Last summer...East Africa drought: DEC appeals for funds The Disasters Emergency Committee is made...

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Last summer...East Africa drought:DEC appeals for funds

The Disasters Emergency Committee is made up of 14 member agencies which provide aid after a disaster in one of the world's poorer countries. They are the leading UK humanitarian charities

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1. What is happening in the pictures?

2. Who causes these to happen? Man or nature?

Causes of poverty, hunger and disease.

1 debt

9 lack of health care

8 famine/ drought Somalia 2004

6 AIDS/ HIV

5 homelessness

4 unfair trade

3 no education

2 war

7 oil spill USA 2010

10 tsunami 2004

The causes of world poverty

All will: Know the meaning of LEDC and MEDC.

Most will: Understand the causes of world poverty.

A Divided World..?• 80% of the world’s

population have 20% of the worlds resources. These are MEDC’s or the developed world.

• 20% of the world’s population have 80% of the worlds resources. These are LEDC’s or the developing world.

Developing country – (LEDC) used to be known as a third world county.

Ledc/medc

MEDC or LEDC?

• Kenya• Ghana• Brazil• USA• UK• Japan

• India• Hong Kong• Bangladesh• France

Answers

• LEDC = Less Economically Developed Country, *Kenya *Ghana *Brazil *India *Bangladesh

• MEDC = More Economically Developed Country, *America *UK *Japan *Hong Kong

* France

What have you learnt so far?

• If you know what an MEDC and an LEDC are draw a smiley face in your jotter

Many people in the LEDC live in absolute poverty and lack the necessities such as…

* Food* Clean water * Sanitation(40,000 a day die from starvation!!)

Basic education is £6billion yet we spend £8billion on cosmetics

Water and sanitation is £9Billion yet we spend £11billion on ice cream

Basic health is £13 billion yet we spend £17 billion on pet food

Wealth and Poverty: With a partner add reasons below each heading…

• People are rich because…

• People are poor because…

The causes of world poverty

All will: Know the meaning of LEDC and MEDC.

Most will: Understand the causes of world poverty.