1. Abortions
2. Orphan Care
3. Terrorism
4. Cancer
5. Clean Water Access
Five Greatest Solutions
1. More financially secure and loving households adopt children out of the orphan and foster care system
2. Dig more wells so that third world countries have access to clean water
3. Find the cure for cancer
4. Pass laws to restrict the amount of abortions, to ultimately make it illegal
5. Take down ISIS
I chose to rank the biggest probelems in this order, due to how many people are affected by each problem. Over one million unborn babies are aborted in the US alone every year. More babies have died from abortions than all of the wars combined. Next I chose orphan care because millions of innocent children are not given the care they need. Terrorism (especially in the 21st century) effects millions of innocent lives. It causes physical harm, as well as fear in innocent lives. Cancer also effects almost 40% of all Americans, and we badly need to find a cure. Clean water access does not effect many Americans, but it effects millions of people around the world.
I then chose the solutions that would be easiest to implement. If one family from every church adopted a child from the US, we would not have any more domestic orphans. This seems like a very reasonable solution. It also seems relatively basic to dig wells so that people can have water to drink. This takes money, but if people gave more to this, it is a one time expense. The third solution is to find the cure for cancer, which is obviously very difficult, but with all of the brilliant minds we have, I'm sure we will find the cure in the near future. Unfortunately, trying to change/pass a law is one of the most difficult things to do. But if we could pass more laws and restrictions on abortion, then more babies will have the right to life. The most difficult thing to do would be to stop terrorism. We can take down ISIS, but there will always be another group. This is because the world will never fully experience peace.
Nice job! The problems you mentioned here are very real and very pressing. I think reducing abortion also needs a pull factor. You have mentioned the push factor, which are laws and restrictions. A pull factor I guess would be certain help and benefits for new mothers.
ReplyDeleteHello Caroline, I like how you rank the problems based on the issues faced by children. You have a big heart focusing on these social issues, while still caring for the issues pertaining to the rest of the world. I love how you showed examples of some of the children who are suffering from the issues related to orphan care, terrorism and cancer. You did an excellent job on your blog. You should check out my post on the topic http://ochoasteven2018.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems.html
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