Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 09:48:50 EST.
The Declaration of Human Rights is a set of “rules” created with the purpose of limiting inhumane actions and sharing common rights that apply to everyone regardless of sex, race or social position. It is of major importance that these ‘rules’ be obeyed, for in such a wild world like ours, doing it is the least we can to make everybody’s life a little bit better.
Created by the United Nations, the Declaration of H ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Friday, October 07, 2005 at 07:03:00 EST.
Nowadays, the police face a very difficult situation in Rio de Janeiro.
The violence and the crime in the city are extremely high and the officers are scared by this situation. Thieves don’t fear the police and act freely in the city and they kill without hesitation.
The result is a scared population and the new behaviour of the policemen. They think that almost everyone is a criminal, sometimes even the innoce ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 01:15:52 EST.
In Brazil there is a lot of violence on the streets and in other places.Today, it is very dangerous to walk on the streets with something expensive because there are too many thieves.
The tourists should be careful. They shouldn´t carry cameras or a lot of money on their pockets.Statistics show us that 6 out of 10 tourists who come to Brazil are robbed. Tourists shouldn´t stop coming to Brazil ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 01:16:06 EST.
Our country is full of problems. One of them is education. Politicians don’t care about the future of Brazilian people so, they don’t invest much in education, schools and universities.
I am one of the few Brazilian teenagers who study in a good school and receive a good education. Many people don’t have the same chance.
If you go to a good school and take it seriously you will have many options in the future b ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 01:16:22 EST.
There are many reasons for the great number of homeless people in Rio. One
of these reasons is money. A minimum wage is not enough to rent or buy
neither an apartment nor a house. There is a lot of migration to Rio from other states but, because of the expensive prices, they end up living in slums.
Another reason is that the public education can't give enough knowledge for a good job that pays well. Als ... Full story
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MAJOR PROBLEM IN BIG CITIES IN BRAZIL
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 01:16:36 EST.
One major problem in big cities in Brazil is the impoverishment of its population and the consequence is the increase of homeless people. They end up living under bridges, in the parks, beaches....
This is the government’s responsibility. They should take care of the homeless people, beacause society is suffering the consequences.The homeless people beg for food and money, stealing sometimes, and so on.
The bi ... Full story
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Social Responsibility and Voluntary Work
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 01:16:53 EST.
Doing voluntary work mirrors the level of social responsibility and commitment of any given country’s population.
The important point to remember, however, is that a volunteer is a citizen that, motivated by the values of participation and solidarity, donates his time, work and talent spontaneously, not expecting any sort of payment in return. A volunteer is moved by ethics and a profound feeling of solidarity, de ... Full story
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The Environment - Dying Oceans
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 01:17:10 EST.
Our oceans are dying. We know more about Mars than we do about deep ocean life. Yet we are destroying it with seabed trawling. “Dead zones” of lifelessness, fishing stocks decimated, whales hunted to extinction. . . Is this the future of our oceans? Not if we act now. They are our oceans and it is our choice. Join us in our global mission to save our seas.
Many sea creatures are killed because of illegal fishing, ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 01:17:27 EST.
Who are the homeless? The homeless are people who don’t have a permanent address or regular residence, which means they live on the streets. The number of homeless people is growing quite fast around the world representing a serious problem to the governments of several countries.
The homeless usually live in parks, shelters, and under bridges. They live there because these are places where they can hide from the ... Full story
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Human Rights and Social Responsibility
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Friday, September 23, 2005 at 08:26:43 EST.
Human rights were created to establish a set of rules everybody in the world should follow and according to which they should live. A set of rules stating everyone’s right to respect; equality; freedom of speech; and equal opportunities for social, cultural and economic growth; among others.
However, in spite of the fact that some of these rights are actually respected, others still aren’t. For example, many black ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Friday, September 23, 2005 at 08:40:44 EST.
In Brazil there is a huge problem related to sexually transmitted diseases. They have been infecting people who don’t protect themselves. How can people avoid such diseases? What are they? What has the government been doing about the problem? Do the programs implemented by the government really help?
The most common diseases are:
Gonorrhea,
Syphilis,
AIDS,
Hepatitis B,
Chlamydia,
Genital louse
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Social Responsibility and Animal Protection
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Friday, September 23, 2005 at 08:41:49 EST.
Taking care of animals is important not only for them, but also for us. Suipa works in this area. It is a non – governmental organization (NGO) which was founded in 1943 by Nice da Silveira, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Pascoal Carlos Magno, and Raquel de Queiroz among other prominent figures. Its main purpose is to save abandoned animals.
Suipa is very important to society because it tries to remind men that anima ... Full story
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Volunteer Work-How to Get Involved
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Friday, September 23, 2005 at 08:42:05 EST.
There are many people, places, and organizations that need volunteers. Look around your community and in the phone book to see what programs are there. Call and ask if they need help. Visit your city or town website as it may list volunteer opportunities in your community. Contact your local cultural arts association, student organization, or another association that can point you in the right direction. Ask your lib ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Friday, September 23, 2005 at 08:42:21 EST.
Fashion can contribute to increase social awareness regarding many different issues through a wide range of campaigns. For example, to help people with cancer, Nike created a bracelet called The Livestrong Bracelet. The bracelet costs one dollar and all the money goes to the people with cancer around the world. The first one was yellow and the message “Livestrong” was written on it.
Nowadays there are other bracel ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 12:19:27 EST.
We chose to write about volunteer work because we think it is important to help others, regardless of getting any money in return. Volunteers work for free and for the satisfaction of helping needy people. What they get back is a smile, gratitude, and the good feeling of helping those in need. And, certainly, one day they will reach divine comfort, which is more important than anything else in the world.
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Non-Governmental Organizations
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 12:19:47 EST.
A non-governmental organization is an organization which is independent from the government. It’s a non-profit institution with a political and/or social objective. There are many types of NGOs. Normally, these organizations focus on a specific issue. They can address issues related to the environment, human rights, or the situation of women in third world countries, for example.
There are various methods that ca ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 03:14:17 EST.
During an interview with a dance teacher who takes part in a project at Café Cultural, I realized that I can help others in many different ways. Even through art.
The goal of the project is to invest street children’s time in something useful, to fill their available time with dance classes in a project to give them better opportunities than the ones they have.
The idea for the project came from the dancer ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 03:14:36 EST.
The worst problems teenagers usually have are related to drugs and abortion. Some people think these problems are out of control, but they are wrong. There are a lot of projects around the world that help teenagers facing these problems.
Usually, when teenagers start a relationship, they are immature to talk about their sexual lives. So they end up not knowing their partners as they should. Although the boy and th ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 10:53:40 EST.
Nowadays, men are very ambitious, therefore they only think about the modernization and globalization.With human activities and the disordered occupation of cities, environmental damage has increased sixteen times this last century. Such damage includes pollution of the air, lakes, rivers, seas, visual and noise pollution.
To better understand the real meaning of the word “pollution” we must understand the concept ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 10:53:56 EST.
Homelessness isn’t a “problem” just in poor countries because in many countries there are poor people. A Homeless isn’t just a person without a house to live. It’s a person without a reason to have a good life to try to take a job.
This is the social problem that all politicians promise to solve by giving oportunities, houses and other things but they are just promises and never come true.
It’s horrible ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 10:54:13 EST.
We have many kinds of violence in Brazil: the racism, the prejudice and others but we only remember the violence when we are robbed or when we are mistreated by the “street violence!”.
How can we fight violence? With peace.When we try to solve this problem with more violence, things get much worse.
And how can we make peace? We need to respect the poor people .Prejudice is an enemy of the peace, so we need to ... Full story
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Social Responsibility and the Preservation of the Environment
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 11:12:02 EST.
In our opinion, social responsibility is closely related to making the world a more natural place for everyone to live through the preservation of the environment.
There are a lot of Non-Governmental Organizations like WWF, S.O.S. Mata Atlântica, and Green Peace committed to this goal. All of them are currently developing projects in Brazil. S.O.S. Mata Atlântica, a Brazilian NGO, for example, focuses on ... Full story
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Being Socially Responsible Implies Helping People Overcome Problems
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 11:12:17 EST.
Human beings are destroying their lives taking drugs. Drugs generate violence and bring a lot of problems to the lives of users. We think the government has proved incapable of fighting the problem and providing real assistance to drug addicts and their families. But one possible solution has been thought by people through Non-Governmental Organizations. We will focus on the work developed by C.T.Viva to help drug ad ... Full story
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Social Responsibility and Volunteer Work
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 11:12:35 EST.
Being socially responsible implies joining non-governmental organizations as a volunteer. It is only a matter of personal willingness.
Saúde Criança Renascer is a Non-Governmental Organization which has its origin in the indignation of a group of doctors who work at Lagoa Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, who discovered that 60% of the children at the hospital often came back with the same illness.
They forme ... Full story
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Social Responsibility and Volunteer Work
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 11:12:52 EST.
In order to show one is really socially committed, he ⁄ she should join a non-governmental organization as a volunteer. They do a great job helping people and assisting underprivileged communities. Becoming another helper is only a matter of personal choice.
We, teen-agers should help as well. Nearly 35.3% of all volunteers working at more than 1,300 NOGs in over 107 countries in the world are between 15 ... Full story
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Social Responsibility and Educational Campaigns
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 11:13:08 EST.
Educational campaigns reveal people’s social commitment. They are devised to educate human beings concerning issues like education in the transit, safe sex, and other key topics. These campaigns aren’t recent and good results are obtained through them.
Educational campaigns are devised not only for poor people, but also for the upper classes. A lot of campaigns with different objectives are made, but a very import ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:45:08 EST.
The homeless people don’t have money to buy food or clothes. They don’t have a home and they usually don’t have a family that can help them. Frequently they live in the streets. They ask for money to buy food and some of them are crazy. They talk to themselves because they feel lonely. Most of them are ill, dirty and hopeless.
It’s too sad to see homeless people when nobody helps them. The government can help the ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:46:00 EST.
Animals are living things, like us. We need to have in mind that the planet isn’t just ours. The third biggest corruption is of animals, and day after day, 300 species of them disappear in the world. There are 10 million species in the world, but we just know of 1, 4 million of them.
They are disappearing, because of the destruction of their habitats, and corruption too. The panda, the tiger, Mongolian horses, tur ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:46:17 EST.
Education is very bad in Rio and there are many people who don’ t study. Illiterate people.
The public schools are terrible. There aren’ t good chairs, tables, teachers and other things, like school objects. Teachers often go on strike.
There aren’t many computers, TVs and some schools don’t have black boards.
But there are public universities and they are very good, but it is very difficult to get into a ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:46:43 EST.
Among many Brazilian social problems, violence is the one that most worries the population. It provokes fear and insecurity. From 1992 to 1999, robbery for exemple, increased 40%. It is happenning everywhere, even at daylight.
Every day hundreds of people are victims of some kind of violence ( kidnapping, shooting) and 10% of them die every day in Rio.
Criminality is higher in big cities, but today it is i ... Full story
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HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE STREETS
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:46:59 EST.
Nowadays, there are a lot of homeless people in streets. They don’t work and they make money by begging because they think it’s better than working. But, how can we help them to change this situation?
If we give them money, they’ll spend on drinks and drugs. If we give them food, the problem will stop today, but tomorrow it’ll come back. So the answer is: we should pay taxes for the government,which should offer ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:47:16 EST.
The health system in Brazil is terrible. People have to wait for long hours in the lines to be taken care of in the public hospitals. On T.V. programmes we see people dying in the lines. We think this is ridiculous, because the Brazilian poor people should have health insurance, like the rich people, if they had this, they would be taken care of in the private hospitals.
We think the government should see how bad ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:47:32 EST.
One of the most important problems in Rio de Janeiro is the health system.
The hospitals aren’t prepared to give support to the population. The lack of medicine in major hospitals affects the population.
It happens due to the large number of needy people. Besides, there aren’t enough doctors and nurses in the hospitals and in the emergency centers.
One of the reasons for the big queues is the lack of educat ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:48:28 EST.
The Fome Zero (Hunger Zero) program is a public policy that wants to solve the hunger problem and social exclusion.
This question is a Brazilian program and not a localized problem.
It helps needy people giving food to them.
There are other projects inside Fome Zero. For example, the Bolsa Família, that is being adopted in other countries.
My opinion is that the government should continue with this ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:48:48 EST.
Brazil is a very beautiful country, but it is a country which has social problems. Poverty is a big problem, which preoccupies Brazilians.
In Brazil there is a big number of poor people: homeless and hungry. The government tries to compensate that situation, by creating social projects like “Fome Zero”(Hunger Zero) and others.
That poverty has as a consequence, the violence, which is another social problem. ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:51:39 EST.
The number of homeless people in Brazil is very big. Brazil is a country where the social differences are very big. There are rich people , middle class and poor people who live in slums and those who live in very poor houses or live in the streets.
This situation is really terrible because the government is trying to make so many projects to help these people but the number of them who live in the streets is so ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:51:54 EST.
We have many kinds of violence in Brazil: racism, prejudice; and other things but we only remember the violence when we are robbed or when we are mistreated by the “street violence!”
How can we fight violence? With peace, because when we try to solve this problem with more violence things get much worse.
And how can we make peace? We need to respect the poor; prejudice is the enemy of peace, so we need to ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 01:57:18 EST.
In the past, Rio de Janeiro used to be a nice and calm town but this has changed. Nowadays, this nice and calm town became a dangerous and violent place to live. People are being robbed all the time, easily mugged in the streets. There’s no peace outside, people can’t go for a night walk. Violence is waiting for you outside.
This violence started when people from other cities began coming to Rio, and finding not ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 02:29:56 EST.
History has shown that human beings have always utilized all of the Earth’s resources.
The human beings are what they are today due to the resources that our planet gave to us.
Humans have always improved themselves using natural resources, which took us away from the dark age, and brought us to a modern, comfortable life.
Today, we’ve got a fine life, but we must have in mind that the planet will not be ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 02:30:11 EST.
Nowadays, there are too many hungry people in the streets because they don't have enough money to pay for a house, food and this type of thing.
These problems are happening because of high tecnology and because of the fact that we live in an unequal society. Each one has more than the other.
We can help these people by taking part in some social projects, and giving them an opportunity to get a job and have a ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 02:30:26 EST.
In Brazil there are many pick pockets that steal wallets on the streets. Usually they rob tourists. They always steal cell phones, money, watches and other things.
If you go to some dangerous places in Brazil you will see pick pockets everywhere, this is a bad thing for Brazil because many tourists don’t want to come here because of the violence.
Pick pockets normally don’t have a family so they live in ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 02:43:49 EST.
Have you ever thought about how important it is to help people? Do you care about them?There are a lot of people that you could help and you should! You must realise that you could be one of those people.
There are many ways to help people who need opportunities to have a decent life.We must understand that every one will help but in different ways, we found ours, you must find yours.
We know that giving money ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 02:44:08 EST.
Health is an important and positive factor for humanity nowadays, but there are many health problems as well. They happen because of poverty and other causes.The government should invest in health to increase life expectancy.
The health situation in Brazil is terrible. Public hospitals in Brazil aren’t well equipped and there isn’t enough room for everyone. People with emergency cases wait for months to be attende ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 02:44:22 EST.
Many people live in the streets nowadays because there aren’t enough jobs. What can we do to change that?
We could make all the children go to school so that they can find a job in the future.
We can participate in projects with NGOs that help homeless people, giving them love, showing care...
Governments should create good schools for those who can’t pay for private schools
Our school helped an NGO that ... Full story
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Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 02:44:34 EST.
Education is one of the most important things in the world. Lots of people don’t have access to a good education and that is a problem. Those that can’t get a good education are poor most of the times.
Some of those who don’t attend schools become thieves, drug dealers or have very bad jobs.
There are lots of people who can’t have access to higher education. Brazilian President Lula is one of them.
If peopl ... Full story
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