Poverty

Poverty in Africa By: Richie Foster

What is poverty?
Poverty is:
Not having enough money to take care of basic needs such as food, clothing and education
A social problem that people depend on their environment they find themselves in
Going empty with no food, clothing and no hope for the future.

Why is poverty such a widespread problem in Africa and can we fix it?
It is a problem in Africa because of:
War, famine and AIDS
We can fix this by:
Having the financial resources like money
Having the technology and knowledge
Realizing what we have to do
2015

How are Africans effected by poverty?
43% of children in the Sub-Saharan Africa don’t have a save, accessible drinking water.
Nearly 3 million children under the age of 14 are HIV positive
57% of African children have an education and one in three of them will not complete school
For every 100 boys that go to school, only 83 girls will get to go to primary school

Is the Poverty rate rising or falling in Africa?
The poverty rate is rising because:
Food prices have risen in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fuel prices have risen in the last couple of years
The cost of living in developing countries have risen

Why did I chose this topic?
I chose poverty because:
I didn’t know a whole lot about what poverty was
I wanted to know why there was so much poverty in Africa
I wanted to know what poverty is and if it was rising or falling
I thought that this was an important topic.

What did I already know about poverty?
I knew that:
Africa has a very different lifestyle because of poverty
Poverty is happening even here in America.
Children have to get jobs to support their families living in poverty
Poverty is found most in developing countries.

What information was surprising or interesting to me?
Information that was surprising for me was:
Around 20,000 people die in Africa due to extreme poverty
Malaria is estimated to cause between 1.1 million-2.7 million deaths world wide every year
Between 12 and 14 million African children have or been orphaned by parents who have HIV

What questions do I have after my research?
Questions I have are:
How did living in poverty start
Why does Africa have the most poverty
What part of Africa is it happening the most

Works cited
http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/africa.html
http://cozay.com/
http://www.endpoverty2015.org/africanews/extreme-poverty-africa-drops/
http://africacan.worldbank.org/poverty-in-africa-and-elsewhere
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/7/17/poverty-in-africa

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