Memo

To: 1311 English Class

From: Estefanía García

RE: The Coalition for Adolescent Girls, Poverty Ends with Her

This organization is very interesting because they focus on educating girls from developing countries in every aspect; education plays an important role in the life of these girls because they will end generations of poverty. The organization was founded by the United Nations Foundation and the Nike Foundation in 2005. More than thirty leading international organizations such as the int’l Women’s health coalition and the int’l center for research on women, including its founding members have joined the coalition for adolescent girls. The goal for this organization is “to unleash the untapped potential of the developing world’s six-hundred million adolescent girls by raising awareness and driving action.”

Millions of girls in third world countries get married being underage. These girls are not fully developed and are definitely not ready for marriage and for pregnancy. Being a teenage mom and not being physically mature enough her body may not withstand childbirth or she may just not be able to take care of her baby’s health. By eliminating marriage for girls under eighteen and let them mature can prevent health risks caused by an early pregnancy and disease such as the HIV/AIDS. It is important to educate girls through a comprehensive sexuality class to let them know on how to prevent diseases, but it is also more important to work with men and young boys to make them change their behavior against women.

Greg Mortenson

       The video had an interesting and important theme which was education. Education is very important because knowing about many things can lead us to reach or do very importatnt things that can leave a mark on our society or in someone elses society. For example, if we are well educated we can help others by teaching them so many things that they are not aware of, just like Greg Mortenson did on the video, he found himself with a group of people who had nothing and where the children were eager to learn, he decided to help them fight against ignorance so he built them a school where there would be dedicated teachers who are willing to do good for the children. In my opinion, Greg Mortenson did  a great thing by building this institution and I believe there should be more people that are willing to help others from other societies or cultures that are ignorant and that face racial and gender discrimination and can't get the right or the complete education they need to grow as a person and feel food about themselves, and maybe one day those kids can do the same thing Greg Mortenson did for them.

What comes to your mind when you hear the word Peace?

        Peace, when I hear the word peace the first thing that comes to mind is when there are no political and social conflicts that lead to war or that lead to violent riots that turn deadly and disastrous. But besides all of this, another thing that comes to my mind is when a person is in inner peace with themselves, when they are free of stress and anxiety and don't have anything to worry about. A person in my opinion can be in peace with themselves by performing some kind of exercise, for example yoga, etc., that helps the body relax and get all of your frustrations out and the stress just flies away and you feel free and relieved.