Hungry should be fed

Sick should be treated

Children should be educate

JTS

Poster Making

As a part of the final requirement we are told to make a poster out of the topic we chose. But honestly, i don't have any idea on how to make it. I'm still on the process of working it. I have to organize my thoughts to come up with the idea.

Achieve universal primary education

www.unicef.com

Education is very important because this is the only thing you will treasure in your life. But how about the children who are out of schools? Will they get the knowledge they need?

Millennium Development Goals face a deadline of 2015, this is a great challenge for us to work hand in hand to achieve the goals.

Poverty

Extreme poverty is the most severe state of poverty where people cannot meet basic needs for survival, such as food, water, clothing , shelter , sanitation , education and health care.

Let's help one another to fight poverty.

Photograph copied from the website of Agência Brasil

Proper Use of Condom

Condoms are most effective if you follow these steps.

• Use a new condom each time you have sexual intercourse.
• When opening the condom wrapper, be careful not to poke a hole in the condom with your fingernails, teeth, or other sharp objects.
• Put the condom on as soon as your penis is hard (erect) and before any sexual contact with your partner.
• Before putting it on, hold the tip of the condom and squeeze out the air to leave room for the semen after ejaculation.
• If you are not circumcised, pull down the loose skin from the head of the penis (foreskin) before putting on the condom.
• While continuing to hold onto the tip of the condom, unroll it all the way down to the base of your penis.
• If you are also using the condom as birth control, make sure your partner uses a spermicide according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• If you want to use a lubricant, never use petroleum jelly (such as Vaseline), grease, hand lotion, baby oil, or anything with oil in it (read the label). Oil (or petroleum) can weaken the condom, increasing the chance that it may break. Instead, use a personal lubricant such as Astroglide or K-Y Jelly.
• After ejaculation, hold onto the condom at the base of your penis and withdraw from your partner while your penis is still erect. This will keep semen from spilling out of the condom.
• Wash your hands after handling a used condom.
  

Symposium in MDG's

Last week during the DevCom days we had a symposium at the little theater. It's a very nice activity because we gain more knowledge about the MDG's and the facilitators shared their experiences while they are working with the marginalize people. I feel inspired by the people who are dedicated to make this goal possible i want to imitate them. I am happy also because their are lots of student who attended the symposium. The more number of people who know the goals the greater of chances in terms of spreading the word.

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Latest news in the Philippines

This was the latest news i read from the Internet. I was disturb by this photo concerning on what is happening in our world today specifically in the Philippines. The heavy rain cause a landslide that has left 45 people dead in the eastern Bicol region. We can see our environment slowly destroy so let's plant a tree and stop cutting trees. This is related to MDG number 7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability.

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Aids Victim

This is a example of HIV/Aids Victim. I get this picture from http://www.hellowcompany.com/

Facilitating Activity

We are task to have a 15 minutes presentation to our MDG's. At that time, i feel very tired because of the gloomy weather and i'm having a hard time organizing my report. I didn't make the activity during our laboratory work i make it as an assignment to be presented next meeting. After our laboratory class i went immediately to our apartment to make the outline of my presentation. I surf to the net to gather some information and resources. While reading all the article in the net my understanding in my topic HIV/Aids grows more bigger and i'm starting to love my topic. I pity the people who are victims of this disease because they are suffering. I want to help them. I borrow some materials from the net on how to prevent the disease and to have a safer sex and finally when its my turn to discuss my presentation i just said those important points. I think my presentation was good. My objectives in my presentation is:

• to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids.
• to help control and add on the awareness of the people about HIV/Aids.

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My Choosen MDG

Goal 6: Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other major diseases

I chose this topic because it is interesting. HIV/Aids and malaria is related because when this two disease hit you, they have the same attack to your body. The target is the White Blood Cells. If our body run out of WBC it will lead us to death. Malaria is one of the world's most common and serious tropical diseases, is a infection transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. While HIV/AIDS is deadly disease, without a cure, of the human immune system due to infection by a virus. I focus more on HIV/Aids because there are large number of people who are victims through this communicable disease. Primarily, we get this disease through sex. We have to be careful within our selves, we might be infected. I want to help the world campaign by spreading the MDG to the people around me in the community in my own very simple way and to let other people more aware. By this action,I can contribute to minimize the spread of the disease.

The target is, by 2015, to have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS worldwide. The same target has been set for malaria and other major diseases.

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Prelim Exam

During our preliminary examinations all of us failed because we didn't read the instruction carefully. The instruction indicates " read the test paper". But all of us answer the question we got zero points for our prelim. Later, on that day, our teacher revealed that in our syllabus educational communication has no minor and major exams. We are all disappointed.

From that experience, I realized that "If you think too much you will end up with a big headache".
haha. But honestly, i didn't study my MDG lesson at that time, it's okey for me. hehe.

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The 8 Millennium Development Goals

Red Ribbon

The Red Ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS.

Comic Strip

In our DC 4 class we were task to draw a comic strip related to our choosen MDG. Me and my blockmates brought some drawing materials on that activity. I was having a hard time conceptualizing my story because this was my first time to make a comic strip. Until, i came up with the idea of a guy asking his friend how to use a condom but the comic strip that we were supose to make must be funny so i put some twist into it to catch the attention of the readers. After that, I start making my comic and draw unitl it's done.

The title of my comic is "Open and Blow". It's up to you guys on how you shaped the meaning of my title..;) If our teacher will return our comic strip i will post it for you to read guys.

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Cont. Light Tent

This is an example of a light tent. I just get this picture from the net but we made the same as this. .

Light Tent

On this activity we gather some materials such as, miniature, box, Cartolina, 3pcs of light bulb and a white cloth. We cut the box, put the cartolina for background and after that we cover the box with the cloth and we put the light bulb both side. When me and my group mates finish doing it, we take pictures from our miniature inside the box and we come up with the nice picture. I think this is one of the techniques when we shoot a picture. After we take some photos. We make our own story out of the pictures we gather in the light tent related with the MDG's

From that moment, i feel like i am a Director and i love it ! We make our own story and script out of the photos we get the same as making a movie. My topic is all about HIV/Aids and i came up with story in titled " The Lying Lies" the story is all about the girl who almost get infected by the disease. When you watch my 3 minutes movie you will know how she escape from the serious disease. Hopefully, If our teacher will return our work i will post it for you to see.

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World Aids Day Campaign

Last December 1, 2007, the second year students in Development Communication celebrated the Worlds Aids Day campaign at Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan). We are the first one who celebrated it in terms of advocacy. On that day, We wander around our campus and we stopped every corner to have some small talk and presentation about “what is aids?” and “How can it affect to your life”. Somehow in our own simple way we let them know how to minimize the spreading of the disease. We bring our plackcards and we give some brochures to the people and students who watch at the same time we put the red ribbon that symbolizes “Stop Aids” at the upper right side of their chest.

From that activity, I realize a lot of things. “A small group can make a big difference”. Aids is pandemic disease but not all people know about it. Aids can kill people irregardless on their age, gender and race. Staying away from aids doesn’t always mean the absence of sex it means having safe sex. Aids is real it is a serious disease that can kill. Stop aids.

This is some of our photos