...without the assistance of my Social Studies teachers. The researcher would like to express sincere gratitude to the residents of Brown’s Hall for their valuable time spent in answering the questionnaires given to them. Introduction This is a course work requirement for the Social Studies C.X.C examination. This School Based Assessment (S.B.A) entails the study and results of a Community of the researcher’s choice Brown’s Hall in St. Catherine, Jamaica. It focuses on a specific social problem that the community is currently experiencing, the cause, effects and solutions of a problem. This project is also in the aid of highlighting the problems that face the residents of the community while ensuring confidentiality. Statement of Problem To what extent does inadequate water supply affects the residents of my community? Research Questions 1. What is the level of efficiency of water supply in my community? 2. What is the cause of inadequate water supply in my community? 3. What are some of the effects of inadequate water supply in my community? 4. What are some of the solutions that can be implemented to change the level of water supply in my community? Reason for Selecting the Area of Research This area of research was chosen because over the past fifteen (15) years the researcher has been living in the community of Brown’s Hall, we have not had any adequate water supply in the community. During this time water is obtained by other...
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...like to extend my sincere gratitude to the following people for their assistance and co-operation with the completion of my research project. To Leonard & Eraldo thanks for taking time out to help me with my project and for listening to my doubts. To my family members for having faith in me and encourage me to do my best. Thanks to a special friend for her support and Corporation. Finally to the resident of Look out Community, for their co-operation and time spend in assisting me with my interviews thanks a lot. INTRODUCTION Look out Community is located in the district of Gordon town St. Andrew, Jamaica. I have been living at Look out Community for seventeen years. Things that I have observed over these past years are that the lack of water is a major problem in this community. {Almost everyone has different occupation everyday people make a line at the gambling shop to gamble}. At six o’clock pm the FARMERs would get their net income they received from their sales THIS would send their children to school and take care of their family. AIM To find out: ✓ Why do the residents of Look Out, Gordon town carry water? ✓ What can the government dot to solve this problem? REASONS FOR RESEARCHING THIS TOPIC I have chosen this topic because the lack of water is a major problem in my community. Most of the residents have to carry water every day because there is no water available in there...
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...Water management schemes and how it helps to improve people’s quality of life Water management schemes are all the schemes in general that provides water to people, for example; water transfer schemes are one of the many water management schemes, water transfer schemes are projects that collect water from areas that have a higher rainfall and divert it to areas that have a greater need and a higher demand for water. Water is collected and stored in reservoirs for further use. Another example of water management schemes is sanitation systems which are in order for those who do not have access to appropriate sanitation. Overall, the water management scheme is a scheme that ensures that everybody has access to clean water and sanitation. Water is one of the most important natural resources which are essential for ALL living things. Water is used for drinking, washing, cooking and irrigation. There is only 3% of pure water in the world, that we can drink, 2% of that water is stored in icebergs, if the demand for water continues to increase at rapid rates; the access to water will become more difficult. Figure 1 In figure 1, the more successful countries which are MEDC’s and the more urbanised areas such as the USA, Canada Australia, Italy and France show that the more water they use per capita. They have the access to clean water, so they tend to take advantage of it and waste more, whereas the countries that have little access to clean water tend to manage...
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...Community Issue’s Dear: Who may this concern: I have been doing my own critical thinking about this on going problem and issue. I have been doing my on research about the up coming problem in the community. It appear to me that something is in the drinking water, and that is becoming a big issue in the community. I been taken the drinking water to the lab and the water appear to be a hazard to the people that are living in this community. The different strategies that I been taken to solve this on going issue is testing the drinking water to back up my point with fact’s about this issue. The other strategies that I use to make the research is to go house to house asking questions about how much water did they drink per family a day. Every family that I ask have gotten sick right after drinking the water, and had to go see the doctor. I have proof of their medal records for each family living in the community that have gotten sick after drinking the water. I also have been seeing dead animals along the way beside the drinking wells that is in the community. I also called the Animal Control Unit to ask them can they test the animal body’s to see what cause there death. They told me that it was something that they take that was hazard. The assumption that I had to use to make sure not to interfere with my thinking is to back up my thinking with fact’s and evidence. As long as I have fact’s from my own research that...
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...Dr. Sherman English 111 25 October 2012 Helping Your Community In A School for My Village Twesigye Jackson Kaguri`s main idea is to do the best he can to give back to the people of his community in Nyakagyezi, Uganda. Firstly, Kaguri wants to help solve the HIV/AIDS pandemic that is spreading throughout Uganda. Secondly, Kaguri wants to help the orphans that have lost parents to this deadly disease, HIV/AIDS. Lastly, Kaguri wants to help all the people in his community by making a source for clean water. Having a source of clean renewable water in a community is the most important resource for its success. It is Kaguri`s plan to do the best of his ability to help the people in his community of Nyakagyezi through the Nyaka school. Unfortunately this HIV/AIDS pandemic has been spreading like wild fire throughout Kaguri`s community. Kaguri says, “‘what is it you wish from me?’. . . ‘What can I do to end this suffering caused by HIV/AIDS’” (45)? Kaguri feels the effects HIV/AIDS can have detrimental effects on families. It has already taken the lives of three of his family members, and this has made Kaguri want to help his community deal with this issue even more. Kaguri`s idea is that if we have an educated generation of children in the community; then we can slow down the transfer of the deadly disease, and eventually exterminate it. So, Kaguri wants to put an end to all the horrible consequences caused by HIV/AIDS, and he wants to give better quality education; which the...
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...My community is majorly comprised of sugarcane farming, animal keeping, maize farming and all other food crops such as sorghum, sweet potatoes, cassava among others. This is majorly because it is situated next to a very prosperous sugar company called SOUTH NYANZA SUGAR COMPANY (SONY). This makes sugarcane farming a major source of income. The THREE major challenges that are facing my community and has greatly hindered its proper development are as follows:- 1) Lack of infrastructure such as roads, electricity and water: this is the main challenge that we face in my community. The murram roads leading to my community are in poor conditions and become really muddy during rainy seasons and very dusty during the hot dry spells. This greatly hinders easy transportation of people and goods in and out of the community. Being that the roads are not tarmacked, the heavy-duty tractors that aid in the transportation of sugarcane to the factory contribute a lot in the increased destruction making them more bumpy and the transport very hectic. Lack of electricity is another catastrophe that affects my community a lot. Electrification is quite expensive and this is something that most people living in my community cannot achieve because of the poor living conditions and the meager income that they get from selling their farm products and working on the company’s sugarcane plantations. Therefore, electricity is very sparse and only the few who have the capability are able to use it in their...
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...stand letter” Dear Community, I have something very important that I want to bring to everyone’s attention that lives in this new suburban community. I have noticed that there are community members that are suffering from like symptoms. I truly believe that after doing some research that these illnesses are linked to the environment surroundings. After doing some research it has been brought to my attention that there has been a huge rise in similar and more extensive illness in adults and children. This has become a serious concern for the residence in this community because it raises their chances of getting the illnesses. U.S Government scientists have found for the first time chemicals contaminates in drinking water wells near natural gas drilling operations. It’s a major concern that gas-extraction technique is endangering the health of people who live close to drilling rigs. Gas drilling companies say that the gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking is safe, but other opponents say it pollutes ground water with dangerous substances that cause the breakdown of red blood cells, lead to blood in the urine and feces, and can damage the kidneys, liver, spleen, and bone marrow. To me this is a major issue that the chemicals in the air and water are causing severe illnesses that need to be controlled and come to an ending. If everyone would come together as a team or like a family and work hard for what they believe in, the problem could be solved and...
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...Examining Your Community’s Source of Energy Each community has their own source energy that they get their power from. This type of power allows energy to be powered from their homes from solar panels then to win power. Each area is different depending on where you live, for example the power company that my family uses is Georgia power. This company has many different type of energy sources, that helps power not only my home, but many homes here in Georgia as well. Our power company produces 1100 megawatts of renewable energy as well as nuclear energy to help power our home. The main type of energy that they use for and energy source is solar energy. This is one of the most valuable types of energies around. In order to be able to use this energy, you first must use solar water heating system, so that it can absorb the suns energy. For it to do this, solar panels are placed on the roof of your home or apartment complex building, allowing it to get the power it needs to power your home. This method is more preferred to many people here in Georgia, to help get the energy they need into their homes. Hydropower is another form of energy that we use here as well. Hydropower is fuel by the water that fall from the dams. Once powered, the water is then released and begins to generate the power that is needed. The thing that makes this energy the most used energy to date is the fact that it doesn’t pollute the air and all the water that is used isn’t removed from the damn either....
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...appropriate water filter and quality testing system to supply clean and drinkable water for a remote Nepalese community.” Reflection My original problem statement In the process of devising a team problem statement, each member was given 10 minutes to generate an individual problem statement which addressed the objectives and identified the constraints outlined in the brief. This followed Dym’s model as shown in the prescribed ‘Engineering Design: 4th Ed’ textbook. My original statement devised was as followed: “To conceptually design and construct a suitable water filtration system which has an attached, functional turbidity meter for household use by locals in the remote Nepalese community of Sandikhola.” My aim in devising this problem statement was to make it as short and direct as possible in a way which provided necessary coverage of the objectives and constraints. However, upon close inspection, I realised that my problem statement contained unnecessary wording such as “conceptually”, “attached” and “functional” which made my problem statement less direct and longer. Furthermore, I used ambiguous wording such as “household use” which implied that the product was confined to local families only and not for communal use. This was not completely addressed in the brief so the term used here is meant to be broad in order to not constrain potential solutions to the client problem. Moreover, incorporating “turbidity meter” may complicate the problem statement as...
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...Water Crisis Impact in California Monica Mois Essentials of College Writing/COMM/215 October 6, 2014 Carolyn Geiser Water Crisis Impact in California Due to the lack of rain in the past few years, and particularly in the last few months, California faces severe drought. This is the worst drought in more than one hundred years. The impact of California drought affects community, agriculture, organic ranchers, and dairy farmers. Because of these facts, the United States must rethink the way it uses water. Californians alone are asked to reduce their water usage by twenty percent to prevent water waste. Communities, Agriculture, Organic Ranchers and Dairy Farmers Many communities in California struggle with shortage of drinking water. One example is “the small community of Cameron Creek Colony in Tulare County is struggling due to severe drought. About ten percent of its residents have no access to water because their wells have run dry. Others have only intermittent access” (USDA, 2014). In other communities, residents are urged to avoid wasting water. The Waterboards.ca.gov (2014) website has a list of emergency water conservation regulations stating that every citizen is prohibited to use potable water to wash sidewalks and driveway, to use hoses with no shut off nozzles to wash their cars, water the lawn more than two times a week, and reduce the amount of watering time for each station using an automatic sprinkler system. Residents could face...
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...Specific Purpose: To persuade my class on the importance of recycling and how we can make a stronger and healthier environment. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence Recycling: Why Should You Do It? Attention I. How many of you actually recycle? Recycling has been a topic that has been brought up and thought about by many different people, but the problem the question of whether people are taking action or not on this. Recycling will save many different very important aspects of the environment and economy. II. By learning how to recycle we will be able to develop a much stronger and healthier environment. III. I would like to encourage my classmates to realize how important recycling is and why they should do it. If you do not recycle, in the future this could potentially have devastating...
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...this My outline would start off saying people in the community I am hear to inform you about the water pollution that we have found in our system. As you know that the company has been producing water for our community but it has com to our attention that people have been getting sick so we did our own research and it come to find out that there have been waste in out water that has not been cleaned out are it may be possible oil. I would like to reach out to the public so they would not drink the water until they fix the problem. We will give everyone bottled water until the problem is fixed. like how did they let it get this far for people to get sick and why we have to shut down the whole water system? How long will it take before we are able to use our water aging without getting sick? I have came to he conclusion that the water is what is making everyone sick and so everyone is on the same page they should not use their water until the problem is fixed. In order to fix the problem we have to clean out the water and send it back through and make sure it is safe enough for our citizens to use. The questions that I asked myself are what is it that everybody is doing to make them sick? Have they ate at the same restaurants have they went to the same store are what? Then we have found out that everyone has drunk water from the faucet instead of bottle water. The fallacies that I encountered were that the water company did not want to admit to the fact that the water is what...
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...Introduction Knowing the emergency response plan in a community is very crucial for the residents safety as well as others. Having effective communication in a community crisis can help save lives. There are some safety plans that are put into place for every community that all residents must know and follow. This paper will list the plans and policies that are put in place for my local community. These plans are always available at all times to educate and protect the city residents. Summary In my local community the city representatives from the City Hall sends out newsletters and flyers with all local information listed to accommodate all residents. These mailings include current city information as well as important safety updates or information to educate the residents. These mailings also provide the residents with the city website for a complete listing of very valuable and important information that the residents can use. Most important, it lists all of the safety precautions that are used within the city to prepare the city and all of its residents for emergency outbreaks. Some of the safety protocols that are used are the testing of the tornado sirens and the testing of the fire hydrants. Every week on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. the city tests the tornado sirens. This test lasts for about five minutes and all residents are notified that this is only a test. This is done to make sure the sirens are properly working in the event of a real emergency requiring...
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...almost any project that is adequate. Nearly all works must display fluency and responses to constructive criticism. For this, I chose SA 2.3. In this assignment one was required to annotate and cite three separate sources as well as describe a community, one of its problems and provide a possible solution....
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...of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration; to BRAC University is my original work. I tried to gather a collection of the information to make my report specific and coherent. This report is not submitted for the award of any other degree, diploma, fellowship or other similar titles or prizes. The whole report is uniquely done by me. …………………………………………….. Musharrat Tarannum ID- 10104053 BRAC Business School BRAC University [i] Letter of Transmittal July 17, 2014. Mr. Suntu Kumar Ghosh Assistant Professor BRAC Business School (BBS) BRAC University Re: Submission of Internship Report Dear Sir Here is the Internship Report on “CSR Activities of Nestlé Bangladesh Limited”. This report was the partial fulfilment of BBA program. I have tried my best to submit a good report with as much information as I could gather during the short time span allotted for writing the report. I made sincere efforts to study related materials, documents, observe operations performed in Nestlé Bangladesh Limited and examine relevant records for preparation of the report. Therefore, I hope that you would be kind enough to accept my Internship Report & oblige thereby. Sincerely yours, ............................................. Musharrat Tarannum ID- 10104053 BRAC Business School BRAC University [ii] Acknowledgement At first, I would like to express my gratitude to almighty Allah for enabling me the strength and opportunity to...
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