Imaginery Story

Imagine that your mother or father arrives home from work one day and tells you that the police are about to arrive to arrest the whole family, because of your family’s religious beliefs.  You are told to pack a small backpack and be ready in 2 minutes. A family friend drives you overland to Darwin where you climb aboard a yacht. Your parents hand over thousands of dollars in cash. Six weeks later the yacht leaves you on a Japanese beach.  Police arrive and take you to a detention centre which is prison and home to refugees like yourself from various parts of the world, all speaking different languages. Only a few other people speak English.  The guards, canteen staff, doctor etc. all speak Japanese.  Your parents tell you that they are applying for refugee status in Japan, which means you will be allowed to live in the country, go to school there and eventually get a job. 

1.      What would you pack in your backpack?

-          Phone,  clothes, money, iPod, toiletries

2.      What would you miss most if you had to leave your home, your school, Australia?

-          Family, friends, my dog, freedom

3.      What would be some of the problems of living in a detention centre in a foreign country?

-          You would not understand what everyone around you is talking about; you would not know how they live their normal life so you wouldn’t be able to fit in.

4.      What would be the biggest challenges for you if you and your family were accepted as refugees?

-          Learning the language, making new friends, learning the way of life

5.      Why is this ‘imagine’ story a very unlikely one?

-          It is unlikely because in Australia no one is judged or disrespected based on their religion.

Refugees

1) Are outside their country of nationality or their usual country of residence
2) are unable or unwilling to return to that country due to a well founded fear of being prosecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationalilty, membership of a particular social group or polictical opinion.

United Nations

Article 1: Right to equality before the law

Article 2: In this declaration everyone is entitled to all rights and freedoms, without difference of race, colour, sex, religion, language..

Article 3: Everyone has the right to live in freedom and safety
Article 4: Slavery is prohibited in all forms

Article 5: No one has the right to torture someone

Article 7: Right to equality

Article 8: Right to remedy by compontent tribunal

Articke: 15: RIght to nationataly

Article 16: Right to marriage and family

Article 18: Freedom of belief and religion

What are Human Rights?

Human rights are the rights and freedoms that we all have

In the UK:

- Some human rights are based on our physical needs

  The right to life. To food. To shelter.
- Other humans rights protect us

  The right to be free from torture, cruel treatment and abuse

- Human rights are also there to ensure we develop to our fullest potential.

  The right to education. To work. To participate in your comunnity

Everybody has human rights. It doesnt matter who you are, where you coome from, what language you speak or what religion you belong to. You have a duty to respect the rights of others, just as they have a duty to respect yours. Nobody can take your rights away.

Why do human rights matter to me ?

Human rights matter to all of us.


- One child in four is physically abused.

Where do rights come from?

Human rights are base on the values of:

- Dignity and self respect
- Justice and fairness (legal problems)
- Respect and respect for other religions and cultures.
- Equality and justice

Human rights were offically recognised as values by the world when the United Nations was set up.

What is the United Nations?
- The United Nations (UN) is an international organisation that was established in 1945, the year the second world war ended
- Its founder hoped it would be able to prevent castastrophes like the Holecaust from happening in the future.
- So promoting human rights became the aim of the UN, along with maintaining international peace and reducing poverty.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

- The United Nations/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights  (UDHR) is the most famous human rights agreement in the world. It contains 30 human rights.

The Power of One Summary

The Power of One is an influential film made in 1992, it is set during the thirties and forties in South Africa. PK who is the main character is brought up in rural South Africa by his British born widowed mother and his African Zulu Nanny whose son Tonderai is his best friend.

The main themes in this movie is power, depression, self realisation, discrimination, leadership and courage. PK suffers a hard life, where he is sent to a African boarding school, here he is bullied as he is the only English boy. Throughout the movie he loses many people close to him including his mother, chicken, many of his friends and his girlfriend.

This movie made me realise how bad racism is around the world and how many people are treated unequally. It is a good film that shows reality back in the 1930's- 40's.

Millenium Goals

The Millenium Goals were formed in 2000  when leaders from around the world met and decided what the goals would be. The goals were formed to help reduce poverty around the world by 2015.

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Target: Halve the proportion of people living on $1 a day

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Target: By 2015 all children can complete a full course of primary schooling (boys&girls)

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Target: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and at all levels 2015

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Target: Reduce the under five mortality rate between 1990 and 2015

Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Target: Achieve universal access to the reproduction health

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Target: Achieve universal access to treatment for all those who need it by 2010

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Target: Reduce biodiversity by 2010

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
Target: Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing states

Homelessness

What issues does Dave discover?
Dave discovers the life of a homeless person.

How do people become homeless?
People become homeless because of gambling, drugs and money issues.

What are their lives like?

They are called "rough sleepers" they are homeless and trapped. They would get bashed and vandalised by the general public around them. The homeless are desperate and live a very desperate lifestlyle.

Who is helping these people?
Organistations such as Salvo's, Vinnies and Lifeline are helping the homeless by providing shelter, food and warmth such as blankets and sleeping bags.