Paralympics, Papa New Guinea

Paralympics is an example of positive cultural diffusion

How have the Paralympics had a positive influence?

Raises disability awareness, especially in host countries where disability awareness may not be there or there may be prejudices against disabled people.

How has UNICEF helped with the Paralympics in Azerbijan? (training and births)

Helped to train 15,000 educators and reached 40,000 children with diverse educational needs (disabled)

Also helped to reduce the death rate from childbirth, went from 95 deaths every 1000 births to 18 deaths every 1000 births

How have the Paralympics affected Russia?

In Russia the paralympics are funded by the public sector unlike the US where it is the private sector. Helps to raise disability awareness and helps to increase quality of life for disabled people.

Although in Russia, this is still taking time as the Ministry of Labour estimates that only 20% of disabled people are employed

How has cultural erosion affected the indigenous people of Amazonia and in Papa New Guinea’s forest tribes?

Many members of indigenous tribes are becoming aware of Western culture and globalisation.

Instead of their traditional clothing, many wear t shirts and do not value the local ecosystems the way they used to.

In Papa New Guinea, the tree kangaroo is under threat and so is Peru’s Jaguars.

Indigenous people can be driven to hunt endangered species to sell them or to get food due to not seeing value in the local ecosystem.