STARVATION AND POVERTY IN AFRICA

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PROBLEM?

• Adults and children are starving because there countries economy is weak.
• Another problem is that there is a major drought.
• Poverty is also taking place.
• Poverty can be the result of political instability, ethnic conflicts, climate change and other man-made causes

WHERE IS THIS PROBLEM TAKING PLACE?

• Starvation is mainly taking place in the subsaharan part of Africa.
• The main countries are Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.

WHO IS INVOLVED?

• The people of west Africa are the most effected.
• Some charity groups helping this cause the seven loaves project and Stop Hunger Now
• The seven loaves project is a group that travels to Africa and builds smaller villages bakery's.
• Also, Stop Hunger Now total packaged 119,826,646 for 65 different countries in Africa.

WHY IS PROBLEM HAPPENING?

• It is mainly happening because of the droughts and crop shortages.
• But the other regions in Somalia are dry, hot, and don't get a lot of rain per year.
• Without rain the crops there won't grow and there won't be enough food for everyone.

WHEN DID THIS START?

• Poverty reduction in most of Africa has slowed since the 1970s.
• in Somalia in 2011 the East African famine began which lead to starvation.
• Also, starvation has always been a part of Africa because there economy is very weak.

HOW CAN THIS PROBLEM BE SOLVED?

• 28 million US dollars have been given to create more camps in Ethiopia.
• Also anyone and everyone should or try to raise money for Africa because it is easy.
• Sending over food and supplies is another option to help those who need it.

CITATIONS

• "War and starvation.(Editorial)." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada] 27 June 1988: A6. Global Issues In Context. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. Document URL http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=05bd99e8c42a... This article helped us understand that the mixture of the war along with starvation, harms millions of people in Sudan and Ethiopia, even though the war is in Northern Africa.
• "Ethiopia." Global Issues in Context Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Global Issues In Context. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. Document URL http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=05bd99e8c42a... This article helped us understand how hard it is to live in these harsh conditions day after day.
• "This famine is a failure of politics, not of generosity." Independent [London, England] 25 July 2011: 6. Global Issues In Context. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. Document URL http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=05bd99e8c42a... This article helped us understand how in Africa its famine is because of politics and not generosity.
• "Famine and Starvation." Global Issues in Context Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Global Issues In Context. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. Document URL http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=05bd99e8c42a... This article helped us understand what famine/starvation is and where the famine is happening.
• "Famine in Somalia." Global Issues in Context Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Global Issues In Context. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. Document URL http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=05bd99e8c42a... This article helped us understand that the famine in Somalia is different than famines in other places around the world.

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