Frontline World Cyber-Assignment Post(s)
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/socialentrepreneurs.html
Respond to 3 stories by 4/27 (start 4/22)Bring in headphones for the computer Monday, April 26. We will complete the final one in class, unless something else comes up, like an in-class essay or a quiz (smile).
Post all your Frontline World Responses (3) here.
Answer the following questions in your response to the program.
Outline:
1.Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
2.What problem did the person profiled identify?
3.What is the name of the organization they started?
4.Describe their relationship to the community that they serve?
• Why they decided to address this issue?
5.What is the local component?
6.How does the community own the process?
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/socialentrepreneurs.html
Respond to 3 stories by 4/27 (start 4/22)Bring in headphones for the computer Monday, April 26. We will complete the final one in class, unless something else comes up, like an in-class essay or a quiz (smile).
Post all your Frontline World Responses (3) here.
Answer the following questions in your response to the program.
Outline:
1.Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
2.What problem did the person profiled identify?
3.What is the name of the organization they started?
4.Describe their relationship to the community that they serve?
• Why they decided to address this issue?
5.What is the local component?
6.How does the community own the process?
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 1:43 PM
21 Comments:
Juan Li
Professor Wanda
English 1A 8:00-9:00am
April 21, 2010
Frontline World Pesponses
The social entrepreneur profuled who I chose is Mimi Silbert. She Identified those ex-cons needs help to transform themselves into law-abiding, productive citizens. She starts Delancey Street center. In its 27 years, Delancey Street, a unique rehabilitation center run solely by its residents, has helped turn more than 12,000 former convicts, drug abusers and homeless men and women into upstanding working people. Its 1,000 current residents (500 in San Francisco, the rest in four branches across the country) support themselves by operating a dozen businesses, including a gourmet restaurant, print shops and a division that markets items emblazoned with college logos. Last year the ventures grossed $15 million, which financed the organization along with $9 million in private donations. For 27 years, said silbert, I've seen the lowest 10 percent come through the door. But a few years later, strong, decent human beings walk out." About 70 percent of the residents enter the center as an alternative to prison or a condition of parole or probation. Once in, those without high school diplomas must earn GEDs in classes taught by Delancey Street veterans. All learn three job skills: one manual, one clerical and one dealing with the public. MimiSilbert owns Inside a lavish $14 million, 325,000-square-foot complex Delancety Street center on San Francisco Bay
Crystal Cortez
Professor Wanda
English 1A 8-9am
April 24, 2010
Respond to story 1:
Vietnam: Wheels of Change
This is such a great story that impacts many people in developing countries all over the world, like Quan a man who lost his legs in a war with Cambodia in Vietnam. It’s said that Vietnam is a fast pace country so you need a car (wheels) to get around. Quan uses his wheel chair to get around but it is hard to get around, since Vietnam is not a wheel chair friendly so he usually stays home. To make money he has to rents the back part of his apartment (a small shop) to a friend who also rides a wheel chair name Tan, who was diagnose with polio. It seems as if Vietnam doesn’t care too much for the disablied so this gives Quan and his friend a lot of difficulties to get around. Ralf a engineer professor in S.F. State has been working on a new wheel chair design, since he feels that the hospital wheel chairs are not well designed for anyone exactly those in third world countries. The reason he has been working on a new design was for his own use, because of a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from his legs. So he designed a wheel chair he named Ruff Rider. Since he feels that there is no well made wheel chair in developing countries to go over rocky, muddy roads, that’s why he thought of the Ruff Rider. The chair has a unique design that he pulls together from different ideas like the front wheels are designed from a shopping cart. It has bicycle tires which are cheaper to repair. Ralf went to Vietnam to Toan to produce the Ruff Rider since there it would be cheaper to put together. So now Toan produces the Ruff Rider. Ralf technologies are no charge, they are open source, so there is always new designs to better the wheel chair. Ralf and his partner Marc don’t try to sell the chair at a high price they try to raise money to make it easier for wheel chair users to get a Ruff Rider wheel little or no cost. This is such a nice deed to these people that cannot afford a wheel chair like the Ruff Rider. So Toan with the help of Ralf and Marc donates to those in Vietnam with most in need for a wheel chair. Ton, Quan’s friend was one who participated in a pin bong tournament where Toan was given away the Ruff Rider. As soon as Ton showed the chair to Quan, he was not too amazed by the chair because he explained that his chair is just fine for him. Once Marc and Toan showed him a chair and modified it for him he loved it and took the chair with open arms. Ralf has brought his chair all over the world and give it to people in need of a chair from Mexico, South Africa, Iraq and many other countries through partnerships abroad. He hopes that this progress in building wheel chairs continues to be a success that in a couple years today’s chairs will be history because the new chair to come will be a lot better. Ralf and Marc are making a difference in many people lives with their new design wheel chair.
Crystal Cortez
Professor Wanda
English 1A 8-9am
April 24, 2010
Respond to story 2:
India: Design like You Give a Damn
This group Architecture for Humanity has made so much of changed in many communities, countries and lives by building homes, community centers schools and many other facilities for third world countries. Countries like South East India needed the help by this group since it was hit with a tsunami in 2004. The tsunami really affected everyone and destroyed everything. So relief was given to India but then that relief left and India was not fully recovered. Purnima an American trained architect saw this as a beginning to help rebuild India. She was working for a large profit company making hospitalizes, and shopping center for about 14 years, but she turn to India to help. She always looked to work in a project that was meaningful to her and this was just it, helping India after the tsunami hit. Working with Architecture for Humanity was the answer on how to help India. Her clients are now villager instead of big corporations. So what she first did was ask the villager what they need and that was a school, a place that would hold their religious gatherings. She started to put together for a village where all this will be held, which is something her group Architecture for Humanity always wanted to do; a building that will make a difference. The founders of Architecture for Humanity is a young couple of architects who saw and got an idea to help refugees and since they are talented architects they wanted to make a difference so they went out to design homes for refugees and many other talented architects also were will to help and gave their ideas to make a difference as well. Since this first started they made a network for architects to make a difference all over the world, with their ideas for homes. There project/ network is called, Design like you give a Damn. This is such a great program that helps all these people in developing countries to show them that they don’t have to worry about homes so much because there are networks like this those cares to make a difference and an impact to their lives. Another focus for this group is to be “green” and recycle material like make walls out of waste tile and build home or centers out of recycled material. This group is so great and has and still makes such a big impact in the lives of these countries.
Crystal Cortez
Professor Wanda
English 1A 8-9am
April 24, 2010
Respond to story 3:
Mexico: The Business of Saving Trees
The Serra Gorda biosphere reserved is in Mexico, is different in comparison to a national park because people live there. Patti is a school teacher who has been making difference in this community to save the land by teaching the people to safe the land, the forest. The gov’t now protects Sierra Gorda since it is now a biosphere. They now plant trees and teach the people to protect the trees. Patti teaches the children about how trees will help the global warming. A lot of companies now sell carbon offsets; they sell these carbon offsets all over the world. Patti is trying make her trees avaliable for everyone to make there carbon offset to help the global warming movement. In Mexico they are not just selling a tree for people to make their carbon offset but also selling a new community and jobs for the people so it has a bigger cause. The people of Sierra Gorda do not just help plant trees but try not to burn wood to contaminate the air so they heat their food with the sun. This is a project that is small but it will grow bigger and this tree business will soon spread to more than just Sierra Gorda but all of Mexico. This was a nice story and Patti is making a slow but big difference in Mexico and its people.
Sabah Said
4/23/10
English 1A
Mon-Thurs
3 Frontline World assignments
#1.
1.Trevor Field.
South Africa: the play pump: turning water into children’s play.
2.to bring fresh drinking water to millions of Africans, but they don’t have any.
3.care foundation and MCJ foundation.
4.the foundation is continuing to work with field, with a goal of raising million of dollars to help millions of Africans to gain access to clean drinking water.
*because he saw mainly house wife’s and there kids and had to go to a bone hole to collect water, so they decided to help.
5. Earning money, having foundations raise money to help. Also hip hop artist Jay-Z also supported through his “Later of Life’ concert tour.
6. Keep raising money, people lending money.
#2
1.social entrepreneur profiled - Luis Szaran. Paraguay: sounds of hope
2. Help redeem the lives of poor and neglected children
3. Founder and director of the music program sonidos de la Tierra
4.help children through music for Paraguay villages see some of the communities being transferred by music.
*to help poor children start a free music program
5. Free music program. Listen to famous musicians.
6. Music schools, communities coming together and organizing into five other countries.
#3
1.Father Thomas Koshy. India: a new life
2.getting money from rag-picking and collecting recyclables, and buy cheap drugs.
3. New life children’s name (or Nava Bhavan) Bevan Bala.
4. There relationship to there community is to use an innovative approach to draw children into shelter and care. Peer workers use their own intimate. Knowledge of the streets to reach out.
*they decided to address this issue because Vijayawada’s major asked him to start a homeless shelter, because there are a large number of adults and children living on the streets
5. The local components is the shelter helping the children see a better life and give them a place to stay instead of living in the streets.
6. The community own the process because they have helped more than 25, 000 children come off the streets.
Jennie Lo
Professor Wanda
English 1A (9:00 – 9:50am)
25 April 2010
Response to Frontline World Story # 1
Sierra Leone: Yeabu’s Homecoming (Dr. Alyona Lewis)
Overcoming the stigma of a childbirth injury
Dr. Alyona Lewis is one of Dr. Gadelkareem Ahmad’s students. She was fresh out of medical school and happened on IMC’s (International Medical Corp.) program as she was doing her residency at the dilapidated Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in the capital city of Freetown in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Sierra Leone ranks the lowest on the United Nations 2008 Human Development Index and has only 168 doctors to serve a population of over 6 million. Dr. Lewis stays in Sierra Leone to help the women with obstetric fistula. She chose not to abandon her country for a better standard of living abroad; instead she stays and helps her own country. Those poor countries really need people with big heart like Dr. Lewis to help the remote village to have better medical treatment. Yeabu was one of the women Dr. Lewis treated and brought her life back to the light.
Response to Frontline World Story # 2
Ecuador: Country Doctors (Dr. Edgar Rodas)
On rough roads and remote rivers
Dr. Edgar Rodas was a former minister of health for Ecuador. When he was a medical student in the early 1960s, he was inspired by the work of Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere). He started an innovative rural health program as he noticed that there was lack of health resources for poor people. He setup the Cinterandes Foundation in 1995 with a group of volunteer surgeons who have the same vision. In 12 years, Cinterandes has carried out about 5200 operations and provided more than 50,000 medical care across Ecuador with the funding from United States and Europe. Rodas He expanded his mobile-surgery program in order to cover remote area out there in the village. We really need doctor like Dr. Rodas to promote the rural area medical care.
Response to Frontline World Story # 3
Cambodia: The Silk Grandmothers (Kikuo Morimoto)
Weaving a new life from a lost art
Kikuo Morimoto, a well-known textile craftsman from Kyoto, Japan. When he knew about the Cambodia’s ancient practice of silk-making may soon be disappeared due to no one carrying it down to next generation. He moved from Japan to Cambodia and met with the old generation who has the silk-making skill and setup a silk production studio for seven “silk grandmothers,” to earn a more reasonable living. Of course, he also helped to keep the silk-making skill because of his appreciation of beauty.
Kimthuy Tran
English 1A (9-9:50)
Professor Sabir
Response to Frontline World
Vietnam: Wheels of Chance
Ralf Hochkiss, an engineering professor at a Francisco State, meets a lot of difficulties when he became a disable person after he got a motorcycle accident. He also found that disable people in developing countries are being confronted with a lot of difficulties similar to him such as the “ramp to the side walk is block” Therefore, Ralf makes “Roughriders” that is not only cheap but also work well in difficult situations. In 2006, Ralf cooperated with a factory owner, Toan to produce wheelchairs. Then, Ralf brought the Roughrider to many countries such as Mexico, Iraq, and South Africa through partnerships.
India: A New Life- Getting Children off the Street
1.Father Thomas Koshy
2.Children in the Southern Indian city of Vijayawada live on the street. They earn money from rag-picking,collect recyclables ,and buy cheap drug.
3. Father Kishy, a Catholic Salesian priest, psychologist Anu Dasaka start the organization “New Life Children’s Home”
4.Using an innovative approach to draw children into shelter and care, and peer workers use their own intimate knowledge the street to reach out. They decide to address this issue, for there are many children live on the street.
5. the local component is shelters that educated children
6. The organization helps more than 25,000 chidren come off the streets runs 12 centers in the city.
Cambodia: The Silk Grandmothers- Weaving a new life from a lost art
Kikuo Morimoto, a well-know textile craftsman from Japan. He restarts the country’s ancient practice of silk making in Cambodia, and he think that Cambodia Women who practice the silk making have highly skill should have a chance to work and be paid. Therefore, in 1996, he set up a skill production studio that helps elderly women have income. Today, there are more than 400 works for Morimoto, and they can earn more than the average Cambodian wage of $300 a year.
Leonardo Martin
Professor Wanda
English 1A (9:00 – 9:50am)
26 April 2010
Mexico: The Business of Saving Trees
How one woman has created a biosphere
Pati Ruiz Corzo is the director of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve developed an idea where she would restore the forests and creates new jobs for those individuals living in the biosphere. The problem that Corzo recognized was the immense CO2 pollution that has been plaguing the world. She is well aware that trees can help avert global warming. The name of the organization is Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve located about five hours away from the capital of México in a rural area. Corzo moved from the city and adapted herself to become part of the community. Corzo has been investing her time directly into organizing the rural community towards benefiting themselves and the environment. She began investing her time developing this community because she saw that many of the individuals living in the area were unaware of the power of their land and she also wanted to create jobs for those individuals living in this community. The local component that has become the greatest asset is the involvement of local community workers that have helped organize and develop the area through their time and effort. The community has invested their land and their time towards achieving the goals of the biosphere. Educating the community has been an immense tool that has helped develop the community towards fighting global warming.
Ecuador: Flower Power
Fair trade roses for Valentine's Day
The World Economic Forum has recognized John Nevado, a farmer from Ecudaor, as a young global leader for his revolutionary practices in the field of flower growing. His fair-trade-certified flowers have taken the industry by storm. Nevado mentions that many of the farmers involved in this fair-trade industry have began empowering themselves through the extra money received from the sale of the flowers. Also, many of the same growers were given the opportunity to educate themselves about their newfound finances through rudimentary finance, accounting, and project management classes. Nevado has introduced sustainable techniques such as growing chamomile to remove certain pests, using spiders to eat other pests and using chili and garlic spray instead of chemical pesticides. The local communities of Ecudaor have seen great redevelopment in their community because of the empowerment that comes along with the education and finances. Through these practices Nevado’s fair-trade flowers have been of great success in Europe which leads him to believe that America is ready to purchase these type of flowers. Big store companies have began incorporating many of these fair-trade companies products into their stores.
South Africa: The Play Pump
Turning water into child's play
Trevor Field, a retired advertising executive, has begun investing his time to develop ways to create water for many different areas in South Africa. He developed a “play pump” that can create 400 gallons of clean water in an hour for the villages. One key thing that he noticed in the villages was that women and girls were the main ones gathering water from contaminated water pumps which is extremely exhausting. Field has also put advertising in his pumps which gather revenue that allows for all the maintenance of his pumps. His dream of creating one thousand pumps in every needed country is now becoming a reality as many different organizations ranging from the United States of America to Jay-z have begun investing millions of dollars into this simple yet effective “play pump”. The most needed communities in South Africa are receiving great benefits from this pump because as we all know water is life.
Jennie Lo
Professor Wanda
English 1A (9:00 – 9:50am)
26 April 2010
Response to Frontline World story
China: Kung Fu English
A boot camp in the provinces
I watched one more story in class today and it was very good one. Jake Yong is the main character in the story. He found kids in the provinces like Xingang with barriers to learn English. He based on his experience when he was in college. He felt English was a vehicle to success and learning English was a step to the entrance of success in the village. He was very successful to learn English in six month as he found a way to master the language. He started to teach the kids in school with his way, an active learning way. He encouraged the kids to read out loud and repeat and repeat to recite the reading. He setup the Kung Fu Boot Camp in Xingang. The way he used was very interesting and effective. He said he was not a teacher; he named himself a Kung Fu master. His philosophy was learning a language first thing was “speaking” the language. The story was a very cheerful and delighted piece that I like very much. I really recommend.
Chelsea Eomurian
Professor Sabir
English 1A 9:00-9:50AM
26 April 2010
Italy: Taking on the Mafia
1) Laura Nocilla and Raffaele Genova are profiled.
2) The problem they identified is the Italian Mafia and the Pizzo they charge local businesses for protection.
3) Their organization is addiopizzo.
4) They brought the community of Palermo, Sicily together to fight against the Mafia and the pizzo they are charging local businesses. Other local business people stood up to fight with them and now operate pizzo-free.
5) They are helping the community because they also belong to this community and started a business themselves.
6) The community owns the process because the kids are even getting involved and the new generation will not tolerate the Mafia charging them pizzo.
Vietnam: Wheels of Change
1) Ralf Hotchkiss and Mark Krizack are profiled.
2) The problem they identified was developing countries’ roads are not suitable for people in wheelchairs. They have a hard time getting around without fear of falling.
3) The organization is called Whirlwind Wheelchairs Inc.
4) Mark is very involved with the community by visiting when ever he gets the chance. He has made connections with a local wheelchair maker as well as with disabled men. Ralf keeps coming up with new ideas, but cannot visit because he is paralyzed himself.
5) Ralf is helping the community because he is in a wheelchair, but living in America he doesn’t have it as tough as developing countries. He wanted to reach out and make it easier on the disabled people to get around.
6) The community owns the process because a local business has made a connection with the company and develops the chairs that they design. They also give away some chairs for free because a lot of disabled people cannot work and afford a nice wheelchair.
India: Design Like you Give a Damn
1) Purnima McCutcheon is profiled.
2) The problem identified was the destroyed village in India after a tsunami in 2004. They had nothing and no where to hang out.
3) The organization is called Architecture for Humanity.
4) Purnima has a very close relationship with the community because she moved there in order to help build a community center for the village. She gave them a place to be proud of.
5) She is helping the community because she wanted a personal connection with her work and these people needed help.
6) The community owns the process because they were the ones who built the building and they helped create the design. They were also allowed to say “no” to something they did not like in the drawing.
Edith Gonzalez
English 1A-9am
Professor Sabir
27 April 2010
Frontline World Responses
“Nepal: A Girl’s Life, Making Room to Read” by Sachi Cunningham
The social entreprenur profiled is John Wood, who through his nonprofit organization is able to educate millions of children all over the developing world. That was the problem that the social entreprenuer wanted to address, the lack of education that was provided to many of the children in these countries. For example, the lack of school buildings, school supplies, and especially books. The name of the non profit organization John Wood started was called, Room to Read, with the goal of encouraging literacy through the developing world. The reason why John took on this issue was because he felt it was the only way to break the cycle of poverty. The relationship between John and the community he served was quiet greatful. The people in the community thanked him but especially did the children by evem giving him flower necklaces as a way of thanking him. The local component is to make a total of 335 schools by the end of 2008. The community own the process because they show up to help build the schools, so they are active participants.
“India: Design Like You Give a Dam”
The social entreprenur profiled is Purnima McCutcheon, who is an American trained architect. The problem that Purnima was trying to address was the lack of resources that were left to the people in India after a horrible tsunami hit. The organization she was able to start was called, Architecture for Humanity, which focused on making buildings that will help the people of India. The reason why Purnima took the initiative and address this issue, was because after the Tsumai aid came, but soon people went on with their lives when there were still yet a lot of things to do. The relationship between Purnima and the community was ver close, they talked a lot about the things that they need it to come up with plans to help them. The local component was to make a building that would satisfy all the needs that the people in the community asked for. The community own the process because they took part of the building process.
“Sierra Leone: Yeabu’s Homecoming, Overcoming the stigma of a childbirth injury” by Jenny Chu
The social entreprenur profiled is Dr Alyona Lewis, who had graduated from medical school. The problem that Dr. Lewis was addressing was one that was very common in Sierra Leone, which was women who suffered from obstretic fistula’s. Dr. Lewis worked in a hospital named, Aberdeen West African Fistula Centre, that focused on helping women that suffered from such condition. The reason why Dr. Lewis wanted to help these women is because she saw the negative affect it played in all of the women diagnosed with it lives. The women community own the process because in order to stop this issue, they try to prevent pregnancy.
Julian Shipnuck
4/27/10
English 1a
9-9:50
3 frontline world assignments
Egypt: Middle East, Inc
1.) Soraya Salti runs a non=profit organization called Injaz.
2.) She identified and is trying to change the unemployment rate in Egypt.
3.) Injaz is a non-profit organization that is modeled after the Americas’ American Junior Achievement program.
4.) There are 12 different Injaz programs all over the region, they all have programs like Cairos’ best student company battle. This is a competition where the best young minds from each college form teams and battle for the best new innovative and profitable business plan. Soraya relates it to “the Apprentice” for Middle East college students. Soraya first wanted to tackle this issue because the Egyptian economy is stagnant, with the majority of the population under 30 and fresh out of college, she saw that this is the time for young entrepreneurs to take the reigns and jump start the economy.
5.) The local component is the different colleges participate with Injaz with completions and workshops. Also the heads of big local corporations are present at these competitions and some even sponsor and mentor teams that they have put together.
6.) The community is behind Injaz, because they see it could work. There is also a huge amount of young people with no jobs who want the economy to rise so they are behind the idea. There is some opposition from the older generation who feel like the younger generation is expecting too much, but for most part the community is behind Injaz.
India: A New life- Getting children off the street
1. Father Thomas Koshy.
2. To turn trash to treasure by rag picking and collecting recyclables, and then turning into cash to buy cheap drugs for those who can’t afford to go to the hospitals.
3. Father Thomas Koshy and a psychologist named Anu Dasaka started “New life children’s home”.
4. They use their own knowledge of Indias’ lower class communities to reach out and try and get children and adults into shelters.
5. The local component is the once homeless get a place to stay and a place to get back on their feet, or get medical attention that they can’t get on the street.
6. The community helps the organization because it has helped thousands of children get off the street, which then translates to a cleaner and safer environment for everybody.
Sierra Leone: Yeabu’s Homecoming, Over coming the stigma of a childbirth injury by Jenny Chu
1.) Dr. Aloyna Lewis
2.) She identified and tried to correct the all to common problem that women have in the Sierra Leone called Obstetric fistulas.
3.) She worked in a West African hospital named Aberdeen West African Fistula Centre.
4.) This is a very common problem that a lot of African women suffer from so her involvement and dedication to her patients give the community hope for a cure or better ways to prevent other women getting the condition.
5.) The local component is the women who are cured or helped out by the technology and medicine that they receive from the hospital. The women are a big part of the family, so the family is helped out as well.
6.) The community owns the process because the hospital helps out women in the community. Without women in these areas of Africa there isn’t a solid family base, which then in turn ruins the family.
Jonathan Howell
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50
27 April 2010
Tanzania: Hero Rats
After many decades of war tens of thousands of undetonated landmines remain scattered throughout rural Africa. It is estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 people are killed or maimed by landmines annually. These hidden dangers hinder transportation and cultivation. Bart Weetjans is a Belgian man working towards the detection and removal of these explosives. He founded an organization in Tanzania called APOPO which uses trained rats to sniff them out.
APOPO uses African giant pouched rats with an amazing sense of smell and are too light to detonate the mines. These rats are indigenous to Africa and can be fed local food , bred locally, and are already used to the terrain. Land that is reclaimed from the invisible dangers of warfare can be used by the community as farmland, parks, and school yards. APOPO effectively makes the unknown safe again.
South Africa: The Play Pump
Clean drinking water is a scarce resource often in short supply in poor and developing nations. When Europeans tried to colonize Africa hundreds of years ago they brought seeds and tried to replicate the eucalyptus and pine forests of Europe. These invasive plants disturbed and destroyed wetlands and creeks and disrupted the balance of the African water table. Fetching water is often done by women of the family who walk miles to the nearest hand pump. Here they tap shallow polluted wells and lug 40 pound containers of tainted water back to their families. Trevor Field is a retired advertising executive that teamed up with an inventor to bring clean drinking water to rural communities and villages in need.
Together they developed the play pump. The play pump resembles a merry-go-round and can provide clean drinking water for approximately 2500 people daily. When children turn the merry-go-round clean groundwater is pulled up through pipes and into a water tower. Locals can fill containers of clean water much closer to their homes. The play pump is installed at a school and is usually a central gathering place of the community.
Trevor founded PlayPumps International and has received 16.4 million dollars from an Laura Bush and the Clinton Initiative. Hip-hop artist Jay-Z had a "Water for Life" tour and raised a significant sum, and other organizations have provided Playpumps several more million. Playpumps international plans to expand to many more villages and countries.
Mexico: The Business of Saving Trees
The destruction and deforestation of natural landscapes is a growing atrocity witnessed first hand by millions. World conferences and environmentalists from developed nations have created the concept of purchasing carbon offsets as an alternative to actually reducing pollution. Many multinational corporations favor such an approach because it is a fairly cheap, simple way to say they are being environmentally friendly without ever changing their manufacturing processes.
Pati Ruiz Corzo is an environmentalist and director of the Sierra Gordo Biosphere Reserve. She realized that rural people were suffering because of slash and burn deforestation and development. Her commitment was recognized by the Mexican national government 11 years ago and the Sierra Gordo was declared a protected region. The Sierra Gorda is called a biosphere, and not a reserve because people inhabit it. Many of these rural people are very poor but are now receiving stipends for keeping trees growing on their land as opposed to farming it. Non-profits in the first world, such as bay area based Earth Island Institute, collect donations from private companies and individuals seeking to offset their carbon footprints.
Most of the people of the Sierra Gorda are very poor, but opportunities are beginning to surface due to Corzo's work. The thriving forest is a popular destination for "eco-tourists" wishing to visit. Local shops for artisans and lodges for tourists are providing more income the people of Sierra Gorda.
Lisa Huey
English 1A
9:00-9:50
27 April 2010
Response to 3 social entrepreneurs:
1) Vietnam: Wheels of change
Roads in Vietnam are not suitable for the handicap. To make the lives of the handicap easier, Ralf Hotchkiss and Toan built the Rough Rider. The rough rider wheelchair is easier to move around in and safer to use. It can withstand just about any obstacle. Ralf raises money and gives out wheelchairs to the ones more desperate. It was his idea to make the rough rider wheelchairs cheaply and affordable to purchase and to fix.
2) Mexico- The business of Saving trees
Global Warming is caused by everyday human activities. Pati Corzo, the director of Sierra gorda Biosphere reserve, raised global warming awareness around the village. She helped create jobs and help the environment. Trees were planted to absorb some of the cO2. people were paid to turn their land into forests and by planting trees. This helps the environment and revives the community.
3)Tibet: Eye Camp
Tibet has the highest rate of untreated cataracts. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world. It is hard for Tibetans to have access to Chinese hospitals to be seen. Dr. Marc Lieberman, the leader of the Tibet Vision Project, travels from hospital to hospital to train doctors minor cataract surgery. At "eye camp", 300 patients were seen and 100 were selected for operation. Patients were not aware of the Sun's harmful UV rays and were given sunglasses to protect their eyes.
Ahu Yildirim
Prof. Sabir
English 1A (9 – 9:50am)
25 April 2010
Response to three Frontline World Assignments
#1-> India: Design Like u Give a Damn
1)Purnima McCutcheon is profiled as social entrepreneur.
2)She identified the destroyed village after tsunami in 2004 such as lack of sources for living, extremely hard living conditions, no houses.
3) The name of organization is “Architecture for Humanity”.
4)The founders of his organization are talented architectures the most who want to help people and work for humanity. They have a very close friendship with the community. They help people to build community centers, schools, hospitals, houses. They help to build civilization.
5)The local component is to build the building which will answer the need of community there.
6)The community has options. They can help the design and ask for change in the drawings, if they don’t like it. Architectures work adopts the community’s character. After all drawing is done, community help to build the projects for their civilization.
#2-> Vietnam: Wheels of Change
1)Ralf Hochkiss and Mark Krizack are profiled as social entrepreneurs.
2)They identified the difficulties of disable people’s with their wheel chairs. Ralf is an engineer, he uses his knowledge to create a new design wheel chair which is able to work well on rocky roads and dirt which he named “Ruff Rider”.
3)The name of organization is called Whirlwind Wheelchairs Inc.
4)They want to help disable people who are having hard time to get around because of the though conditions of the road in developing countries. Mark visits the community often while Ralf trying to improve the design of the wheelchairs. Ralf is also a disabled man who has a drive to help people like him self.
5)They believe disabled people needs chance to get around well, live and enjoy the life. They are trying to improve those people’s difficulties of living conditions.
6)The community tries to give away wheel chairs as much as they can because those chairs are expensive and hard to effort in developing countries.
#3-> India: A New Life
1)Father Thomas Koshy is profiled as social entrepreneur.
2)He identified homeless children who have no opportunity to get education and teaches to turn recyclables into money to provide medicine for poor people.
3)The name of organization is called “New Life Children’s Home.”
4)They work closely with the community to reach out for more children to get them off street life.
5)The organization tries to provide shelter and education for those poor children in India. They try to reach out for more children to get them off street life and provide them a medical care.
6)The community supports the organization and helps them to reach out for more children to take them out from the dirty and ugly street life to safer and nicer environment. They already helped more than 25,000 children.
Victor Ani
Ms. Sabir
English 1A
26 April 2010
Frontline World Responses
“Mexico: The Business of Saving Trees”
The social entrepreneur profiled is Pati Ruiz Corso. The problem Pati identified was that she wanted to save the forest and create a new livelihood for the people. The name of the organization they started is called the Sierra Gorda Project. They have decided to address this issue because the people that live there were corrupting the place by throwing garbage on the river when the water comes which took the items to the dam and Pati did not like the way the Sierra Gorda progressed. The key was to protect the existing trees and planting new ones. The community tree planting project is owned by men the government pays to turn their land into a forest. They are continuously planting new trees. Trees fight global warming and carbon off-setting is a way to make up for the pollution accumulated.
Victor Ani
Ms. Sabir
English 1A
26 April 2010
Frontline World Responses
“Mexico: The Business of Saving Trees”
The social entrepreneur profiled is Pati Ruiz Corso. The problem Pati identified was that she wanted to save the forest and create a new livelihood for the people. The name of the organization they started is called the Sierra Gorda Project. They have decided to address this issue because the people that live there were corrupting the place by throwing garbage on the river when the water comes which took the items to the dam and Pati did not like the way the Sierra Gorda progressed. The key was to protect the existing trees and planting new ones. The community tree planting project is owned by men the government pays to turn their land into a forest. They are continuously planting new trees. Trees fight global warming and carbon off-setting is a way to make up for the pollution accumulated.
“Vietnam: Wheels of Change”
The social entrepreneur profiled is Ralf Hotchkiss and Mark krizack. The problem identified was to create country roads that were not fit for the handicap. The name of the organization was called the Whirlwind Wheelchairs Corporation. Mark brought designs all the way from San Francisco State and he never charged for them as well. Ralph travel’s to Vietnam fluently from time to time and has brought the Rough Rider wheelchair to many countries through partnerships. Ralph is helping the disabled to move around easier as he is America. It is very hard to move around in third world countries. The community owns the process because they have teamed up with a local business to design and put the Rough Rider wheelchairs out for the disabled for more comfort and better feel. Some wheelchairs are even being given away for free because some are not able to work and pay for them.
“South Africa: The Play Pump”
The social entrepreneur identified is Trevor Field. The problem identified was to create a play pump for the people to have fresh clean water instead of the hand pumps with polluted water. It is also much easier for the people to get their water. Trevor installs most of the play pumps school grounds. Trevor teamed up with an inventor to bring clean drinking water to rural communities and villages in need. When children play on the play pump clean water is pulled up through pipes and into a water tower. Trevor wants to expand to other countries and bring play pump to neighboring countries. He wants to put one thousand pumps in every country. World Bank recognized the play pump as one of the best new grass routes technologies. The play pumps at school and is usually a central gathering place of the community. Trevor founded Play Pumps International and has received 16.4 million dollars from Laura Bush. Play pumps became a celebrity cause for people such as Jay Z who raised $400,000 through his hip hop for life tour in Africa. The goal is to raise more money so that the play pumps can be distributed throughout the world especially for countries in heavy need.
Summera Farooq
4/28/10
English 1A
Professor Wanda Sabir
Mon-Thurs 8-8:50
3 Frontline World assignments
#1I watched the video about Trevor Field. In South Africa they put pump and the kids play pump and bring up water for people. It is also like a game for kids to play and get water. There is no water for the people so pumping is a great way for them. The organization name is care foundation and MCJ foundation. The organization is raising million dollars, and still working in the field. In South Africa only the kids and the women were getting water from a hole, so he decided to give them the opportunity to get clean water. Making money, having foundations raise money to help and also a hip hop artist Jay-Z supported them through his “Later of Life’ concert tour he people are giving and raising money for poor people.
#2 In this video the social entrepreneur profiled is Luis Szaran Paraguay sounds of hope helped exchange the lives of poor and mistreated children. The name of the organization is sonidos de la Tierra. It helps children through music for Paraguay villages some of the communities being transferred by the music. The poor children start a free music program. They listen to some famous musicians. Music schools an the communities are coming together and going to other five countries.
#3 The next video I watched was about Father Thomas Koshy. In India a new life. They are getting money from collecting recycle stuff and buy stuff with the money. The organization is named new life children’s name or Bevan Bala. The relationship with the community is to take kids to safety and shelter like places there are so many homeless kids and adults in the street so the Vijayawada’s major asked him to start a homeless shelter. The kids can have a better life and somewhere safe to stay rather than sleeping in the streets. By donation and helping about twenty five thousands kids are saved by the organization.
These people are a great gift for the poor people. They are helping them and providing opportunities for them to live in a better world. I love all the videos that I‘ve watched. Also we can learn from them and help around our community by volunteering.
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Professor Sabir
29 April 2010
1.Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
Mimi Silbert
2.What problem did the person profiled identify?
She helps crackheads, jailbirds, and other losers.
3.What is the name of the organization they started?
Delancey Street (More like Delenquancy Street)
4.Describe their relationship to the community that they serve?
She takes care of the trash on the streets. Everyone benifits from that.
• Why they decided to address this ssue?
This line of work make her happy. Why does anyone do anything?
5.What is the local component?
You don't have to look far to find a bum hooked on drugs, or an ex-felon on their way back to jail.
6.How does the community own the process?
The people in the community go there to live and volunteer.
Christopher Kerr
5/2/10
English 1A
9:00-9:50a
The RoughRider wheelchair is an amazing invention seems like at first people weren't really into using it however. The social entrepreneur profiled was a man named Ralf Holchkiss. The problem that was there was weak wheelchairs that didn't allow mobility to people using them. Mostly because of the area the people were living in. The name of the organization is Whirlwind Wheelchair Network. The relationship to the community is a helpful one. With donations of wheelchairs to those who can't afford them and lots of fundraising. The local component seems to be the people that need the wheelchairs. Like the man who was profiled. The community owns the process by making sure those in need of wheelchairs have access to them.
Nseke Ngilbus
professor sabir
ENG 1A
05 may 2010
1.Father Thomas Koshy
2.Southern Indian city of Vijayawada, little children are homeless. The only way that they earn income is buy selling rags, collecting plastic and metal cans, and other little odd jobs.
3. Father Kishy is a Catholic Salesian pries, and Anu Dasaka is a psychologist that started the organization “New Life Children’s Home”
4.They basically decided to address this issue with their intimate knowledge of the community; and take a different stance on helping people get to the shelter homes.
5. the local component is shelters that educated children
6. The organization helps more than 25,000 children. By doing this, they are saving children from the harsh lives of the streets. This is very productive and helpful to the children.
1.Luis Szaran
2. He helps poor people het their lives back. He pretty much redeems them.
3. He is the founder and director of the music program “sonidos de la Tierra.”
4. Through music for Paraguay, he aid people see other communities that have been transferred though music. He has helped a lot of people start a free program for music.
5. There is basically a free music program. He let people listen to free famous music.
6. It helps Music schools, communities coming together and organizing into five other countries.
1.Trevor field
2.His goal is to bring fresh drinking water to millions of Africans because good water is very scarce.
3.care foundation and MCJ foundation.
4.The program is trying to get money so they can help the millions of people in Africa that do not have water. He started because he saw kids and he knew he had to help out.
5. Earning money, having foundations raise money to help. Also hip hop artist Jay-Z also supported through his “Later of Life’ concert tour.
6. They want to continue to raise money, and have people give a helping hand.
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