Warm-Up Topic = Government Review… List one “obstacle to education” in Africa. What can literacy rate tell you about a country? Collectors, pass back papers A-Managers, who’s absent? Supply Managers, do your jobs (replenish from cart) Retrievers, 1 paper O-Managers, make sure there are 6 orange reading packets in your group basket

Warm-Up Topic = Government Review… Compare Kenya’s & South Africa’s forms of leadership. List one “obstacle to education” in Africa. What can literacy rate tell you about a country? Collectors, pass back papers A-Managers, who’s absent? Supply Managers, do your jobs (replenish from cart) Retrievers, 1 paper today O-Managers, make sure you have 6 orange reading packets in your group basket

Standard/Element: SS7CG3b- Describe the impact of government stability on the distribution of resources to combat diseases, such as AIDS and famine across Africa. E.Q.: How do the spread of diseases in Africa impact the economy and the distribution of resources?

Diseases of Africa Malaria Sleeping Sickness HIV/AIDS

Malaria Common in tropical regions Transmitted from a bite from a female mosquito 500 million people are infected 1-3 million die each year Economics = makes many people too sick to work & medicine cost $

Sleeping Sickness attacks nervous system and often results in a prolonged sleep affects humans and other Vertebrates Can be deadly Economics= raising livestock is impossible

HIV/AIDS AIDS is the final stage of HIV, which severely damages the immune system Symptoms= enlarged lymph glands, tiredness, fever, rash, loss of appetite and weight, diarrhea, and night sweats Transmitted sexually, direct contact with infected blood, and perinatal (transmission from an infected woman to her fetus or baby) 33 million people are infected Human transmission originally occurred from humans, who ate infected chimpanzees in West Africa

Extreme Poverty is: When basic needs aren’t satisfied: Food Water Clothing Shelter Sanitation Healthcare Education Those who are extremely poor lack the freedom to make choices that you and I take for granted. We can choose whether we want Chik-fil-A or Panera for dinner, or nachos or pizza for lunch today. These people often have to choose whether they or their children will eat today. We can choose whether to watch tv in the family room or our bedroom, or maybe play a game on our ipod or phone. Such choices are unfathomable to many of these people, who struggle just to keep their thatch roofs from leaking too much. Essentially, poverty is a lack of freedom

Extreme poverty The World Bank’s poverty line: $1.25 / day Compare to Dickerson Middle (30068): Avg. household income is $130,399 / yr $357.26 / day Around the world, a total of 1.4 billion people live on less than $1.25 / day. An additional 1.5 billion people live on less than $2 / day. When combined, these two groups make up almost half of the world’s population!

Low-income countries Source: World Bank Blue: North America, Western Europe, Australia, Japan, and some countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates Green: Includes much of South America, Eastern Europe and Upper Asia, and a few countries in Africa Purple: Much of SE Asia, some Middle Eastern and N. African countries, and W. S. America Red: Most of Sub-Saharan Africa, a few countries on the Indian sub-continent, and SE Asia Source: World Bank (low-income countries = income below $765 per capita)

Low-income countries Saudi Arabia is a wealthy country, obviously because of its oil supplies S. Africa and Libya are fairly wealthy, followed by N. African countries of Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, as well as a few on the west coast of Africa, including Cameroon, Republic of Congo and Namibia, which have good natural resources and good ports. The rest of sub-saharan Africa is extremely poor, again with an income per capita of less than $765.

What is being done now - summary Much is being done, on various fronts, to combat world poverty The problems are complex, and so require complex solutions It’s not enough just to throw money at these countries. That alone will not solve poverty The variety of factors which contribute to poverty must each be addressed individually

What can one person do? Stay informed – know what’s happening to your neighbors across the world Stay in school – education is the best deterrent to poverty, both in Africa and in Marietta, GA As you get older, travel – nothing provides insight like experience. See how the world lives. Then get involved – this generation has in its hand the opportunity and the power to finally end extreme global poverty!

Cycle of Diseases, Famine, & Poverty in Africa