Sunday, 16 March 2014

Fred Hollows's biography



1929 - Born in Newzealand
1960 - Got a job in Australia
1965 - Became head of the eye department at Sydney hospital
1970 - Helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australia
1980 - Travelled all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries
1989 - Diagnosed by cancer
1993 - Died at the age of 64

 

Monday, 10 March 2014

Turning points and Achievments (Nelson Mandela)


Turning points

-           Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society

-          In 1944 helped to found ANZ youth league

-          Resigned from ANZ and work under ground

-          Arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in Robben Island prison

-          In 1990 released from prison

-          Lost his oldest son to H.I.V epidemic

-          Mandela retired

 

Achievments

-          In 1944 Found ANZ youth league

-          In 1952 opened the first black law firm in South Africa

-          In 1960 advocate armed struggle through the MK

-          Helped to keep other men’s sprits high and never compromised his political principle when offered early release

-          10th of May 1994 Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected state president of South Africa

-          Worked hard on H.I.V  Campaign

-          Mandela associated with many educational programmers and initiative such as make poverty history campaign

-          In 1993 awarded  the Nobel peace prize