Challenge+4


 * Challenge # 4 **


 * Challenge 4 will push you to think a bit more deeply about the connections between the 10 Commandments, the Beatitudes... and how the WORLD may show us one way of living is "good" but our faith guides us to do more... **

1. Visit  [|The Caritas Homepage] a What is Caritas?

b What are the four aims of their programs ?

c How are these four aims connected to the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes ?

d Choose one of the [|Global Issues] on the page (by clicking the link). Each group member must focus on a different issue here, and complete your own responses. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">For the issue you choose, write about the following:
 * ===Why is this an important issue?===
 * ===What have you learnt about your faith in recent weeks that might lead you to take an interest in this topic?===
 * ===List 5 facts about this issue===
 * ===Explain what Australia is doing to help out in this area.===
 * ===Describe what YOU could do to help out in this area - beyond giving a donation===
 * ===Write a short diary entry about this issue (5 - 6 sentences) from the perspective of a person who does **__not__** have a faith background and who does __**not**__ believe we are responsible for helping others in our world.===

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">2. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Visit Oxfam **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">( <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">stands for <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief' ) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> via the link below and put yourself in the shoes of a sweatshop worker by either reading a 24 year old worker's blog OR watching Lulu's Story OR playing the Sweatshop Game OR by just choosing your own adventure.. check it out, there's so much to see and do!! <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> [|Oxfam Australia]

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**3.** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Go to your wardrobe and choose <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">10 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> items of clothing/ shoes/ accessories and check the tags for the following-

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">** a What is the** **brand?** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**b** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> **Origin of fabric?** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**c** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> **Where is the item made?**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Don't be shy! List all data on your team site.. this should be interesting. ====<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">d **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Make a table on your team page to record your findings. (use the "Table" button when editing your page to insert a table). **==== e ** Choose one country where one of your items is made and do a short investigation into how clothing is manufactured in that country. Consider issues such as: ** <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**4.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">** a Ask yourself, could one of the** <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> [|Sweatshops (check out your fave brands on the left hand side)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> featured on the Oxfam website have created this garment for you?
 * ==**age of workers**==
 * ==**working conditions (how many days per week do they work? ventilation? lighting? crowded? sick leave? holidays?)**==
 * ==**pay (per piece? per hour?)**==
 * ==**job protection**==
 * ==**care/consideration for the environment by that company**==
 * ==**access to family**==
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">f <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">record your findings in dot points o your team page **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">g. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">reflect... does knowing about how YOUR clothes get made make you think differently about what and from which country you'd buy clothing again? **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">b <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> Do <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">you feel <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">a <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">'change of heart' <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">How do you [|reconcile] your thoughts with your actions?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">c Consider <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">the following- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">From what you've studied and reflected upon, how do <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">you <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> perceive your future decision making regarding ethically made clothing? = =

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">Create an under <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">1 minute video diary <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">of your response. Make sure to upload it onto <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">your team page!