Social Good---How Individuals can change the world

Social Good is when people do something to help other people solve their OWN problems. So, rather than giving people bottled water, you give them a pump so they can pump their own water, and you train someone in the community on how to fix the pump. Or you give someone a chlorinator, or teach them basic hygiene.

There are dozens of organizations devoted to producing clean water across the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEnlrE4iMBU&feature=related

http://www.hopethroughhealinghands.org/the-water-hope-campaign

http://hopewater.org.au/

http://www.waterhope.org/

http://ammanimman.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_water_purification

But social good is more than a local effort. It also involves influencing people with political or economic power. Dolphin-safe tuna boycotts or fur-protests can change society. How do you do that?

You need to pick an issue of global importance to a subsistence family in a specific country and determine HOW you can develop a movement on a global front. Problems may include food security, access to medicine, access to child vaccines, access to health care, education, increased shelter (not water).

How do you:

develop a plan?

develop a relationship with the people who need help?

answer critics?

Who is providing:

the equipment?

the repair?

the training?

How do you deal with:

limited technology

hostile government?

funding?

Finally, remember that these people are poor--not stupid. They want a hand up, not a hand-out.

Here is where you find your locale and your issue:
http://www.fao.org/economic/es-home/en/


Here are some links on HOW to do that in terms of technology, but what are some 'old-school' ways to do this (you know, for that older generation)
http://mashable.com/channel/channel-social-good/
http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2008/10/21/twitter-as-a-tool-for-social-change/
http://www.socialbrite.org/

Present a one-page individual report, with at least 3 resources.