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1 Concern Worldwide Education Resources 2012/13

2 Introduction The education resources contained in this booklet have been developed primarily for use across a number of subject areas in the Secondary School curriculum. The content of each resource deals with issues related to global development and are ideally suited for classroom use. Finding our Voice: A Transition Year resource on debating development This 64 page resource is an informative and engaging introduction to debate for Transition Year students. Based on nearly 30 years of running the Concern Debates competition Finding our Voice is a practical, hands on guide to debating, filled with FINDING FINDING classroom activities and inspiring tips (including how to debate OUR VOICE VO OICE like Barack Obama). With debating being increasingly recognised as an important skill for secondary students this resource provides students with the opportunity to learn the many facets of debate while taking on some of the world s biggest issues. Finding our Voice is an NCCA approved TY module. (Resource produced September 2012) 10 A TRANSITION RA ANS SIITION IT TIO ON YEAR YEAR R RESOURCE ESOURCE OURCE URCE RC CE DEBATING WORLD ON ND DEBA DEB EB BATING TIING W OR ORLD RL RLD LD DEVELOPMENT DE DEVELO DEVELOP EL LOPMENT PM MENT MENT T Debating Aid: A Development Education Resource This resource explores development aid and the various debates around it, from the values basis behind aid to the history of development aid and some of its major defences and criticisms. Produced by 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World. 10 Cause and Effect: 4 Stories on HIV & AIDS In 2011, year olds accounted for 40% of all new adult HIV infections around the globe verifying that HIV and AIDS education is extremely important in secondary education. Knowledge about HIV is the first step to avoiding its transmission. This resource pack and accompanying video cover key aspects of HIV & AIDS including stigma, prevention & testing, access to treatment, and living positively. Cause and Effect comes with full lesson plans, a highly acclaimed video and student handouts. (Produced August, 2012) 10 2

3 The continued neglect of local agriculture, previous season, I harvested 30 ongoing chronic poverty, high food prices, bundles of millet versus only 11 the threat of serious drought, conflict, the this time, and our reserves are displacement of people and changing climatic already exhausted. patterns have combined together to create an emerging food crisis across the Sahel Region The crisis has now reached in sub-saharan Africa. Today, food insecurity crisis proportions and all major and malnutrition are increasing significantly aid and development agencies with more than 16 million people directly at risk in the region have appealed for an primarily in 8 countries with Niger being the international emergency response. The situation most at risk. It comes as no surprise that those was described by the U.N. s High Commissioner most at risk are the poor, the elderly, the very for Refugees, Antonio Guterres in the following young and the vulnerable. terms we badly need to put this crisis on the map because its humanitarian dimension This crisis is but the latest in an ongoing series is becoming extremely, extremely dramatic of crises that have affected the region since the UNICEF has reported that at least 1 million 1970 s with the last occurring in late 2004 and and possibly up to The forces and trends that have combined million children in together to create this looming crisis have, the region face acute, once again, highlighted severe malnutrition, deep-seated problems putting them at risk of and vulnerabilities. death from starvation or disease. Of these, about Abdou Garba, a farmer 330,000 children are in from Tarna, a small Niger, some 208,000 village in the Maradi are in northern Nigeria, region of South Central 178,000 are in Mali and Niger explains the 127,000 are in Chad. realities behind the The figures, which also cold statistics: Now, cover Burkina Faso, we eat once a day Mauritania, northern rather than having three Senegal and northern Cameroon, don t even meals. Tarna s Chief, include Sudan or South Sudan, where ongoing Ali Galadima adds to conflicts are also fuelling the humanitarian the story We are crisis. hungry and our animals are hungry: the crisis of 2005 is repeating itself. Carol Morgan, Regional Director of Concern The basic grains in the village (millet and corn) Worldwide notes that the United Nations now began to grow well but then the rain came to estimates that upwards of one million children a brutal stop for two months and the heat burnt are at extreme risk of severe acute malnutrition everything. across this arid belt of land along the Sahara. Even in non crisis years, 645,000 children die This has resulted in the harvest now being in the Sahel, and 35 per cent of those deaths are about one-third what it should have been and linked to malnutrition. It is an outrage in the 21st many farmers have been unable to harvest century, but it will not change until the underlying anything of significance. One farmer, Mamane causes of cyclical food security crises are fully Garba paints the stark reality - during the addressed. Concern Worldwide Education Resources 2012/13 Food Crises in the Sahel: The food crises that refuse to go away A six page resource for geography or any subject area interested in the on-going food crises that plague the Sahel Region of Africa. The 2012 crisis is but the latest in a series that has affected the region since the 1970s with the last occurring in late 2004 and The forces and trends that have combined together to create this looming emergency have, once again, highlighted deep seated problems and vulnerabilities. The resource summarises the situation across the eight most affected countries in the region, debates the causes for the on-going nature of the crises and presents realistic solutions to ending the cycle of poverty and hunger. (Resource produced in August 2012) 3 FOOD CRISIS IN THE SAHEL THE CRISIS THAT REFUSES TO GO AWAY...it will not change until the underlying causes of cyclical food security crises are fully addressed. We are hungry and our animals are hungry: the crisis of 2005 is repeating itself. 80:20 Development in an Unequal World, 2012 Edition An in-depth but accessible book suitable for anyone interested in learning more about development issues, including teachers, youth leaders, senior cycle students, undergraduates, and participants in the Concern Debates. Published by 80:20, Educating and Acting for a Better World. 6 th Edition with accompanying CD of photos, activity sheets, workshop tips etc. 310 pages. 20 Living in the Hollow of Plenty: Hunger Pack Living in the Hollow of Plenty is an informative resource highlighting the main hunger hotspots and addressing such issues as who are the world s hungry and why does hunger persist. The pack consists of a Map and Briefing Pages and is ideally suited to the Geography syllabus specifically in the context of the Global Interdependence module. (Resource produced September, 2012) 5 3

4 Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, 2007 Active Citizenship Department, Concern Worldwide Climate Change Resource Concern Worldwide Education Resources 2012/13 Development Issues A series of 4 page information sheets on key development issues including Overseas Aid (Aid Works), Hunger (Ending Hunger), an overview of Concern Worldwide and a series of profiles about the countries where Concern works. Keep an eye out for additional development issues and country profiles during the school year. FREE to order or download on World Hunger This resource is intended for anyone interested in learning about hunger and increasing their understanding of the international efforts to end it. It also highlights Concern Worldwide s approach to tackling hunger using examples and case studies. Suitable for senior cycle students, participants in the Concern Debates, undergraduates and anyone else with an interest in development issues. 53 pages. 10 Child Labour Child Labour is divided into seven comprehensive sections with pie charts, well laid out diagrams, maps and information boxes for use by teachers, students and general readers. This resource is for anyone interested in learning about child labour and how to take action against it. 44 pages. 10 Climate Change This 28 page resource focuses on 3 key issues regarding climate change; understanding climate, consequences of Climate Change, particularly in the developing world, and International Agreements on Climate Change. It also addresses the question of 'what can be done?'. This resource is best suited to Geography and CSPE. 5 Climate Change We have a message here to tell these countries that you are causing aggression to us by causing global warming 4

5 The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery By Development Education Department, Concern Worldwide Geography Resource Concern Worldwide Education Resources 2012/13 Give Credit to the Poor Microcredit is a revolution in banking which is helping to open up financial services to poor people around the world. Developed by Concern in conjunction with the Irish League of Credit Unions. This resource book and the accompanying DVD are suitable for transition year, CSPE, business studies and geography teachers and their students. Includes student worksheets. 32 pages. 5 Combating Desertification 24 pages in length, the resource has 3 core sections on defining and understanding desertification; its impact and consequences on biodiversity and what we can do (with many practical examples). It includes a broad range of facts and information plus student worksheets with answers. Suited for geography syllabus. 5 Combating Desertification What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well Writing Tips This handy guide is for anyone thinking of entering the annual Concern Creative Writing Competition and covers a number of quick tips on writing style, structure and researching development issues. FREE to order or download on Concern Writing Competition Writing Tips Website Resource is a development and human rights education website maintained by a consortium of organisations based in Ireland including Concern. It contains a broad range of materials exploring a variety of development issues and topics in accessible and highly informative ways. Ideally suited for all subject areas. 5

6 CONCERN WORLDWIDE ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2011 Concern s core values derive e from a single central value: extreme poverty must be targeted. Concern Worldwide Education Resources 2012/13 Dispatches from the Developing World A compilation of the winning articles and extracts from 2011 writing competition which included 800 entrants from 37 countries. Entrants were asked to imagine they were a foreign correspondent working in the developing world for a newspaper and writing a 1000 word article on one of three topics; Living on less than $2 a day in the developing world, The future of a child born today in the developing world, and Lessons we can learn from the developing world. See for more information and to order by Paypal Dear President Obama and Mr Secretary General, Ladies and Gentlemen Collections of the winning and shortlisted letters from the Concern Worldwide 2009 and 2010 Writing Competitions. See for more information and to order by credit card. See for more information and to order by Paypal Concern Annual Report 2011 Concern s award winning annual report is available to download on line at The report is a clear, colourful and in-depth description of Concern s work across 25 countries in the Developing World. For further information on any of the resources contact the Active Citizenship Unit on , resources@concern.net or visit our website 6

7 To order any of the resources contained in this booklet please photocopy this form, complete and send to the address below. Name: Address to send resources to: School/Organisation: Phone: Resource Living in the Hollow of Plenty: Hunger Map Produced Sept 2012 Food Crises in the Sahel: The food crises that refuse to go away Produced Aug 2012 Cause and Effect: 4 Stories on HIV & AIDS Produced Aug 2012 Finding our Voice: A transition year resource on debating development. Produced Sept 2012 Debating Aid World Hunger Climate Change Combating Desertification Give Credit to the Poor (Microcredit) (Book and CD) 80:20 Development in an Unequal World (Book and CD ROM) Development Issues set of four-page resource sheets on various development issues and countries Selection of posters and maps depending on availability Writing Tips: covering the writing process, prewriting strategies, editing, with quick tips on style, structure, research and the marking scheme for the writing competition Dispatches from the Developing World - compilation of the winning articles and extracts from 2011 Concern Writing Competition Dear President Obama and Mr Secretary General, Ladies and Gentlemen collections of the winning and shortlisted letters from 2009 & 2010 Concern Writing Competition Code (for office use) DVRM12-01/016 DVRM12-01/017 DVRM12-01/018 DVRM12-01/015 DVRM12-01/014 DVRM12-01/011 DVRM12-01/013 DVRM12-01/001 Price per Item Free. Also available for download. Free. Also available for download. Free. Also available for download Number Required Subtotal DVRM11-01/004 Post and 15% TOTAL Total Price Payment can be made by sending this form along with a cheque or postal order to: Active Citizenship Unit, Concern, 52 Camden Street, Dublin 2 or by to resources@concern.net or fax to with Laser/Credit Card details below: Type of Card: Card Number: Expiry date: Security Code (Credit Cards only): Name on card: Address associated with card:

8 Concern Worldwide Education Resources 2012/13 'Doing' Development Posters: a series of posters highlighting some of the key steps in Concern s long-term development programmes which include; Start by listening Be there when it counts Respect local know how Recognise potential Find your voice Visit for more details, order forms, and free to download resources. Keep up to date Get the most up to date news from Concern Active Citizenship and Concern Debates on Twitter To find out more about Concern s work visit Facebook, Flickr and You Tube Active Citizenship Unit Concern Worldwide Camden Street, Dublin 2 Ph: (01) Fax: (01) active.citizenship@concern.net resources@concern.net

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