1. February 22, 2017
Agenda
• Famine, Malnutrition, & Starvation (17)
• Video
Warm-up
What is famine?
Homework: review today’s material (Study Guide due Monday 2/27)

2. Unit 9: Government & Corruption in Africa
1.Unit 9 Standards 14. Study Guide
2.Warmup (2/6 –2/10) 15. Warmup (2/20-2/24)
3.Gov. Vocab Obstacles to Education
4. Cit Part & PD Famine, Starvation, &
5. Hello My Name is Malnutrition
6. 2 Democracies 18. Clean Water
7. Sorting Gov. Terms (not STEAM)
8. Government Matrix
9. Warmup (2/13-2/17)
10. African Leaders
11. Civil Wars in Africa
12. South Sudan
13. Foreign Aid

3. Famine, Starvation, & Malnutrition
NB 17

4. Famine, Starvation, & Malnutrition in Africa

5. What is a Famine?
•A severe shortage of food, generally affecting a large area and large numbers of people.

6. Famines leads to Malnutrition and Starvation
•Malnutrition is when a person is not eating enough calories or not eating the right (healthy) kinds of foods.
•Starvation is severe malnutrition and the person is in danger of dying.

7. But what does a famine look like?

11. This child is being checked for malnutrition with a MUAC bracelet

12. Human causes of Famine
•Wars & Civil Wars
•Displacement & Refugees
•Deliberate crop destruction

13. Environmental causes of Famine
•Drought / lack of rain
•Floods
•Earthquakes
•Insect plagues
•Plant Disease

14. Who is most at risk to die during a Famine?
•Mostly children under two
•Young Children or adolescents
•Pregnant or nursing mothers
•Elderly
•Chronically ill

15. So what’s being done about it?
•Organizations like Doctors Without Borders, the UN, UNICEF, WHO, and other countries are working to relieve famine in Africa.

16. Women get in line at 6am to receive food from “Doctors Without Borders”

17. Others pass out bags of food to hungry people

18. MSF and Plumpy’Doz
•Plumpy’Doz is a ready-to-eat food given out by Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
•Children under the age of three get three tablespoons
•There is also Plumpy’nut –a therapeutic food to help malnourished children

19. This girl eats Plumpy’nut

20. This women receives a months worth of Plumpy’Doz

23. This child is gaining weight do to the aid he receives from MSF

24. Take a moment to reflect on the images of suffering you have seen.

25. What can be done to help with the water issues in Africa?
Daily Closing
What can be done to help with the water issues in Africa?