Situation in Africa to explore

Water situations and solutions:
http://www.wired.com/design/2014/03/warka-water-africa

Cheetah's situation:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/endangeredspecies/cheetah/

Silk farming in Madagascar:
http://moneyformadagascar.blogspot.com/2012/01/silk-moth-rediscovered-by-sepali.html

http://www.rufford.org/files/African%20Farming%20-%20May.June%202013.pdf


Environment/health - Stove (many cooking stoves in Africa are inefficient. They burn a lot of wood, and with toxic fumes. 
http://www.biolitestove.com/homestove/overview/

Girls empowerment
http://www.girlsdiscovered.org/
http://www.girleffect.org/

Find a project to support
http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/content/browse.html

With one or two partners, choose a situation of concern in Africa you want to explore and learn about. Find at least 3 sources that describe the situation, what has been/is being done about it. You (your group) will write a report to present this situation and your findings, as well as your thoughts as to what was/is done.

The last step is a short presentation to the class to share your finding (a 4 to 6 minute presentation with at least 3 visuals - 3 slides on a keynote / 3 pictures presented on the doc camera). This step will take place after you turn in your report.

The report should contain
• a title
• a paragraph or two exposing the initial situation (where, when, who, what, why)
• a paragraph or two exposing what has been done so far and how the progress is monitored (what, how, by whom, when,...)
• a paragraph exposing the follow-up regarding the situation (what, who, why)
• a conclusion presenting your own thoughts about the situation and the help that was/is provided (each member can have a different view)
• 3 visuals (maps / pictures / drawings)
• the names of the participants
• a citation page

We will use 4 class time to work on this project + homework (Tuesday January 28th, Thursday January 30th, Monday February 3rd, Wednesday February 5th) - The report is due at the end of Wednesday class.

Water in Africa

In class work with a partner - Friday 24th:  http://projecthumanity.org/water-problem/
1. Cite 6 statistics about water in Africa (death by contamination / diseases / time and effort to fetch it /  etc...)

Now read Clean Water Saves Lives: http://projecthumanity.org/clean-water-saves-lives/ 
1) Explain why it is very important to train a community about the maintenance of a well, and why the community needs to feel responsible for it. 

2) Could your family afford clean water if the cost were similar to the one for these people?

Extra:
Read the 2 blogs at the bottom: 
http://projecthumanity.org/lwala-water-project/
http://projecthumanity.org/layik-water-project/
Report the information (where / what / how). 


In class work - Wednesday 22nd:
Read this article :  http://www.waterforpeople.org/extras/playpumps/update-on-playpumps.html

1. What organization took over the playpump project, and why?
2. What is the main goal of this organization?
3. How are the ambition and philosophy of this organization different from Trevor Field's, and how are they similar?
4. What are the limitations of the playpump that Trevor Field didn't see?
5. Name at least 3 modifications that have been made to the original design of the playpump.
6. For what situations will the playpump be kept?
7. There is a reference to child safety, what do you think it means? How is the playpump dangerous to children?
8. Overall, what lessons did we (future inventors/investors) learned from this story?


Homework for Wednesday 22nd (if you didn't finish in class)

Watch this 10 minute video + answer the following questions .  http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/10/south_africa_th.html

1- Where does the video take us?

2- Throughout the video, note down 5 descriptions for this place (what you see, what you hear, facts that are given, etc….)

3- Give some facts about the situation the water there (where, how much, what kind, transport of it, its quality or lack of,...)

4- What is the "play-pump", and how is it suppose to help?  Give 5 facts about it (cost, where it is installed, how it works, looks (you can draw it), who uses it, etc…)

5- Give 5 facts about Trevor Field.

6- What action did the US take about this situation?

7- Who else is trying to help, and how?

8- How is this helping (meaning what is Trevor Field doing with the help he is getting)?

9- Do you foresee problems with this new system of getting water? Explain

10- What would you like to do about this situation?

Kingdoms of Africa: West Africa

If you want to watch part of the documentary, here it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYfCaRlMy0
Our first class went to minute 11:20
Our second class to minute 30:12
And we started our 3rd class to minute 30:12