World+Hunger


 * World Hunger**

The recent earthquake in Haiti, on January 12, 2010, was devistating so our plan is to raise money for Haiti and donating it to the Red Cross. To raise money for Haiti our main plan is to have a dance and all the admission money is being donated to the Red Cross. We will hang posters around the school to advertise the dance. The dance is 6th grade first and then 7th and 8th grade after. We feel that our school can do something to help. The date for the dance is going to be Mrs. Kings decision. Everyone will wear red for the Red Cross and since it is close to Valentine's Day then the red will fit in. We will also be having a slideshow presentation on the morning announcements to advertise for the dance.
 * Proposal**

1. School Dance- We will collet admission money and all of the money will be donated to the American Red Cross Association. We will also have advertisements for the dance such as flyers and a video on the morning announcements. 2. Donation Boxes- We will have a donation box in every homeroom and it will kind of be like Pennies for Patients but it will be called Donations for Haitians. It will be held for one week and we will use the same advertising technique. All donations will go to the American Red Cross Association. 3. Bake Sale- We will hold a bake sale in the back of the luchroom at lunch time for one week and all of the money collected will be again given to the American Red Cross Association. Same advertisement techniques would be applied.
 * Alternate Solutions**

We first did all of our reaserch to find all of the things we needed for the dance like the date(Mrs. King's decision), time(6th from 6-7:30 and 7th and 8th from 8-9:30), when each grade will have a dance, cost to enter($3), decorations(red), entertainment(dj-and basketball or dodgeball), amount of people(3 grades), refreshments(at the groups cost), chaperones(volunteering teachers), and theme(all red). Once we knew all of the information about the dance we could write a letter to Mrs. King. We will send a letter by the end of this week. We will talk to Mrs. King to hopefully get her approval. Once we get her approval we will make flyers including all of the information from our research on it and we will make a video to put on the morning announcements.
 * Action Plan**

After the earthquake, over 3 million people are in need of assistance due to hunger. Even before the earthquake, 1.9 million people were in need of assistance to avoid starvation. Only 50% of Haitians have access to clean drinking water. Chronic Malnutrition affectes 24 percent of children under five, and up to 40% in the poorest areas of Haiti. Rural households in Haiti spend 60% of their income on food, and up to 70% for the poorest households.
 * Research**


 * Bibliography** "Haiti: 10 Hunger Facts |." //WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide//. 14 Jan. 2010. Web. 28 Jan. 2010. .