Global Issues that Concerns

Schools and Society

Government Corruption
 What is Government Corruption
• Means of corruption include graft, bribery, embezzlement,
backdoor deals, nepotism, and patronage. Corruption is a major cause
of poverty considering how it affects the poor the most, eroding
political and economic development, democracy and more.
• Corruption can be detrimental to the safety and well being of citizens
living within the corrupted vicinity, and can cause an increase in
violence and physical threats without as much regulation in the
government.
• The Philippines ranked 94 out of 177 countries in Transparency
International's 2013 corruption index. [Source: Trefor Moss, Wall
Street Journal, May 29, 2014]
 Malnourishment and Hunger

• Currently there are 795 million people who do not have enough to eat.
Long-term success to ending world hunger starts with ending poverty.
• By fighting poverty through proper training for employment, education
and the teaching of cooking and gardening skills, people who are
suffering will be more likely to get jobs, earn enough money to buy food
and even learn how to make their own food to save money.
• Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes under nutrition (wasting, stunting,
underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight, obesity, and
resulting diet-related noncommunicable diseases.
 Malnourishment and Hunger
• The planet creates more than enough food to meet everyone's needs. But there are still
millions of hungry people in the world.
 Substance Abuse
• Substance abuse is "the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive
substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs (World Health
Organization) The United Nations reports that, by the beginning of
the 21" century, an estimated 185 million people over the age of 15
were consuming drugs globally.

• The drugs most commonly used are marijuana, cocaine, alcohol,

amphetamine stimulants, opiates and volatile solvents.
 Substance Abuse
• Different classes of people, both poor and rich, partake in substance
abuse, and it is a persistent issue throughout the world but the developing
world, marginalized groups and communities are the most vulnerable to
this reality.

• The Philippines faces this huge problem on substance abuse.

(https://issues.tigweb.org/substance)
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