• Question: If you were to change a country, what country would you change?

    Asked by anon-202380 to Rebecca, Raashid, Matthew, Marie, Hanna, Gareth on 7 Mar 2019.
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      Hanna Jeffery answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      That’s a really difficult question because there are so many things you could change about so many places! Wouldn’t it be great to take away a disease, like malaria, or disasters, like earthquakes, from lots of countries around the world. Wouldn’t it be nice to choose our weather. But really, it is when the people in charge of a country run it badly that I wish things would change. Every country has all sorts of people, so you can’t assume that everyone likes (or doesn’t like) the way their country is being run.

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      Rebecca Gosling answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      What a hard question! Some countries are so poor and the people suffer as a result, I would love it if I can change it so that everyone had the same opportunities. I have a particular love for Nepal because I spent 2 months working in a hospital there a few years ago. The healthcare there is so different to here, and they have so much less money and facilities than we do. Yet, the people are so nice and friendly and funny and welcoming. I would love to see them have more and be given the same chance we are!

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      Marie Cameron answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      Excellent, but difficult question! I agree with the others. It is not so much about changing a country, as wishing for equal opportunities for people from all countries. Some countries have lots of natural resources (oil etc.) but the way the country is run means many people are still very poor. It is awful that young children still die of hunger in many countries.

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      Matthew Smith answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      I find it hard to name a country but i would probably change any country where people don’t share the same rights. That might be through gender/ sexuality/ religion/ political beliefs. I’d change things so people could be themselves without being scared. Wouldn’t that be nice?!?

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      Gareth Nye answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      That is such a good question! Any country that is really poor I’d change to help them but I couldn’t name one

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      Raashid Ali answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      This is a tough one, I wouldn’t like to pick a specific country as the things I would like to change are what everyone should have. So, I would like to work for change so that everyone would be treated and seen equally, there wouldnt be any poverty and everyone would have the access to all the things we see as privilages like education, healthcare, right to live freely.

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