, Student Voices Human Rights Day
Photo: Concern Worldwide, Liberia
What do human rights mean to you? What freedoms do you think are inherent to being a human? We may think of the right to access quality nutrition and education or the right to receive healthcare and voice our political beliefs. However, it’s no surprise that in many regions of the world, these human rights are grossly violated every day.
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Dec 08
Anne MwangiHIV and AIDS, Voices from the Field Kenya, World AIDS Day
Children in urban slums are often exposed to abuse and exploitation, making them particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. Photo: Elizabeth Wright, Mukuru slum, Nairobi, Kenya
It is amazing to see the potential that exists for extremely poor communities to overcome challenges on their own if they are given the opportunity and the tools. In my work promoting community development in Kenya with Concern, I have seen firsthand evidence of the dramatic results that can be achieved to reduce the impact HIV and AIDS using simple methods such as education, community mobilization, and dialogue.
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Dec 07
Donna LintonEducation, Emergency, Voices from the Field Global Concerns Classroom, Horn of Africa, Lawrence Woodmere Academy
Concern's Advocacy Officer, Kirk Prichard, sharing about the Horn of Africa crisis to Middle School students at LWA
The Middle School at Lawrence Woodmere Academy enjoyed its second Global Concerns assembly of the year on Monday, November 21 when Sylvia Wong, Education Officer for Concern Worldwide, returned with her colleague Kirk Prichard. Kirk worked for a year with Concern in Afghanistan and recently visited Africa as part of his work for Concern.
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Dec 02
Elizabeth StoltzHIV and AIDS, Student Action Top Ten, World AIDS Day
NYC students work on a HIV and AIDS awareness campaign
Even though World AIDS Day has passed, taking action can’t be put on the back-burner! To continue building awareness about HIV and AIDS, we put together a list of ways you can get involved.
- Awareness is everything! – Create posters to hang around school or reserve a table in your school lobby to educate your peers about the global impact of HIV and AIDS.
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Dec 01
Elizabeth StoltzGlobal Awareness Days, HIV and AIDS World AIDS Day
Students learn from Concern's former Foundation Officer, Eric Sorce, about Concern's HIV/AIDS program in Ethiopia
Did you know that 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV? HIV/AIDS is truly a disease that impacts every region of the world and its devastation can be felt in schools, the workplace, and in millions of families. After a person has been infected with HIV, their body becomes susceptible to a weakening immune system. Eventually, the virus grows and develops into AIDS, or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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