POVERTY NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY - FIGHT POVERTY AND HUNGER

1. POVERTY NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY - FIGHT POVERTY AND HUNGER “I know poverty because poverty was there before I was born and it has become part of life like the blood through my veins. Poverty is not going empty for a single day and getting something to eat the next day. Poverty is going empty with no hope for the future. Poverty is getting nobody to feel your pain and poverty is when your dreams go in vain because nobody is there to help you. Poverty is watching your mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters die in pain and in sorrow just because they couldn't get something to eat. Poverty is hearing your grandmothers and grandfathers cry out to death to come take them because they are tired of this world. Poverty is watching your own children and grandchildren die in your arms but there is nothing you can do. Poverty is watching your children and grandchildren share tears in their deepest sleep. Poverty is suffering from HIV/AIDS and dying a shameful death but nobody seems to care".  " Poverty is when you hide your face and wish nobody could see you just because you feel less than a human being. Poverty is when you dream of bread and fish you never see in the day light. Poverty is when people accuse you and prosecute you for no fault of yours but who is there to say some for you? Poverty is when the hopes of your fathers and grandfathers just vanish within a blink of an eye.  I know poverty and I know poverty just like I know my father's name. Poverty never sleeps. Poverty works all day and night. Poverty never takes a holiday"            (One Poor African)

2. AIM: WILL AFRICA EVER REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL?

3. AFRICA’S INCOME What do you see? What does this map tell us? What conclusions can be drawn from this map? What do you think is causing this?

4. What do you see? What does this map tell us? What conclusions can be drawn from this map? What do you think is causing this?

5. AIDS IN AFRICA What do you see? What does this map tell us? What conclusions can be drawn from this map? What do you think is causing this?

6. MALNUTRITION IN AFRICA What do you see? What does this map tell us? What conclusions can be drawn from this map? What do you think is causing this?

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8__o6mzsX0 • What caused the conflict in Darfur? • Which side is the Sudanese government supporting? • What conditions have intensified the tensions and fighting between these two groups? • What are some of the effects of this conflict?

8. "... As you can see, there is no pipe borne water in this village. The only source of water in this village is water from the stream and rain water we collect when it rains. We drink from the stream and the stream serves as water for all other purposes. Our major problem is that the stream water is not purified and it contains so many germs and bacteria which cause so many diseases in this village. (in Liberia) People die each and every day but there is nothing we can do because the stream is the only source of water besides rain water. In the dry season for example, there is no rain water and the stream is the only source of water for the entire village and other nearby villages. My only prayer is that one day someone will come to our aid..."

9. AFRICA'S CHILDREN OF WAR  About 120,000 African children are participating in armed conflicts. Some are as young as 7 years old. (source: United Nations) • Children account for half of all civilian casualties in wars in Africa. (source: United Nations)   • One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: World Vision) • Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF)

10. In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: WHO)   • Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank) • Nearly 2 million children under 14 years old are HIV positive. (source: WHO) •  43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) • 64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) • Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school.

11. MODERN-DAY PROBLEMS IN AFRICA

12. REVIEW A major environmental problem affecting Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia has been • air pollution • Deforestation • disposal of nuclear waste • acid rain

13. Which conclusion is valid concerning the food shortages some nations of Africa and Asia during the 1970’s and 1980’s? • misuse of the land has destroyed many rich food-producing regions • too few people in Africa and Asia are involved in food production • acid rain has been the major cause of crop failures • European nations stopped shipping food to these regions

14. --Rebellion in the Congo during the 1960’s--Civil war in Nigeria from 1967 to 1970--Fighting in the Sudan in the 1980’s--Massacres in Rwanda in the 1990’sWhich factor was the main reason for these conflicts? • poor food distribution systems • communist interference • demands for land reform • ethnic rivalries