Programs to promote health and development

[SimmoP-12]

Hey, I was just looking through the programs to promote health and development and I wasnt sure if we should know a few programs from different orginisations?
If so how many? its always hard to tell if they will give an example of a program or weather you have to discuss a program from your own knowledge.

Cheers!

[yearningforsimplicity]

You'll be expected to know an official program (from memory) for the health and human developmental issues of malaria, safe water & sanitation, food security, HIV/AIDS and literacy If you see 2011's exam, they specifically asked you to describe a program that targets malaria globally - so you have to know ONE program for EACH of these health/hd issues and you'll be expected to know 1) Why the program is needed 2) What type of aid the program uses and 3) How is the program put into operation in the country or community where it's established? - Try to also always link the program to its impact on global health, human development and sustainability

For the rest of the NGO's/AusAid/VicHealth you don't need to memorise any programs because you'll be given an information blurb about the program which you will then use to answer the questions that follow See 2011's exam where they actually gave information regarding VicHealth's "Food for All" program and the "Dhaka Ahsania Mission" program - there are WAY TOO MANY programs out there so VCAA doesn't expect you to memorise any except what I mentioned above about literacy, malaria, food security, etc. However, knowing a program can help you better understand the role of the NGO or AusAid - so while you DON'T need to memorise the program name or details, you can just get a better understanding of how these organisations work to promote health & sustainable human development through reading up on 1 or 2 programs This might give you a better insight into what they actually get up to, rather than meaninglessly reading the general role of the aid organisation from your book Also, there are quite a few videos from ausaid and other NGO's on youtube and I think they really help to consolidate your knowledge of the **role of Australian aid organisations in promoting health and SHD in developing countries** i.e. the different ways in which different aid organisations help developing countries in need; as well as whether they have any specific target population demographics (e.g. children or women) whom they help out

[SimmoP-12]

Thank you heaps for clearing that up! like you said there are way to many programs to learn, I might just look at a few and hope that the NGO's programs are given, if not ill still have a few memorised but it really is heaps! haha. As for the official prgrams that will be okay because they all relate back to global health and sustainability.
Once again thank you!

[yearningforsimplicity]

Thank you heaps for clearing that up! like you said there are way to many programs to learn, I might just look at a few and hope that the NGO's programs are given, if not ill still have a few memorised but it really is heaps! haha. As for the official prgrams that will be okay because they all relate back to global health and sustainability.
Once again thank you!

Yupp if you really want to be on the safe side, you can just look through one program for each NGO (but you seriously don't need to memorise anything though) As for the programs relating to literacy, safe water and sanitation, food security, malaria and HIV/AIDS, you can learn any one of the following (and there's more too out there but these are the ones I looked at last year ) :
Literacy - "Education For All" (EFA) program or "United Nations Girls Education Initiative"
Food Security - "School Feeding Programs" by the World Food Programme
Malaria - "Roll Back Malaria Partnership" program (RBM)
Safe Water & sanitation - World Vision's "Water Health Life" program
HIV/AIDS - the United Nations "Far Away From Home" club program

[SimmoP-12]

Awesome! yeah I might just do that to be safe, thanks again! you have been a big help!