A situation in Africa to explore

Find a project
http://www.greenpeace.org/africa/fr/
Greenpeace Afrique

Liste des projets en Afrique
https://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/content/search.html?q=*&fq=region:Africa

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

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

Parc de Bemaraha à Madagscar (Tsingy)
http://www.tsingy-de-bemaraha.com/


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/



Project
With one 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 3 to 5 minute presentation with at least 5 visuals - 5 slides on a keynote / 5 pictures presented on the doc camera - One has to be a map of the region). This step will take place after you turn in your report.

The report will be composed on Google docs (shared with me) and 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 (1 has to be a map / pictures / drawings)
• the names of the participants
• a citation page (MLA format - easybib.com)

We will use 4 class time to work on this project + homework (Monday April 28th, Wednesday April 30th,  Friday May 2nd, Tuesday May 6th) - The report is due at the end of Tuesday class.

It is important to be productive in class, and use home time to find adequate resources. 

Water situation in Africa

In class on Thursday 24th ( as homework if you don'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?

In class work with a partner - Tuesday 22nd:  
 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). 

Homework for Monday 28th
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?


 

Feliciano Dos Santos: Guitar Hero

Listen to this 11 minute video,
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=704_moz&seg=1&mod=0

Answer the following questions:

1- Where does it take place?
2- Who is Dos Santos? What does he do for a living?
3- What kind of song is he singing in this village?
4- What does he want to "teach"?
5- Why is it an important lesson/ Give several examples.
6- Explain how the EcoSan works. Give details.
7. What motivated Santos to help in that area?
8. Explain how hard his life was/is because of his handicap. 
9. What other topics has Santos put to his music?
10. What is life expectancy in this place? And why is it so low?
11. Is Santos and his NGO Estamos recognized and popular? Give justification to your answer. 

To view the documentary that we watched in class:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYfCaRlMy0

Check this link to observe closely details of the plaques - Draw a few of the motifs used
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/rmAT6B7zTZCGAC

Waiting for others to be done

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


t's World Health Day, and we'd like to share a video about our work in Shinshicho, Ethiopia — an impoverished region of 250,000 people with only one small health clinic. In 2010, we partnered with the people of Shinshicho to build a hospital that could offer advanced medical care. Today, we are thankful that the hospital is very near completion, and soon the community will have access to life-saving medical care for the first time. If you would like to bring medical care to a child in need, consider giving a Gift of Hope today. https://www.holtinternational.org/gifts/goh.php#section4