Global+Humanitarian+Work+Project

GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN WORK PROJECT Deadline: April 13 at 11:59 p.m  Both text, poster and sound/ video file is to be uploaded to your wikipage. "We're not passengers on Spaceship Earth,  we're the crew.   We're not residents, we're citizens.   The difference in both cases   is RESPONSIBILITY" Rusty Schweickhart, Apollo astronaut =media type="youtube" key="hTlrSYbCbHE" height="219" width="392"media type="youtube" key="WpYeekQkAdc" height="218" width="392" align="right" = =TASK = 1) **Choose** an international humanitarian organisation.

2) **Write** about the organisation in your own words. Include the following information:


 * When, where, how and why was it founded?
 *  What is its purpose? Who does it help? What kind of help does it provide? What are the different programmes, activities, areas of work?
 * Practical information: where are the headquarters, how many offices does it have, where, how many people work for the organisation, how does it raise funds etc.
 *  How can 'ordinary' people contribute to the organisation? Donations? Volunteer work? Fundraising?
 * <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Define the word «humanitarian» in your own words. How can your organisation be described as doing humanitarian work?

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Choose one of your organisation's <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">campaigns and make a **poster** to advertise for it. Make sure to include all the important information about the campaign on the poster.

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) Make a **radio or television** **commercial** <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">advertising one of their campaigns . Include relevant information about the organisation and the campaign:

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- record a sound file (between 1 and 2 minutes) OR record a movie file (1-2 minutes)

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Make sure to list all your **sources**! =<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> USEFUL INFORMATION =

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**List of organisations:**

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">International Committee of the Red Cross <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Doctors without Boarders <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNICEF <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kiva.org <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">CARE <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">World Food Programme <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">OXFAM <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Save The Children <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">World Health Organisation <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Geneva Call <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNESCO <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) can be found here:[] <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">100 Best NGOs (The Global Journal): []

= <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">CURRICULAR AIMS =

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Language and cultural areas** which you will work with:


 * <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**search** for information
 * <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**read** information
 * <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**choose** relevant and important information
 * <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**write** a text
 * <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">use **publishing tools** to create your poster
 * <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">produce a **sound or movie file**

=<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**ASSESSMENT CRITERIA** = <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the text:
<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- the information is relevant <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- the information is presented in a clear way <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- the information is complete <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Level of language; grammar; syntax

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the poster:
<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- The information on the poster is relevant <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- The information is presented in a way that promotes a campaign

<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the sound or movie file:
<span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Your pronunciation is clear and understandable <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- The information you choose is relevant <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- The information is presented in a way that promotes the campaign <span style="background-color: #daf8fb; color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">- The quality of the language is good