In class we are doing a small project on NGOs (non-governmental organizations). We had to pick one the organizations and I picked UNICEF. I picked UNICEF because usaully every Halloween we have UNICEF boxes with us that we take while trick or treating door to door and we put on organizations in school and have to pay a dollar to help UNICEF. I want to learn more about it so I picked it.

UNICEF Stands for United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.  It was established in 1946 to help suffering children in the European countries destroyed by World War II.  IN 1953, UNICEF was made a permanent arm of the UN to address the plight of children in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. UNICEF changed the name to United Nations Children’s Fund. Volunteers formed UNICEF Canada in  1955 to organise the first Trick-or Treat for UNICEF.

You can donate money by going to the site. Your money you donate goes forward to helping children with eduaction, health, equality and protection. Our money can provide immunization to protect a child for life against the six leading child-killing and maiming deseases for only $25. For $100.00 you can buy a basic family water kit for ten households which includes detergent, soap, wash basin, towels, bucket and water purification tablets. The more money you donate the more you buy to help families and children live.

Many of the offices in Canada you can visit to is Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, Prairie Region, and Atlantic Region. Those are some places where you can learn more about UNICEF.

If your interested in helping children, visit the site above to read more about the organization and what you can do to help.

I was looking through the Nata Village site and I found something that was written a while ago but I found it interesting. I have been writing about Nata Village before so I wanted to write about this.

The Nata Clinic made a sign directing people to the Nata Clinic where people can go if they need any medical care. Before, they didn’t have a sign which couldn’t help people direct themselves to the clinic to get medical care.

I think this is a good idea because it directs to get the the Nata Clinic, and if they didn’t have the sign people wouldn’t be sure where to go or what to do to get help. This gives Nata Clinic a lot of people to help and people will be able to reach help. The sign shows people that Nata Clinic is open for anyone at anytime.

I was looking around for new sites to write about and I saw one that actaully looked interesting to me and caught my eye.

What is third hand smoke? Third hand smoke is tobacco smoke contamination that stays after the smoke has been done.  Not many people know about this new study out. It has been around for a long time but just been given a name. Even though you put out your smoke the smoke remains in the same room and the toxins go into your furniture, carpet, etc which makes it a hazard for infants and children.

Third hand smoke builds up over time on your furniture, carpets, etc smoke by smoke. Smokers are also infected with third hand smoke. The toxins stay on your clothing and in your hair.

Theres not many ways you can get rid of third hand smoking. The only way is to basically quit smoking.

I think third hand smoking is just as bad as second hand smoking, maybe even worse. The way I think of this is to quit it puts a lot of people in danger, your children, friends, family even you.

If you want to read more about third hand smoking go here.

I was looking on google for a few new sites to subscribe to and I came up with a few about animal  cruelty, poverty and health.

Health (third hand smoke)- This site is about third hand smoke. The smoke is stuck in the furniture, carpets, clothing, and other materials. When you put a smoke out in a room and come back to the room one day later it is harmful for children and infants. It’s actualy very harmful for both smokers, children, and infants. The smokers are also contaminated because the toxins release through the smokers hair and clothing. I think this is a really good site to visit because this is a new study that just got realeased and got a name. I’m sure many people would want to learn about this.

Poverty- I found this site interesting and would be used good to subscribe to because poverty is a world issue and you hear about what poverty is but you dont really see what is happening and this blog shows you a bit about poverty and gives you a few ideas about the issue. This site talks about low production in food crops and a major shortage of food because of the climate changes.

Animal Abuse - This site talks about the ideas of animal abuse, what it is and the idea of it. I used to this site to subscribe to because it has very good pictures, and it is updated week to week about animals and new events going on.

So far in school we have had a subsitute for a few days so were just catching up on the work while our teacher was gone. We started a radio play with our partners and were still working on them. They will be up on the web over Christmas Holidays. The three main ideas we have to do our radio plays are about is western, mystery, and science.

We have just finished a science project about volcanoes, mountains, earth quakes, and tsunamis. The unit was kind of easy and we have a test coming up soon I think. 

We havent really had school for the past two weeks because today we get out early for parent teacher interviews and then tomorrow we have frontier games that are running from Thursday till Friday. I’m going to be in volley ball so I will be busy. I hope we place good. That’s basicaly all thats been happening around here.

On Dvice I was looking for something interesting that would catch my mind that I want to write about and I chose this. A new lunch kit was made that warms up your food to 60 degrees celcius for a lunch, supper, or anything you need the lunch for to stay warm. This lunch kit runs off a USB pouch that you plug into your computer and helps warm your food up.

This is easy to use because computers are basically surrounding you just about everywhere you go. More people would be able to enjoy their lunch warm the way they like it by just using a computer. It’s kind of cheap $24.49 I think in USA dollars. It would be cool to have a new lunchbox pouch that can keep your food cold too. This lunchbox is about a normal lunchbox size that is kind of small and you cant just take it to work with you.

If you would like to look at more picturs about the lunchbox pouch click here.