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1. Democratic Republic of Congo
Country Developement Plan
Spreading the Love
Ronnel Englis
John Salvador
Elizabeth Atkinson
Guadalupe Mosqueda

4. 2008
Rebels cause trouble in the east and
are forcing people to leave their
homes.
Timeline
1999-2002
President Laurent Kabila is shot dead. Gold,
diamonds, timber and colton are used for creating
mobile phones.
1950-1960
1970-1980 2009
Professor from Belgium published a thirty-
Congo is renamed to Zaire by Joseph year plan to grant Congo an increase in self- Reparations are being made to DRC, also
Mobutu, the river of Congo is also renamed government, U.S. State Senator Hillary Clinton prom-
to River Zaire. independence. ises 17 millions to help sexually abused
victims.
1870-1890
2006-2007
In 1870 Belgians king moved into Congo to
colonize the land , also known as Congo free Elections are held for a new president, but no
state. winner is chosen between Joseph Kabila and
Jean-Pierre Bemba.
1400-1500
1998-1997
Diego Cao founded Congo
in 1482. 1900-1910 Civil war in Congo started in 1998. The Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) is renamed in the same
In 1907, Belgian’s governent changed the year. Laurent-Desire Kabila is then voted president.
name to Belgian Congo. Most of the east area of DRC is controlled by the
1600-1700 rebels.
Foreigners such as British, Dutch, Por-
1200-1300 tuguese, and French merchants became
involed in slave trade system in Congo.
The empire of Congo rises.

5. Millienium Development Goals Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) 74% (2007) The health sector rehabillation
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Adolescent fertility rate ( births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 235/1,000 (2000) is helping specific areas on
201/1,000 (2007) health services.
Proportion of population below $1.25(PPP) a day (%) 59% (2007) DRC Transitional strategy is to
Prevalence of malnutrition (% of children under age 5 under- 31% (2001) helping secure all the bad areas Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live 1100/100,000 (2007)
weight) like urban centers and volatile births)
areas. Also, to improve living
conditions in the urban centers Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
volatile areas.
Tuberculosis (incidence per 100,000 people) 165/100,000 (1990) Since the 1990s, The D.R. of
Goal 2: Achieving Universal Primary Education 238/100,000 (1995) Congo rate of tuberculosis has
343/100,000 (2000) been increasing because so
Primary completion rate (% of relevant age group) 31% (2000) Schools have been built in the 392/100,000 (2007) many people have been getting
51% (2007) villages of D.R. of Congo, but the this disease.
schools are not supplied with Condom use, population ages 15-24, male (% of males ages 15-24) 16% (2007)
Total Enrollment, Primary (% net) 33% (2000)
enough school supplies.
Condom use, population ages 15-24, female ( % of females ages 26% (2007)
15-24
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS (%) 40% (1990)
47% (2000)
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 71/100 (1990) Through out the years ratio 61% (2007)
69/100 (1995) of female to male has been
90/100 (2000) increasing and decreasing People living with HIV/AIDS 400,000-500,000 (2007)
81/100 (2007) because of males being taken Adult (15-49) rate % 1.2-1.5% (2007)
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 52/100 (2000) out of schools to go to war. Women with HIV/AIDS 210,000-270,000 (2007)
53/100 (2007) Children with HIV/AIDS 37,000-52,000 (2007)
Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality AIDS death 24,000-34,000 (2007)
Immunization, measles (% of children 12-23 months) 38%(1990) Every 1,000 births children Orphans due to AIDS 270,000-380,000 (2007)
27% (1995) under the age of 5 die, 161-200
48%(2000) have died. Every 1,000 live
79%(2007) births infants die, 108-127
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 127/1,000 (1990) have died. It has been rapidly
122/1,000 (1995) decreasing since the 1990s
116/1,000 (2000) because of starvation and
108/1,000 (2007) because of disease.
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000) 200/1,000 (1990)
192/1,000 (1995)
179/1,000 (2000)
161/1,000 (2007)

6. Goal 7: Ensure Environmental sustainability
CO2 emissions (kg per PPP $ of GDP) 0.2% (1990) In selected areas, water supply
0.2% (1995) of DRC is trying to improve the
0.1% (2000) selected areas to have more
0.1% (2007) water and it will be carried out
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) 0.1% (1990) to kinshasa, lubumbashi, and
0.1% (1995) Matadi. The forests of DRC are
0.0% (2000) being sustained for mul-
0.0% (2007) tiple uses for pilot provinces.
Forests have been burned down
Forest area (% of land area) 62% (1990) because of volcanoes.
61% (1995)
60% (2000)
59% (2007)
Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access) 15% (1990)
17% (1995)
25% (2000)
31% (2007)
Improved water source (% of population with access) 43% (1990)
44% (1995)
45% (2000)
46% (2007)
Summary
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), there are many issues. One main issue is to ensure enironmental sustainability. This
is a main issue in the DRC because it is known that we have the largest rainforest in Africa. This is an issue because every five years, 1%
of the forests go turns into land. And since we are known for the largest rainforest that 1% is a lot of trees.

7. Geography