Africathe good and the bad

Africathe good and the bad

Tribes of Africa

European Control of Africa

What did the Europeans think they were bringing to Africa?

What was the actual effect that Europeans had on Africa?

Europeans Vs. Africa

Poverty: the statistics

Write down the top THREE statistics that stick out to you:

•414 Million people in Africa live on less than $1.25 a day

•75’% of the world’s poorest nations are in Africa.

•240 million people lack money for food and so live in daily hunger

•760 million people do not have access to clean drinking water.

•Fewer than 20% of females in Africa have any kind of formal education

•Approximately one in 16 women living in sub-Saharan African will die during childbirth or pregnancy. Only one in 4,000 women in North America will.

What is the cause of poverty?

What do YOU think is an effective way to stop poverty?

Is poverty in Africa similar to poverty in the U.S.?

Discussion Questions:

How do you Break the poverty Cycle?

AIDS: the statistics

Africa is estimated to have more than 68%

of the AIDS-infected population in the world.

AIDS medication is extremely expensivein the U.S., about $10,000 a year.

Generic drugs are beingused in Africa for only about $150 per person per year.

Since most victims in Africamake less than $2 a day, the drugs

are still too expensive for them.

By 2010, the death toll

reached over 1.8 million

AIDS deaths in that year alone.

In the 35 African nations with the highest percentage

of AIDS victims, the average life expectancy is 48.3 years;

6.5 years less than it would be without the disease.

Every year, 2 million additional people are infected in Africa.

There have been several nationswhich have reduced the percentage

of AIDS patients. This has been donethrough heavy government spending

in education, medicines, and health care facilities.

Approximately 12 million children in sub-Saharan Africa

are estimated to be orphaned by AIDS.

There are 48.3 million orphans south of the Sahara, one-quarter of whom have lost their parents to AIDS.

Hunger

Two hundred million people are chronically undernourished

The World Food Programme

estimates it will need to feed

43 million hungry people

in Africa this year...

Thirty-two countries need food aid to keep their populations alive...

In the last 10 years, many African nations have been able to reduce the number of starving people by investing in more modern farming

equipment and techniques.

Conflicts and Civil Wars

Over the last 10 years 9.2 million people havebeen killed in conflicts in Africa.

Conflict Diamonds

Some countries/rebels have funded their conflicts by selling diamonds illegally.

They smuggle the diamonds out of their country and sell them to major

Diamond Companies.

They use the money to buy weapons and goods for their cause.

Where Conflict Diamonds are in Africa

Poor men are often forced to pan for diamonds.

Children are often kidnapped and trained to be soldiers in African conflicts.

In 1999 it was believed that more than 120,000children were fighting in conflicts in Africa.

In 1998 more than 20,000 children were kidnapped to be soldiers in Uganda.

The Lord’s Resistance Army (run by a general named Kony) was behind most

of these kidnappings. Their treatment of thesechildren is beyond imagination.

In order to get power and stay in power people will do things

unimaginable to others.

Governments have also used child soldiers against rebel groups. In

order to keep control of the people often the government will use the

same tactics used by rebel groups.

As punishment forbeing a member of a

different tribe, body parts are often amputated from men,women, and children.

These amputees are usually rejected by

the rest of society and so must struggle to

find a way to live.

Drinking Water

• Fresh, clean drinking water is a problem for 700 million people in Africa.

• Most wells are very shallow into unconfined aquifers.

• This means they are drinking unpurified runoff water.

• This type of water often cause diarrhea, vomiting, and leads to the spread of disease.

•Deep wells into confined aquifers cost a lot of money to drill and maintain.

South Africa:

A case study of racial prejudice

South Africa’s flag 1920’s until 1994. There is noreference to non-white people on the flag.

South Africa is a diversely populated country:

75% Black (made up of 6 major tribes)

15 % White (mainly British and Dutch descendants)

10% Colored (mainly Indian and Asian descent)

The Afrikaan people controlled South Africa for most of its modern history.

Apartheid literally means "apartness" in Afrikaans

Under apartheid, people were legally classified into a racial group - the main

ones being White, Black, Indian and Coloured - and were geographically, and forcibly, separated from each other on the

basis of the legal classification.

Separation of people extended to bathrooms.

“City of DurbanUnder section 37 of the Durban Beach by-laws,

this bathing area is reserved for the soleuse of members of

the white race group.”

apartheid

The Group Areas Acts of 1950 and 1986 forced about 1.5

million Africans to move from cities to rural townships, where

they lived in abject poverty under repressive laws.

A Township

A typical shanty home in a township

There was often only 1 toilet for about 1,000 people.

People did resist and protest Apartheid. The leaders were arrested or just killed.

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. He was the first black lawyer in South Africa. He was also the

leader of the movement against Apartheid.

In 1989, F.W. de Klerk became prime minister. De Klerk removed the ban on the ANC (African National Congress)

and released its leader, Nelson Mandela, after 27 years of imprisonment.

In 1991, de Klerk and Mandela organized a committee to put an end to Apartheid. In 1993, de Klerk and Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize for their work.

In 1994, Black Africans could vote for the first timeever. Many waited in line over 8 hours to vote.

Nelson Mandela won and became the first black president ever in South Africa.

Mandela died Dec. 5, 2013

In 2010, South Africa hosted the World Cup. The most watched event in the world.

Women’s Rights

• Women not being educated has been the main cause of women having fewer rights than men.• Living in villages away from schools and hospitals has hurt women getting more rights. • Many cultures in Africa promote the inferiority of women.

Many nations do not even have laws to prevent rape or allow women to run for public office.

Women’s Rights Improving

• In 2011, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee received the Nobel Peace Prize.• There are many organizations giving micro-loans to women so they can start up their own businesses and not be financially dependent on men.• Women owned businesses in Africa account for more than $1 billion annually.

Economic Growth Across Continent

• Products like Plumpy’Nut are helping to stimulate the economy in Africa. • Plumpy’Nut currently has 11 factories that make the product. This has provided jobs to many people.• The need for peanuts has helped farmers make more money.• Delivery truck drivers and workers on the ground have also seen more money and benefits from this one product.

•Over the past 10 years Africa’s economy has grown by 5% a year. That is the best in the world.• In the past most money was made from resources like metals, gemstones, fishing, and lumber. • Today, manufacturing, tourism, and consumerism is the main source of income for African countries.• Oil is also helping the increase of money into Africa.

Cell Phone use

• Almost half of all people in Africa currently have a cell phone. • This is changing their entire way of life.• It is easier to find work.• They can find better prices for goods.• Some people are creating cell phones and making lots of money selling those apps on the global market.

Cell Phone use

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Increased Electricity

The region – home to 41% of the world's energy-poor people, with 65% of primary schools and 30% of health centers having no access to electricity

Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from an acute energy crisis, with 70% of the population lacking access to consistent electricity.

Increased Electricity

Over 35 nations and charitable organizations have donated more than $1 Billion per year to help increase access to electricity all over Africa.

Not only will this bring electricity to more than 600 million people, it is doing other great things.

Many new jobs are created to install and maintain the new power grids being created. This in turn gives people more purchasing power and helps them rise out of poverty.

Increased Electricity

M-Kopa Solar provides power to more than 140,000 households in East Africa for $0.45 per day, and is adding over 4,000 homes each week

Many villages have charging stations and wifi hotspots for small devices. They charge per minute, but are a cheap and easy to use.

Increased Electricity