Essential+Questions

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Knowledge Which help orgainisations operate in New Zealand? (List 10) Guide Dog Association Upside Down Foundation S.P.C.A Salvation Army Starship Green Peace NFD (National Foundation of the Deaf) Make-A-Wish Foundation Westpac Helicopters Auckland City Mission Comprehension The organisation started in 1890 to be the jubilee institute to help the blind. They first offered their services to a school and residence in Parnell. It still continues nowadays, with the help of trained guide dogs to lead the blind. They have different services for different groups, for example: They teach children to walk, balance, sit and crawl as well as teaching them to dress, eat, clean, shop and cook. They also have maori services.

Application What questions would you ask a manager of an organisation to find out how they decide on who to help and how they help? 1. How can we help?/What do you need? 2. What are some suggestions on how to fundraise? 3. What will you do with the money we offer you? Analysis What are some of the problems that your chosen organisation may need help with? 1. They may not have enough money to raise a guide dog (considering that to raise 1 guide dog, it costs them at least $22,500). 2. Guide dogs work 8-10 years before retiring, so if the blind person was really young they would need to get another guide dog. 3. They may not have enough equipment for the dogs. 4 The most common way for people to go blind is to develope cataract. Cataract is mostly caused by not having a balanced diet, smoking, dehydration, injuries to the eye and diabetes. 5. The Guide Dog Association has over 300 staff members, so they would need heaps of money donated to their association to keep their association going.

Synthesis What are some possible solutions to these problems? 1. We would fundraise the money with our $40. 2. They should increase the years of the time for the dogs to retire. 3. With our $40 dollars we will make as much money as possible. The more equipment they have the better chance for more dogs to pass training. 4. We can stop people doing these things by putting up a poster and starting a petition. 5. We can help raise a lot of money so that they can keep the organisation running in the future as it still does today.

It's good to see your group has managed to complete all the questions in the given time frame. However, I was expecting more detailed answers as you were given two afternoons to think about these questions in depth. I would like to see at least 5-6 problems and solutions for the analysis and synthesis part.