Aulana Rogan 20 July 2021 UN Sustainability Goal Current Event Hunger and Poverty in Chile : Before and After Lockdown Jason Beck Chile - September 14, 2020 Summary : Chile is suffering from poverty and hunger. These issues are mainly due to government corruption, income inequality, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Chile is impacted by the result of the national government’s decades-long neoliberal policies, which have created a high level of income inequality in the country. The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has put an effect on the number of people working and poverty level. According to the University of Chile, “the salaries of workers have fallen by 60% since the beginning of the pandemic” (Thelwell, 2020). Before the pandemic and health crisis Chile was greatly improving. Levels of poverty had greatly diminished from almost 40% to 9% since 1990 although ever since the pandemic started the poverty level in the country has increased 15% since last year. A group named Desafío Levantemos Chile is trying to address the problem of hunger by aiming to aid hundreds of Chileans by distributing food, providing microloans and housing projects, and advocating for public education reform. So far they have provided primary medical care to over 185,000 Chileans. The impacts of Zero Hunger in Chile is being caused by the pandemic, government corruption, income equality causing poverty and hunger. Geography Theme : This article mostly clarifies region to be the cause of Zero Hunger. Coronavirus has been the main cause of Zero Hunger in not only Chile but everywhere. It has affected people, environment, agriculture, communities and more. The number of people going into poverty is increasing drastically. It has been increasing food scarcity and hunger. Number of local markets were forced to close due to government-mandated social distancing restrictions and high levels of debt among the country’s lower class. This article stated, “Beyond the rising cost of food and living in Chile, the recent social restrictions and rising unemployment due to the virus have left hundreds of thousands of Chileans in danger of hunger” (Thelwell, 2020). The economic impact of the coronavirus has had a particularly great effect on lower-class citizens living near the capital who work in informal and unregistered jobs. Food insecurity in Chile has risen dramatically over the course of the pandemic, and its impacts have been particularly acute among already marginalised urban populations. Both the pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it have aggravated Chile’s economic crisis, which has been deepening in recent months alongside the political turmoil. This article states, “Government subsidy and aid programmes directed at low-income families have been insufficient, and local Chilean communities have set up hundreds of grassroot soup kitchens around the country to help alleviate hunger” (in, 2020). Zero Hunger is being impacted by region during the Covid-19 pandemic which has drastically affected people to where they arenʻt getting access to resources including food and shelter. Reaction : This article has shown me how awful Covid-19 has impacted and how people reacted to that in many ways. The pandemic has hit places everywhere on the earth and Iʻve heard and seen it on the news. How it affects the people makes me feel so miserable that they had to go through that. Reading this article showed me that people got tired of waiting for the government to make choices. They had a protest in 2019 mainly to the increased cost of living and rising income inequality in the country. This made me feel strong and grounded because people are standing up for what they believe in to help improve their lives because no one else was going to. I really do respect everyone elseʻs opinions and it's important to just listen to what they have to say because it's a way to feel what we control in the environment. It's important to care about what other people think and every single one of us will be affected by those views. Having multiple perspectives of life is important because itʻs makes the world more interesting. Knowing how and why these things affected Chile makes me tell myself to be more grateful for what I have here in Hawaiʻi. Connections/Analysis : A theme of history that connects to this article is advocating change. Advocating change means to support the change and have the passion and endurance to make that change happen. This connects to the article because this helped build the confidence in people to stand up for what is right. In the article I read that people protested mainly due to increased cost of living and rising income inequality in the country. A major factor that has contributed to the ongoing anti-government protests in Chile is the staggering income inequality present within the country. Although the popular protests against the government of Sebastián Piñera began in 2019, the socioeconomic effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting shutdown have greatly exacerbated the poverty and income inequality in Chile. The article states, “The effects of this neoliberal approach have greatly expanded the economy of the country as a whole, most of this new wealth was heavily centralized with the majority of Chileans still facing grave economic and health-related conditions” (Thelwell, 2020). The protesters stood up for what they believed in and fought for their families, friends, communities, and even their own lives. In Hawaiʻi I've noticed advocating change everywhere. For example, Iʻm using the TMT-protest for Mauna Kea. Hawaiians attached themselves to a cattle guard stopping TMT equipment from going up to the summit of Mauna Kea. Vice President of Ku Kiaʻi Kahuku, Kamalani Keliʻikuli stated, "It all started from Ku Kiaʻi Mauna. If it wasn't for them, I don't think we would have had this much support” (Mahealani Richardson, 2019). This shows how Hawaiians want to protect their land and would sacrifice themselves by being arrested to stand up for their culture and ʻāina. This situation was very sacred and powerful and this is what it means to advocate change. Advocating Change is super important when it comes to history and standing up for what is right and what you believe in because it helps improve the wellness of not only yourself but everyone around you. References : Thelwell, K. (2020, September 14). Hunger and Poverty in Chile: Before and After Lockdown | The Borgen Project. The Borgen Project. https://borgenproject.org/hunger-in-chile/ Other References : in. (2020, November 24). Grassroots aid and growing needs in Chile. The New Humanitarian. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2020/11/24/chile-grassroots-aid-hunger-covid-new-needs Mahealani Richardson. (2019, October 29). Protests at other projects empowered by successful anti-TMT protest. Https://Www.hawaiinewsnow.com; KHNL/KGMB. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/10/15/protests-other-projects-empowered-by-successful-anti-tmt-protest/
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This Kahiau project has helped improve my better way of thinking between historical and current events by understanding how society, community improved with resources. This project has helped me improve my research skills to dig deeper into zero hunger not only in South America but also in Hawaiʻi. Opening my research options to all kinds of different websites to gather the different perspectives of the topic helped me to understand the topic more. Being able to have multiple comprehensions was really good because I was able to work with it. Having more resources than what I need is better than having less resources because itʻll make it harder for me to comprehend. It helps you solve problems by freeing up space in your working memory. It also improves the reasoning and critical thinking that us students must do in history and any other class. Learning about the UN Sustainability Goal (Zero Hunger) helped improve and add knowledge to my brain. It also helped me and made me see the world in a different perspective. It is important to look at topics from multiple perspectives so that we are able to see the whole picture, which better enables us to find the root cause of the problem and discover a solution that takes the needs and feelings of everyone involved into consideration.
I gained knowledge from the Flip Lectures and Projects by understanding the base of World History. Each flip lecture helped me understand the key components of World History and why it is important to understand it. Also comparing historical events to current events helped me connect to dots and made it easier for me to comprehend. In the video that Kumu Kalaukoa showed us in class it displayed Kapu Aloha and Aloha ʻĀina. Kapu Aloha is how we stay grounded in our culture and legacy. That is how we keep each other in check. To make sure that we are doing the right thing for the right reasons. I can apply Aloha ʻĀina to help understand the importance of the flip lectures, projects and for World History in general by making sure to clearly understand the way of how history people did back then and then compare them to todayʻs current people and leaders and see what the differences and similarities that they share. The Hybrid Blended environment helped me to keep myself in check too. It has helped me improve my self-independence and to learn from my mistakes and how I can grow from it. The Flip Lectures and projects helped me understand the base of World History, the key components and the connections between historical and current events. Themes of these topics are based on you and what you want to do and how you want it to shape your future. If you want to go to college or just have a bright future, your Maiau Quality, Hard Work Ethic and Kuleana should be as best as you can. To decide your choices not only for you but to represent your family, friends, teachers, and schools. Being able to have the privilege to go to be accepted to Kamehameha Schools is a big thing. Not everyone gets accepted into this amazing school and some kids want a spot really bad but don't receive it. Kamehameha Schools chose each and everyone of you for a reason and maybe it wasnʻt mostly based on your school work and test but maybe your personality. Who you actually are. Another example is your last name. Like wow, ok your last name, super cool but it has more meaning to it. Your ʻohana name represents you and your family and ancestors. Having the privilege to carry around that name with you everywhere you go is awesome and unique. It represents you and your parents and so forth. To our communities we can be more aware of where we are located. For example, distance learning. You wan't a space where you're not distracted by other things (tv, video games, siblings, phone, etc…) that affect your learning. It doesnʻt only affect you but it affects your teachers too because afterwards since you werenʻt paying attention you would be emailing your teachers about what you donʻt know because you werenʻt mentally there. To our lāhui itʻs important because we work as a team to protect our island and culture. The common themes in Maiau Quality, a Hard work Ethic, and the kuleana of leadership to our ʻohana, communities, and lāhui is each individual's kuleana to decide what is the right thing to do.
I do find self-efficacy through advocacy valuable in the future because it helps you decide what you want and what is possible for you to expect for yourself and others. From my perspective I see that people are most likely to thrive in work, school, and life when they absolutely want it. If you do great outstanding work right now, it will pay off in the future meaning if you get good grades then it'll be a benefit to getting into good colleges. It also helps you to work for your goals. Itʻs always great to have goals in life but sometimes you want those goals to be relative, not saying that you have to limit your goals to be easier in life. Like if you want be the worldʻs greatest reader and you donʻt even like reading for example. You really wanna have a relation to your goals and you want to be able to connect with them and work towards them. Everything just doesnʻt get handed to you. Itʻs not that easy to achieve something, that is why we donʻt take life for granted. If you know what you want in life in the future than you will be working for goal. Which is why I feel like self-efficacy through advocacy is valuable is valuable in the future.
In this project weʻve learned how to use PhotoShop and Illustrator to create this poster. It was definitely a challenge with trying to understand how to use these apps because they were pretty simple but complicated at the same time. We had to research about 2 leaders in our region and in Hawaiʻi. Iʻve had the privilege to research and learn more about these 2 leaders and their own unique history. |