SDG's
Which SDG aims to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages?
SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing.
What type of aid involves one country’s government providing aid directly to another country’s government?
Bilateral aid.
Which Australian government department manages Australia’s aid program?
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Name one feature of an effective aid program.
Any one: ownership by the recipient country; focused on achieving the right outcomes; partnerships and collaboration; or monitoring and evaluation.
What is individual action?
Any action an individual can take on their own to assist in reducing the impact societal issues have on health outcomes and human development.
Name the six SDGs studied in relation to SDG 3.
SDG 1 No Poverty, SDG 2 Zero Hunger, SDG 4 Quality Education, SDG 5 Gender Equality, SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation, and SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production.
What type of aid is provided through organisations such as the UN, WHO or World Bank?
Multilateral aid.
What is the main aim of Australia’s aid program?
To reduce poverty and promote a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific region based on achieving sustainable
Name the three features of effective aid programs.
Ownership by the recipient country; partnerships and collaboration; monitoring and evaluation.
Give two examples of ways an individual could take social action.
Any two: volunteer; donate money to NGOs; conduct fundraising events; sign petitions; develop awareness campaigns; purchase products that promote social change; lobby governments; organise a boycott; or start a social enterprise activity
A program provides safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. Identify the SDG it primarily addresses and explain how this could contribute to SDG 3.
SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation. Safe water and sanitation can reduce exposure to waterborne diseases, reducing morbidity and mortality and therefore contributing to SDG 3.
An Australian-funded program is delivered through the United Nations using funds contributed by several countries. Identify the type of aid and justify your answer.
Multilateral aid, because funding from multiple governments is combined and delivered through a large international organisation such as the UN.
Give two reasons why Australia works with multilateral organisations to deliver aid.
Any two: greater reach and scale; pooling resources and expertise; access to specialist knowledge; maximising impact; avoiding duplication; or the ability to implement projects Australia could not deliver alone.
An aid program allows local communities to identify their needs and help design the program. Identify the feature of effective aid demonstrated and explain why it could make the program more effective.
Ownership by the recipient country. Involving local communities means the program is more likely to address their actual needs, encourages participation and ownership, and can improve sustainability and effectiveness.
A group of students wants to address food insecurity in their local community. Propose one individual action and one social action they could take and explain how each could promote health and human development.
Example individual action: donate food or money to a local food relief organisation. Example social action: organise a school-wide food drive or fundraising campaign to support people experiencing food insecurity. These actions can increase access to nutritious food, reducing the risk of malnutrition and promoting physical health. Access to adequate food can also allow people to develop to their full potential and participate in their community, promoting human development.
Explain how achieving SDG 5: Gender Equality could contribute to achieving SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing.
: Achieving gender equality can increase women and girls’ access to education, employment, income and healthcare and reduce discrimination and harmful practices. This can improve health outcomes and contribute to SDG 3.
Compare bilateral aid and NGO aid, including one characteristic of each.
: Bilateral aid is provided directly from the government of one country to the government of another. NGO aid is delivered by non-profit organisations that operate independently of governments and often focus on smaller, community-based projects.
Explain how Australia’s aid program can contribute to the achievement of two different SDGs.
Answers will vary. For example, supporting maternal and child health can contribute to SDG 3, while improving water and sanitation can contribute to SDG 6. Other valid examples may link Australian aid priorities to education, gender equality, poverty reduction or other relevant SDGs.
An aid program involves local communities in planning but does not collect data to determine whether its objectives are being achieved. Evaluate one strength and one limitation of the program.
Strength: community involvement supports ownership and helps ensure the program meets local needs. Limitation: without monitoring and evaluation it is difficult to determine whether the program is achieving its intended outcomes or identify improvements that are needed.
Explain how purchasing products that promote social change could contribute to improvements in health and
Purchasing socially responsible products can direct money towards organisations or businesses that support positive social outcomes. This may provide resources, employment or services that improve health and increase people’s access to the resources needed for a decent standard of living.
Analyse how achieving SDG 1: No Poverty could contribute to both SDG 2: Zero Hunger and SDG 3: Good Health
Reducing poverty increases people’s ability to afford nutritious food, contributing to SDG 2. Improved nutrition can strengthen immune system functioning, reduce disease and lower mortality, contributing to SDG 3.
A cyclone has devastated a low-income country. Compare humanitarian assistance and long-term development aid, explaining why both may be required.
Humanitarian assistance provides immediate, short-term support such as food, water, medicines, shelter and emergency personnel to keep people alive. Long-term development aid then helps rebuild systems and infrastructure and address underlying causes so communities can become more self-sufficient.
Justify why Australia uses partnerships rather than delivering all of its aid independently. Include at least two different types of partners in your response.
Partnerships provide resources, expertise, reach and local knowledge that improve the impact and sustainability of aid. For example, multilateral organisations extend Australia’s reach and can deliver larger-scale programs, while local communities help ensure programs address local needs. NGOs can also access remote or conflict-affected areas and bring strong community connections
A program works with local communities, establishes clear health objectives, partners with NGOs and regularly collects data on its progress. Evaluate the effectiveness of the program in promoting health and human development.
The program is likely to be highly effective because it demonstrates several features of effective aid: recipient-country ownership, a focus on appropriate outcomes, partnerships and collaboration, and monitoring and evaluation. A strong response should link these features to improvements in health and/or human development and make an overall judgement.
A group of students wants to address period poverty. Propose one individual action and one social action they could take and explain how each could promote health and human development.
Example individual action: donate period products to an organisation supporting people experiencing period poverty. Example social action: organise a school-wide donation or fundraising campaign, or petition for improved access to free menstrual products. Each action should be linked to improved access to essential resources, health outcomes and/or human development.