Ideas for Young Activists

Transparency International, 2014 Philippines A Million brand-new Inspectors About 1 one million million million boy and girl scouts in Philippines have counted textbooks and conducted quality revues throughout the country. operative hand-in-hand with government and non-government agencies, the software engineer discourages theft of textbooks and helps promote long-term transparency in the country schools.The Department of study provided an open door to programmer organizers, including access to budget information, contracts, and delivery points, as well as providing inspection sites. Local organizations and volunteers that include schoolchildren also carry out the monitoring including surprise inspections during the textbook production process. The programmer has proved successful at reducing subversion In the textbook distribution process. India I pay a Bribe On www. Liberated. Com. Citizens can report their experiences of corruption.The site stock almost 22,500 reports be tween 2010 and 2012, some of which were kicked up by the media and resulted in arrests and convictions. On the flipped, citizens can also report positive experiences theyve had with honest officers. Solomon Islands Comics against putrescence The Solomon Islands government, in partnership with Transparency Solomon Islands, ran a programmer that used comic-style visiting cards and comic strips in newspapers to increase sentiency of corruption in the country. It encouraged Solomon Islanders to say Nap Ana To corruption by reporting anyone they believe to be problematic In corrupt practices. The comic was timed to coincide with International Ann-corruption Day on 9 December. Each comic told the story of average Solomon Islanders In everyday situations, and how their lives can be deeply modify by seemingly simple acts of corruption. The campaign covered the topics of bribery, favoritism, misuse of funds and what you can do to disclose corruption. The series of anti-corruption comi cs ran in all three of Solomon Islands major newspapers and was even available as a pull-out poster insert in the Solomon Star.Afghanistan Kabukis Corruption Marathon Afghan youth Atari Equatorial uses marathons to fight corruption. He sees sportsman as the best elan to spread awareness among Afghan youth, so he organized his low big marathon against corruption. The team was able to gather roughly 500 young Afghan boys and girls In one of Kabukis many dusty streets. Their message was loud and clear Dont pay or accept bribes. The participants did not run a long distance, but a large crowd noticed the group. Strider also involved local radio stations in his outreach helped them convey their message to an even larger audience.India The Zero rupee Movement The zero rupee honour was created by an Indian physics professor who was harassed by endless extortion demands. He handed out the zero rupee notes as a polite way of saying no to officials who held out their hands. Printed on th e note was Eliminate Corruption at all levels and l betoken to neither accept nor give a bribe. When a corrupt official suggests to a citizen that they should pay a bribe to get something done, the citizen can hand over the zero rupee note and its effects have taken hold.The Indian MONGO 5th Pillar has now distributed more than 1 million bills in five languages since 2007. Solomon Islands bloodless Election Pledge A group of young volunteers established the Clean Election Campaign in the Solomon Islands. Their approach was to gather voter pledges, each being a promise to not take part in corrupt activities during that years election. Their pledge states l pledge that I provide reject all bribes. I leave behind not accept any false promises. I lead not sell my vote. I will not involve myself in any corrupt activities during, earlier and after the elections.And also I pledge that I will use my full conscience to go down on my vote and ask God to help me to decide my vote. And I pledge that I will only vote for an honest leader. Kenya Mapping the Election Jacuzzi is an open-source platform designed to courseware information via SMS and online put across and appears on an interactive map. Pioneered in Kenya after the fall-out of the deadly 2008 elections, the website had 45,000 users in Kenya reporting on both instances of electoral fraud and acts of integrity during the following presidential elections.Activists launched the platform to courseware data via peep, SMS, Android, e-mail and the web. More than 4,500 reports were cast and a staggering 58 per cent of these claims have been verified. The findings were referred to by Jennys electoral commission and international media. Venezuela Tweeting the Election Twitter is a simple way to monitor elections with your friends and community. Use or create a credible cheep name so that fellow tweeters know whom to contact for details on election monitoring. Design a washrag so that voters tweeting claims of e lection fraud are streamlined (e. Pomegranate or Cafeteria). In Venezuela, polished society organizations came together to cast a watchful eye on the national elections via Twitter. They received tweets including photos from around the country to gather data on election violations at the polling stations through several hostage. They received more than 1,000 tweets claiming electoral fraud. These strategies do you think be the most effective in plentying with corruption? Choose two and explain why. 3. What other strategies do you think local people could use to deal with corruption in their government?