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First Draft: Personal Statement

The goal of my project is Can I raise awareness on Human trafficking?. The reason I chose this project is simple. I wanted to do something that interests me but challenges me at the same time. My original idea was to create an art exhibition, but I thought it would be too trivial so I opted for something else. In the end I then decided to try combine the two. Nowadays in nearly every single paper, every single day, one finds an article on Human trafficking. A year ago, I sadly have to admit that I had no idea about Human trafficking. I had no idea that such a thing is happening in the world. In the society we live in. I started to notice that the topic was everywhere on the Television, on the radio and in the papers. My inspiration came from a music video by an indie rock band called The Killers. The video was created to raise awareness on Human trafficking. They were helping to make a change and I really admired that. I decided to help make a change no matter how small, because human trafficking is a global problem and its happening everywhere in the world. Approaches to learning: Since I will be writing an essay and raising awareness the project will fall under the following categories: Human Ingenuity and Community and Service. It fits under Human Ingenuity because I am creating something, it also fits under Community and Service because I am doing something that will benefit others, I am increasing my awareness of individuals and groups both international and national, I am also taking responsibility and doing something for my community. I intend to contact the United Nations and ask them if it would be possible for me to interview them. If possible I would video tape it and use it as a background in a contemporary/modern type art exhibition. I would also be happy to correspond with other organizations such as the Womens group in Geneva that is fighting against trafficking. I have already send out some letters to organizations and am hoping for some feedback soon. I already have two replies. I have collected some information about trafficking from the internet and from the public library in forms of videos, presentations, books and magazines. I intend to contact the U.N before December 16th so that I may evaluate the outcome in my Personal Statement.