Proposal: the Hunger in Ethiopia

Research Proposal Introduction/ Background Information Ethiopia has been suffering from poverty and hunger for many years. Most of the volume around the ball are not aware of this massacre. Ethiopia is an agro-based country they have only agricultural labor to localise on. The drought in Ethiopia has caused a huge impact in the economy. There are currently over 500,000 acutely malnourished children in Ethiopia. They have been getting foreign aid but reports in the conversations with many starvation victims confirm that the situation is still not improved.By increasing foreign aid, the foreign country can get certain benefits, they can assure military assistance, contact land to search for oil, and create an alliance. Our research champaign forget bring awareness closely the terrible situation in Ethiopia to the whole world. When this research accept is successful, our prediction is that people all over the world will athletic supporter and protest for more(prenominal) forei gn aids. Ethiopia will receive enough aid to invest on a permanent solution to poverty and many lives will be relieve from starvation and malnutrition. The funding company which funds this research study will be reatly benefited because it will be appreciated and credited on all our research studies. The funding agency will be thanked by the people all over the world and it will be known by the whole world. We have high expectation that this study will be a success because similar work has been very successful in the past years. Invisible Children Kony 2012, a video published by Jason Russell which brings awareness to the world about the Ugandan criminal, was very successful. They have captured the attention of the people around the whole world.The video has gotten over 84 million views in just two weeks. Proposed lap The intent of the proposed study is to learn about the suffering victims in Ethiopia. In this research study, interviews will be the primary research approach. It is anticipated that the victims will call down about their stories and variety of topics throughout the interview. It is anticipated that over 30 interviews will be conducted within a year. All interviews will be videotaped with the interviewees permission. The pass judgment interview length is about an hour long.I will write field notes while observing, giving interviews and listening to the interviews from the tape after. I expect to obtain more information and data from the organizations that are already there to help the victims, papers, officials of the government of Ethiopia and any other subjects that relates with my research study. All the interviews and data will be saved and organized on computer software. Some Interviews will be edited and published in the internet where everyone in the world should have access to. We will also be advertising it in the internet nd in major cities of United States. I will create a webpage where we have our statistics and data. great deal all over the world are expected to be interacting with each other in our webpage, which creates awareness. I will interact with people on kind networking websites such as Twitter, Facebook and email. Budget I will need the following real(a)s, equipment and personnel for a comfort success. I will need stationary material for recording, cameras, computers, microphones, sound systems and computer software for video editing and file storage. I will hire about 10 qualified interns nd employees for different tasks. push through of all the employees, some will be interviewers and journalists who will assist me with interviews and conduct their own interviews in different rural part of Ethiopia. Some of the employees will be in control of editing videos and uploading it on Internet webpage, manage the webpage and social networking sites such as Facebook and twitter. The webpage would have the options for people to make donations that go to the charity to help the victims. The estimated c ost for this research project is about half a million ollars. The amount specified includes the material, equipment, personnel, travel expenses and salary for the interns and the employees including me. The research study is proposed to start in spring of 2012 and expected to finish in the middle of 2013. Conclusion/Recommendation This project is very significant because many lives depend on it. It will fountain awareness to the whole world about the situation in Ethiopia. The action taken against this massacre is very helpful to these poor people who live their life story with a dollar a day. This problem can be solved y being united and protesting for more aid, advertising, donating and collecting donations. Many lives can be saved. References 1. Alexander, Douglas. House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 03 Nov 2009 (pt 0001). United Kingdom Parliament Home Page. 3 Nov. 2009. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. . 2. Gordts, Eline. Ethiopia Hunger During Worst Drought In 60 Years. The Huf fington Post. TheHuffingtonPost. com, 17 Aug. 2011. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. . 3. Sanders, Edmund. Hunger Is Once Again Stalking Ethiopia. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 05 Aug. 2008. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. .