If you think you are too small

to have an impact, try going to bed with

a mosquito in the room.

Anita Roddick

1 Do you think an individual can have an impact on social problems?

2 Have you ever helped somebody in need?

Lenka, 15, a student

2. I have contributed to a charity. I`ve given some clothes to an orphanage.

1. Yes. If you give some change to a homeless, he can get something to eat unless he buys some alcohol.

Rado,18,a student

1.Yes, I think so. Poverty starts where other people get rich.

2. Church collections

Marian,62, an executive manager

1. Definitely, an individual might cause those problems him/herself and at the same time he/she might help reduce them.

2. Our company helps regularly.

Ľubomíra, 31, an officer

1. Sure, everybody has some influence!

2. I try to help every time when it is possible or when somebody asks me for help and also by sending SMS for charities.

Maria, 87, a pensioner

1. Maybe not in Slovakia, but a man with leading skills who knows how to gain attention and move masses definitely has influence.

Stefan, 20, a student

1. It depends on how strong that individual is. If it is an ordinary person, I think it`s hard.

2. Yes,I`ve contributed to public collections.

This is Violka. She is a college student. She cannot cope with

injustice, hungry children, bad living conditions. She

wants to help.

Is an individual´s help enough

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Some people don`t like Violka`s deeds.

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This is the matter of

the whole society.

The end

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Authors:

Dominika ČížováMichal Béreš

Dávid Majerčík d:P

Marcel Vnek

Igor MinárikViola Vachaľová

JAZYKOVÁ ŠKOLA LINGUA PLUS TREBIŠOV