The looks in the eyes of some of these children, ranging from blank stares to pleading for attention left an impression upon me that is still present today, more than a year after meeting them. They were basically kept clean and fed, and not much else, as staffing was so short that no additional staff was offered them, even though they were clearly in need of some of the simplest interventions, such as love, attention and physical affection. They were isolated from the general population and had little recourse to make an impression on anyone, other than each other. I also believe that those from the general population, who had been starved of opportunity for affection and attention were also placed here, as a result of the affect of such under stimulation.
It is my understanding that MSF has taken actions in the past to assist unwanted children in China, through intervention and then the development of an NGO to assist them in housing and adoption placement, when they had previously been abandoned street children. In your China information, there is a brief explanation of the care MSF provided for these previously unwanted children.
I believe such an intervention could be beneficial in this case as well. Even two more adult caregivers a day and weekly assessments, by medical professionals could appropriately aide these children in their ability to recover from under stimulation affect and possibly to allow them to be more accurately assessed and cared for in a manner that is befitting their varied conditions. Medical intervention to treat more minor designations could also allow these children to be returned to the general population of the orphanage, and possibly be more appropriately cared for and have a lesser chance of living their entire lives...
Clean Water Crisis Introduction Every human being on earth necessitates at least 20 to 50 liters of clean, safe water on an everyday basis for the purposes of drinking, cooking, and basically maintaining themselves to be clean. However, there is a significant need for clean water in countries. In the contemporary setting, statistics indicate that 1 in 9 individuals lack accessibility to clean and safe water (Water.org). There are 844 million people
2 to $44.4 million (NIAID, 2011). The President's proposed 2013 budget also shifts funding around to effectively increase contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 60%, which should indirectly help dengue vector control programs and improve health system infrastructures in developing countries (ASTMH, 2013). Importantly, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation contributed $1.5 billion dollars to this fund (Gates, 2013) and Germany is contributing another billion
However, the Spanish Constitutional Court ruled in 2007 that immigrant workers should be allowed the same working rights as others in Spain, provided they have a valid work permit (Diaz, 1). While this is designed to assist migrant workers, the implementation of the new regulations remains to be enforced. Unemployment among these immigrants is on the rise, as well. While unemployment in Spain for nationals is at an all time
Ebola Outbreak The recent Ebola Outbreak in Africa, killing over nine thousand people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, has clearly illustrated new vulnerabilities in the spread of transmittable diseases. Ten people were treated for the Ebola virus in the United States and the disease was shown to be highly mobile. The U.S. government has responded to the crisis in a number of ways including training for U.S. hospital workers, a
IO and NGOs: Socially and Economically Connecting us Globally In September 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 50,000 deaths in Darfur since the conflict's beginning, mostly by starvation; in October, its head gave an estimate of 71,000 deaths by starvation and disease alone between March and October 2004. Even recently, though the conflict in Sudan no longer dominates the headlines, the conflict is far from over. From January to
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