5. Organ trafficking
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Learning objectives:
- to explore why people are exploited for their organs
- to evaluate solutions to organ trafficking
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International organ theft has become a multi-billion dollar
business throughout the world where organs are being
removed without consent from both living and dead
individuals.
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Men who have sold their
kidneys in India
Brainstorm:
Why would people
sell their own
body parts?
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Read the articles on
organ trafficking.
“It is estimated that 5 per cent to 10 per cent of
kidney transplants performed annually around the
world are the result of trafficking.”
5. Organ trafficking
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Learning objectives:
- to explore why people are exploited for their organs
- to evaluate solutions to organ trafficking
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Organ theft is mainly prevalent in developing countries due to low government
enforcements and human right policies.
Video 1
Organ trafficking in the Middle East
Watch the clip about the
organ trafficking trade and
consider these questions:
1. Where is organ trafficking legal?
2. Which countries are most affected by organ
trafficking?
3. Where are many organs exported to?
4. Why do people sell their organs while still
alive?
5. What are the consequences of people
selling their organs?
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6. Why is thee a demand for organ trafficking?
7. Are there laws about organ trafficking?
8. Who do traffickers prey on? Why?
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Learning objectives:
- to explore why people are exploited for their organs
- to evaluate solutions to organ trafficking
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The international community needs to act to stop the poorest people being
exploited for their organs.But what are the solutions?
Problem:
1. Poverty means that
desperate people will do
anything for money.
2. The organ trafficking
business is undercover
and difficult for authorities
to find out about.
3. There are many wealthy
people who need organ
transplants, especially in
developed countries.
4. In some cultures it is not
allowed to donate organs
after death, so there is a
shortage for operations.
Solutions:
How the solution
will help
You will be
presenting these
solutions on
flipchart paper to
the rest of the
class to decide
which solutions
to stop people
being exploited
for their organs.
What problems
might you,
working as the
UN face in trying
to implement
these solutions?
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Learning objectives:
- to explore why people are exploited for their organs
- to evaluate solutions to organ trafficking
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Summary questions:
1. Have we met our objectives?
2. What are the three most interesting facts you
have learnt?
3. Have your ideas changed since the
beginning of the lesson?
4. What more would you like to to know?
5. Is there anything we as global citizens can do
to help?
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