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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)
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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
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Famine, Starvation, & Malnutrition
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Famine, Starvation, & Malnutrition in Africa
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What is a Famine? •A severe shortage of food, generally affecting a large area and large numbers of people.
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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.
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But what does a famine look like?
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This child is being checked for malnutrition with a MUAC bracelet
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Human causes of Famine •Wars & Civil Wars •Displacement & Refugees •Deliberate crop destruction
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Environmental causes of Famine
•Drought / lack of rain •Floods •Earthquakes •Insect plagues •Plant Disease
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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
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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.
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Women get in line at 6am to receive food from “Doctors Without Borders”
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Others pass out bags of food to hungry people
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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
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This girl eats Plumpy’nut
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This women receives a months worth of Plumpy’Doz
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This child is gaining weight do to the aid he receives from MSF
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Take a moment to reflect on the images of suffering you have seen.
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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?
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