For anyone who is interested, I have uploaded copies on my coursework (PDFs) which can be found via the following links:
UNICEF report on data access and analysis of available data/communication (Practitioner Skills)
http://jump.fm/WUFBR
UNICEF report on the Goodwill Ambassador Sir Peter Ustinov (Leadership In Organisations)
http://jump.fm/RROGO
International Management report on Citibank (International Management)
http://jump.fm/KNEPV
Report on Ethical marketing (Citigroup) (Marketing and Consumer Ethics)
http://jump.fm/CHDSB
An analysis of Cow and Gate and the selling of Infant formula milk (Marketing and Consumer Ethics) (Pptx)
http://jump.fm/THYBE
Report on the legacy of the Summer 2012 London Olympics (Business Economics)
http://jump.fm/SWUVX
Not coursework, but a draft constitution for SMAUF -
http://jump.fm/EFHIJ
Consumer law case study (Consumer and Commercial Law)
http://jump.fm/QCPTU
Business law case study (Business Law) I'm not happy with it, please don't judge me! hahh
http://jump.fm/BDMNB
I hope you enjoy reading it. I had a whale of a time writing it all...
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Thursday, 22 April 2010
The demise and come-back!
Again, steriotypically, another blog is left out to starve on the long road of abandonment.
Not this one. I have many reasons for not having posted in this Blog and many for not having gone ahead with starting this Society.
I found out there was a RAG society of sorts, one that took advantage of what student's love doing, that is, drinking. Not that any thought would be given to the charities or what they do, rather, that the more shorts that were sold the more drunk and forgetful the student would become about where or what was going on.
Not for this society, which sadly is subject only to my short-comings of having too much to do and not enough time or energy. For which I am sorry, too all the children worldwide who have missed out on funding from my lack of spirit.
Lack of spirit. Good. I hate Alcohol. Charity is for those who care, not for a vodka producer to make profit.
I suppose it's better than nothing.
Anyway, whilst trying to finish tonnes of work, I am applying for a place at a new University College (Regent's Business College - in Regents park if you didn't guess). I haven't had much time to think about starting upa society which might be neglected in the long run, the RAG society appears to have a firm monopoly over student fund raising.
It's a shame they weren't doing anything for a Day for Change in February. I feel worse for not finding the time. I'm sure they feel VERY guilty.
That's enough from me. You might hear more from me in the future, you've been warned...
Not this one. I have many reasons for not having posted in this Blog and many for not having gone ahead with starting this Society.
I found out there was a RAG society of sorts, one that took advantage of what student's love doing, that is, drinking. Not that any thought would be given to the charities or what they do, rather, that the more shorts that were sold the more drunk and forgetful the student would become about where or what was going on.
Not for this society, which sadly is subject only to my short-comings of having too much to do and not enough time or energy. For which I am sorry, too all the children worldwide who have missed out on funding from my lack of spirit.
Lack of spirit. Good. I hate Alcohol. Charity is for those who care, not for a vodka producer to make profit.
I suppose it's better than nothing.
Anyway, whilst trying to finish tonnes of work, I am applying for a place at a new University College (Regent's Business College - in Regents park if you didn't guess). I haven't had much time to think about starting upa society which might be neglected in the long run, the RAG society appears to have a firm monopoly over student fund raising.
It's a shame they weren't doing anything for a Day for Change in February. I feel worse for not finding the time. I'm sure they feel VERY guilty.
That's enough from me. You might hear more from me in the future, you've been warned...
Thursday, 15 October 2009
The Brooke, UNICEF and other such things...
So I didn't visit the accountant Sarah on Wednesday after all, I was quite busy at college doing research into UNICEF and political bias (the organisation is supposed to be free of political bias as an international organisation).
My current research for a Practitioner Skills module is in regards to the aims and objectives of UNICEF as an international charity/fund. It's rather fascinating actually, that an organisation with such simple and clear aims seems to confuse the general public.
I don't mean that in a harsh way. It's just that, after email correspondence with an couple of adoption agencies in Guatemala, it was clear to me that not everyone is happy with unicef's policies and work.
I realised this after the agency denounced them as 'Evil'.
It wasn't just this though, but also through other media articles, that people might have this general idea of unicef as doing more harm than good.
However, this isn't true. Since the 1980s nearly every year the amount of children being adopted from Guatemala has risen, from 3264 in 2004 to 4,123 in 2008. This was just for the United states.
The statistics obviously differ, Peter Selman ( A U.K Professor) bases his statistics on 20 receiving states, whereas the above statistics were taken from the U.S Government's website.
Another document lists a change in Guatemala from 1,609(2001) adoptions to 3,748(2005) with a change of 132.9% overall (child welfare league of america).
I digress, this has an impact, why? you might ask, does this matter.
Read this quote, from an Innocenti Digest,
" Hence, one report
describes a criminal ring that kidnapped
Guatemalan children, obtained forged birth
certificates and passports, transported the chil-
dren to El Salvador and Honduras, and from
here arranged for their adoption in third coun-
ries.
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These children and others like them
will never know anything about their origins,
not even where they were born."
As this rate was rising, so was the illegal trade of adoptable children to sell on to foreign couples. Obviously, UNICEF can't stand and let this happen. No one wants the value of Human life to be degraded this much, but in an industry worth 150m (then), how can an organisation interfere without interfering and still avoid being biased or patronising?
UNICEF is against intercountry adoptions anyway (this makes sense, if one reads the following two links, http://www.unicef.org/media/media_41118.html et http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/Guidance_note_Intercountry_adoption.pdf)
The Hague conventions ( ratified in Guatemala in 2003) have entirely frozen adoptions to and from the country. I read somewhere that it is possible to obtain a limited pass for approved agencies (I'll dig out this link to verify it), however, nearly all adoptions are frozen.
"The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention) entered into force with respect to the United States on April 1, 2008. Effective April 1, 2008, newly initiated intercountry adoptions between the United States and other Convention countries must comply with the Convention’s standards."
But many people would ignore the delicate nature of this situation and overlook the latter part of above. But how else could it have been done? It's obvious that although not everyone is happy with this choice it was the only way forward.
As mentioned before, it's always so simple to reduce these situations to simple facts, statistics and monetary values. It's far more complex than this, especially when a discussion's crux is human life and children.
I may have missed out some really important points, however, the bare structure is in place, and I will post my finished essay later on this year (which will be more refined and articulate)
More coming soon.
Some useful links and articles (many were used in this article)
http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/digest4e.pdf
http://adoption.state.gov/news/total_chart.html
http://www.lawreform.ie/publications/Adopt%20Report%20online.pdf
http://rogue.ncl.ac.uk/log_deposit_click.php?deposit_id=6190
http://www.icasn.org/resources/research/Intercountry%20Adoption%20in%20Europe%201998%20to%202006%20-%20patterns,%20trends,%20and%20issues.pdf
http://www.all.org/article.php?id=10105 (you can ignore much of this, the references are good though)
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_adopted/index.cfm
Believe it or not, there are more. Message me for a more exhaustive list.
Monday, 12 October 2009
Finally got around to setting a Blogger.com account up for the society. I started all of the preparations for the society last week, though things started slowing down at the weekend because of work.
I think that wednesday this week will be a key day, I'm meeting Sarah (the Manager of the SU accounts) to discuss finance and setting up the Society. I spoke with Jakil today, mostly about finance and my subjects (and charity finance), very interesting. But I still have to have the society officially set up and registered.
Then begins the long road of registering with UNICEF themselves and getting all of the forms right.
The first event (I think) will be next February, its going to take time to plan as it's quite a big event. I don't really want loads of smaller events, as it could be annoying for students. It's a shame we missed the Fresher's week, we could have subscribed new members easily.
There's always next week. Me and some friends discussed the possibility of paid membership, for example, £5 a year for Full and Part-time students, though, the extra cost of producing leaflets and a monthly news-letter is something to consider. I would like to aim for the society to make £4.50 - £3.50 profit (at the very least) from each member.
Associate membership is also worth consdering, perhaps having a schema whereby associate members get slightly less off of the price of an event, for example:
£1 for Members
£2 for Associate Members
£2.50 for Non-Members
For, perhaps, a music night.
It might also be possible that full membership is accessable through volunteering for the society, thus allowing the student to avoid membership fees for full membership. Associate membership carries no fee.
I would hope that associate members would differ from non-members as there might be slightly more loyalty, I.e., that they receive discounts for events but without actually paying (but are more likely to turn up than non-members)
This is a key issue, as it defines the society from being a charity outright, as the society would actually be giving something back to the public and we would have certain obligations (monthly news-letter or discounts).
More to come soon.
I think that wednesday this week will be a key day, I'm meeting Sarah (the Manager of the SU accounts) to discuss finance and setting up the Society. I spoke with Jakil today, mostly about finance and my subjects (and charity finance), very interesting. But I still have to have the society officially set up and registered.
Then begins the long road of registering with UNICEF themselves and getting all of the forms right.
The first event (I think) will be next February, its going to take time to plan as it's quite a big event. I don't really want loads of smaller events, as it could be annoying for students. It's a shame we missed the Fresher's week, we could have subscribed new members easily.
There's always next week. Me and some friends discussed the possibility of paid membership, for example, £5 a year for Full and Part-time students, though, the extra cost of producing leaflets and a monthly news-letter is something to consider. I would like to aim for the society to make £4.50 - £3.50 profit (at the very least) from each member.
Associate membership is also worth consdering, perhaps having a schema whereby associate members get slightly less off of the price of an event, for example:
£1 for Members
£2 for Associate Members
£2.50 for Non-Members
For, perhaps, a music night.
It might also be possible that full membership is accessable through volunteering for the society, thus allowing the student to avoid membership fees for full membership. Associate membership carries no fee.
I would hope that associate members would differ from non-members as there might be slightly more loyalty, I.e., that they receive discounts for events but without actually paying (but are more likely to turn up than non-members)
This is a key issue, as it defines the society from being a charity outright, as the society would actually be giving something back to the public and we would have certain obligations (monthly news-letter or discounts).
More to come soon.
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