Ireland

Our experience in Ireland was very nice. We spent 5 days there and did many things like watch a musical, went to Dublin, went to the cinema, saw a rugby match... We had a very good time there and live an Irish family. We went shopping and to the zoo. I dini't have mucht itme to visit it but it was fine.

My work in the project

I have done three different things for the project. The first of all is to record the video of the advertising with Asier, Iker, Beñat, Adrian and Jon. We made it twice, first the draft and then the good one. In the video we appear talking about the problem and also some impressive images images to persuade them to help. Apart from that we have prepared a game for the DBH students to make them aware of the problem. There are some statements and they have to think if they are in favor of or against of them. Finally, I helped to recollect food for the "Banco de Alimentos". We recollected more than 300 kilos of food so we are very happy.

The last day, I translated the guide to Spanish with the objective that all people can understand it.

Campaign

We have thought to do a writing context for the DBH people. Here are some ideas we have: - We can ask them to do a writing of 100 words about the poverty, exactly, how the crisis has affected to their environment. - Give them a text about poverty to do a writing reflexion. - Give a paper with a phrase and they can continue writing about it.

Decalogue

1. If I could say something to politicans, I would tell them to increase the help that poor people receive by increasing the taxes of rich people. 2. Also, I would build big refuges that would be opened during all the year completely free for poor people.

Banco de Alimentos

The food bank doesn't assist people, associations and local governments. This entitys then assist families or the people that have economic problems. In Spain near 8 million people, the 20% of the population, live with incomes lower than 50% of the rent "national per cápita", and that's why they are considered poor. The reasons for the powerty are varied. The unemployement and the precarious work are the main resons. The advanced age or chilhood and , the diseases, the social injustices, analfabetism, immigration, belonging to different ethnic groups, drug adctions, alcoholism, y monoparental families are other reasons of the powerty. Who is assisted? Unemployed people - 9% Immigrants - 28% Disabled people - 2% Old people - 21 % Terminally ill people - 6% Teenagers - 7% Drug addicted - 12% Mental disbled -1% Poor people -10% Other - 4%

The Video Draft

We have done an advertisement against poverty. To see it, click here.

Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca

Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca is a Spanish organization that campaigns for the right to a home. The PAH is a social movement struggling for decent housing, having emerged in Barcelona in February 2009 and now extending across the Spanish territory. It surged in response to the real estate crisis of 2008 that triggered the bursting of the Spanish housing bubble and became a strong part of the movements that later formed to contest austerity politics in the context of the sovereign debt crisis. As such, the PAH also came to constitute a part of the 15M movement that emerged in May 2011. The PAH brings together people who find it difficult to pay back their mortgages or who find themselves in a process of eviction due to unpaid mortgages, and people in solidarity with this problem. In January 2013, the PAH was awarded the Spanish national prize for human rights.