MDG 6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & Other Diseases
MDG 6 worksheet
Thembi Ngubane is the students' guide through this study. Ms. Ngubane’s life has been deeply impacted by issues surrounding Millennium Development Goal 6.
December: Youth are introduced to a real life, personal story related to their focus MDG. This first episode provides background information on the featured story-teller and his/her community.
December teacher & student guide
January: Youth learn about the ‘climax’ incident in the featured personal story.
January teacher & student guide
February: Youth connect the issues discussed in the personal story to a larger context.
February teacher & student guide
Concept Map 1 Concept Map 2
March: Youth hear from the featured story-teller on solutions and to their focus MDG an they learn why the story-teller has hope for the future.
March teacher & student guide
Student Work
Nauset Regional High School of Eastham, Massachusetts, USA
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School of Orleans, Massachusetts, USA
Reflections on Thembi Ngubane's story from the curriculum:
Olivia say's "This is amazing how she can get through living like this and be so positive. Her life doesn't seem that effected by it. Some parts of the story seemed a bit confusing, but it made sense in the end."
Nolan say's "I thought the story about aids was very touching, and at least she looks for the positive side. I wish that aids was not going to be in South Africa so much, but I loved how she said that to stop aids in her mind. I also loved that the writing was positive".
Sarah say's "I very much much liked this story and it hurts me to see that there are girls 6that young getting infected with aids and i hope that she finds a way to get through this.
Ally say's "This story was very inspiring because the girl always prayed about how she wasn't going to let the HIV hurt her if she wouldn't hut it. She always kept a positive attitude, even when she knows she is at a risk of dying."
Dylan say's "she is so happy and bubbly even with the circumstances. But she is living life to the fullest and as if she didn't have aids.
Marisa say's "I was so touched by her boyfreinds response to her infecting him. Also it was amazing that their only concern was about not dying together!"
Bishops College of Columbo, Sri Lanka
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Perfect Youth Group of Arusha, Tanzania
Are there any major/common diseases or health concerns in your Community/Country? If So what are they?
-There are several other diseases which are: HIV/AIDS, Cholera, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.
How might these Concerns affect the people of your Community? How might these concerns affect the way in which your community functions?
It effect peoples life as many people are dying, so that led to disability of working capacity,Orphans,lack of skilled labors and Lowering development within our society and community in general.
Are there incidence of HIV/AIDS, malaria or Tuberculosis in your community? Explain
There is a big occurrence of these diseases in our Community, Because Many people are dying which the Above diseases due to poor understand of the people Concerning the Above diseases, that led to the high spread of those diseases.
REFLECT
The Goal 6 is relevant to our Community and we have those problem within our Community.
ACT
According to the Above explaination,It seems that we can be able to combat those diseases after we Provide enough education to the people on the following categories:
How to Cure, Prevent and Proper treatment.
The project which we can think of so as to reach the goal 6 is:
To Establish the Center for treating and advising where by there would be volunteers who will be working there on Different field as Advisories, Doctors etc.
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