Tasneem alloo's Blog (25)

EPISODE 1: High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds

Scene 1: In a typical household in the city of Lusaka, a 10 year old girl sitting beside a bed of her two dying parents. Their bodies lying lifeless with very little flesh on them. Deep in thought, her question remains, what would become of her and her life?

Scene 2: A man reading a paper on the streets with a headline stating ' AIDS takes over the country.' His…

In 2020, i imagine that in my country Zambia, the flu pandemic affects majority of the community. My aim in this situation would be to help deal with this problem in the area of schools and how teachers can help reduce the spread of this disease. My choice of area is purely due to the fact that through public and private schools, children may get affected and this may lead to the quickest spread of the disease. With the help of staff, teachers, trained nurses and scientists online,…

By analysing the 5 aspects on how to manage a crisis situation, the secret of managing panic in a pandemic caught my interest. Panic refers to the loss of social order within an individual. People are running around doing what they believe is self-protective. They do so to deal with the crisis and this affects the overall social order in the community. Dorri Reisman states that journalists should be cautious as to how they report a pandemic as this has the effect of creating things…

My idea of a physical object that could be passed on from generations by indigenous people would be paintings that tell a story of the culture of a particular tribe. The paintings will be on a wood board and in form of dot paintings. For instance, Zambia is made of many different cultures which are primarily based on the Bantu culture and mixed with european influences. Popular traditional arts are mainly in pottery, basketry, stools, fabrics, mats, wooden carvings, ivory carvings,…

By carrying out the analysis of projects, the project for 'the participatory process of facilitating the organization of community based groups' in Zambia caught my particular interest. Initially, the Government of the Republic of Zambia initiated the Luangwa integrated resource development project in 1987 with funding from Norwegian Government. The main object of the project was to improve the living standards of the people through sustainable use of the full range of both the human…

CARE has responded to Zambia’s food security crisis with particular focus on building the capacity of groups, through the C-FAARM1 initiative.C-FAARM stands for the Consortium for Food Security, Agriculture and Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Resiliency and Markets.…

Tens of millions of people across more than half the states in sub-Saharan Africa need urgent food aid, but the causes are often complex and varied. Food crises were once primarily triggered by natural disasters like droughts. But according to research by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, man-made causes are increasingly to blame. These include conflict and poor governance, as well as HIV/Aids. From this analysis, it is possible that in future, zambia could possibly suffer from a…

During my holiday in Zambia, i managed to undertake this challenge within my community. I reside near a community islamic school that helps the community in providing primary and secondary school education. Furthermore, the institution helps to train future prospective teachers that can contribute to the organisation. the institution recently received 15 computers as a donation from an arab owned organisation in Saudi Arabia. I, with a group of friends, hosted an afternoon seminar to…

From my research, i identified the organization created In Afghanistan for women by empowering them through different sport activities. sporting activities include soccer, hockey and volleyball among others. UNICEF, the Bamyan Provincial Department of Women's Affairs and the local Youth Information and Contact Centre (YICC) joined forces to promote girls' empowerment through sport – by organizing an all-female football match. The aim of the organization is to help women who have gone…

The alternative form of transaction that I made this week was through barter. Being at home currently, I with other community members got together and created a market for local

produce. The produce if wanted to be purchased, needed to be exchanged with

other produce grown by community members. Most women brought to the market…

Ivey, a computer programmer based in Alabama, questioned: What if people could transfer money over Twitter for next to nothing, simply by typing a username and a dollar amount? Just a decade

ago, the idea of moving money that quickly and…

Zambia is currently going through a crises wherein the country is suffering from excessive rain and floods having hit most of the rural and urban areas. This has led to many problems such as an outbreak in

diseases as they is lack of access to clean water. My aim was to look for an

organization that assisted with this disaster and see what they are doing to

help. One of the main help that seems evident is the help given by the…