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Proposal Report
SUMMARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
* Why Africa?
WHY SHOULD WE HELP?
* It`s their own fault if they are poor
* Jared Diamond and western (cargo)
* Muhammad Yunus and microcredit
* Ineffective aid
* Unscrupulous people
* The system
* Grameen Bank
* It doesn`t affect us, so why should we care?
* The poor will always be with us
* There is no point in giving aid
* Where does all the money go?
* Africa`s onerous challenges
* Africa`s extreme poverty
* Corruption and poor governance
* Lack of modern values and free market economies
* A population explosion?
* Why not leave it to the United Nations and the world
* The UN
* The governments of the world
* Grassroots movements
THE BENEFITS
THE VENTURE ITSELF
* Adopt a village
* What is needed
* Adopt an educational institute
* How students could be involved
* Forming partnerships and getting funding
* The Earth Institute at Columbia University
* Other partnerships
HOW TO AVOID THE MARIE ANTOINETTE SYNDROME
THE ACTION PLAN
CONCLUSION
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
BCIT AND THE NEW GLOBALIZATION:
A VISION FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM


Prepared for

Dr. Tony Knowles, President
Dr. Elizabeth Theriault, Vice-President Education
Elaine Decker, Associate Dean, Computing and Academic Studies
The Academic Committee, Communication Department
Bev Lowen and Elinor Hudon, Faculty and Staff Association
The British Columbia Institute of Technology
and
Milton Wong, Chancellor
Simon Fraser University

Prepared by
Sheena Ashdown
Instructor, Communication Department

January 3, 2007

The British Columbia Institute of Technology
Burnaby, B.C.

Dedicated to my mother, Jean Ashdown, and to the memory of my dear dad, Bill Ashdown

 


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