Students will investigate various diseases plaguing Africa.

1. Make a connection between the
challenges that several Africa countries
face? How are they linked?

2.  The students will be able to make
connections between the major
issues that several African countries
are currently facing.

3. Sicknesses
Malaria
Ebola
Cholera
Famine (hunger)

4. Poverty
Poor
Living
Conditions
Sickness

5.  A funding committee whose membership consists
of Bill and Melinda Gates, Sheik Mohammed, and
a representative of theWorld Health Organization
(WHO) has $90 million.
 The committee will listen to presentations from 4
groups, each of which will present a case in behalf
of funding for efforts to combat an issue afflicting
Africans.
 The committee will divide the $90 million among
the three groups whose presentations were the
most persuasive. (The class will act as the
committee.)

6.  Divide the class into four groups.
 Randomly assign each group one of the
following issues: Malaria, Ebola, Cholera and
Famine.
 There is only enough money to fund 3 of the 4
groups and explain that the 3 groups to be
funded will be chosen on the basis of the quality
of their presentations.

7. 1) A description of the issue
2) Your plan of action (solution) if you were
funded by the committee….how you would
spend the money to treat, cure, or eliminate
the issue.
1) Complete the handout!

8. Malaria Ebola Cholera Famine
Sewar Layla
AlLahham
Layla Atallah Tala
Elia Yahya Maddie Juma
Christo Nathan Gabe Rasul
Samuel Mohammed Feroz Husain
Abdulla Jason Rashed Jana
Hania Andrew Darius Ahmad

9. Malaria Ebola Cholera Famine
Amina Tala Jana Elana
Sandro Joe Ishaq Kareem
David Ahmad Adam Jad
Faisal Nayoung Raawad Omar
Malaika Ajab Minhyeok Mikaela
Hani Mudar Stephanie

10. Malaria Ebola Cholera Famine
SarahAlG. Sara Shama Angelina Ghada
Maryam
Ashraf
Rana Alia Maryam
AlH.
Devin Parsa Ali Zena
Sultan Hirad Minuk Mahmoud
Hafsa Amir Lily Iris
Ethan Chaeyoung Nayla Moses

11. Malaria Ebola Cholera Famine
Hela Hala Caitlin Aaryahi
Ria Celine Samhita Karen
Dana Karim Jazmin Setareh
Rohan Seb Ahmad Harith
Illiyaan Feres Yunseo Rakan
Abdulrahman Mohammed Nadim Saif
Ibrahim

12. Cause
• Drought: lack of rainfall for an
extended time
• Poor farming practices
• Corrupt Governments
• Rapidly growing populations
Effect
• Desertification
• Crop failure
• Shortage of food
• Humanitarian aid never reaches
those who need it
• Mass starvation and malnutrition
• Decrease in labor force and
education due to sickness and
death
• Poverty
• Lack of economic development

14. African areas that have been largely affected by
famine are in the countries of Ethiopia,
Somalia, and the Sudan. All of these
countries have been marked by corrupt
governments as well as lack of rain fall.
What do you think the possible solutions are
for this problem?

15.  Malaria is a sickness spread through mosquito
bites.
 Those who are mostly affected are infants to 5-6
years of age.
 90% of deaths occur in Sub Sahara Africa
 There are medications available to treat Malaria
as well as vaccinations to prevent it.
 These vaccinations usually cost money.
 http://education.nationalgeographic.org/thisday
/aug20/mosquitos-shown-spread-malaria/

16. Cause
• Corrupt Governments
• Poverty
Effect
• Lack of money and resources
to prevent and treat malaria:
includes medicines and
mosquito nets
• Humanitarian aid never
reaches those who need it
• Reduces labor force and
education
• Increase in poverty
• Lack of economic
development

18. What do you believe are possible solutions for
this problem in Africa?

19.  https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinj
uriesandconditions/ebola/
 http://education.nationalgeographic.org/this
day/may9/outbreak-ebola/

20.  The continent of Africa has deposits of the
world’s most valuable resources, but due to
poverty, sickness, and corruption; the
continent ranks among the highest in the
world for all three of the same: poverty,
sickness, and corruption.