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By: Brandi and Jennifer

FAMINE. By: Brandi and Jennifer. What is Famine and Where is it?. Famine is extreme and general scarcity of food in a country or in a large geographic area. Famine is found in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mauritania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Statistics.

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  1. FAMINE By: Brandi and Jennifer

  2. What is Famine and Where is it? • Famine is extreme and general scarcity of food in a country or in a large geographic area. • Famine is found in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mauritania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho, and Swaziland.

  3. Statistics • In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in absolute poverty. • Every year 15 million children die of hunger. • That’s about 41,096 children dying per day. • 923 million people across the world are hungry • In the world, more than 1.4 billion people are earning less than $1.25 per day 

  4. Why should we even care?! • So many people are dying of a very preventable problem • Famine is killing more people than it should be • More should be being done about this issue

  5. Who’s Helping? • The Network for Good is helping feed the starving people in Africa • An organization called Africa Aid is also helping to solve this problem • Unicef is also helping the cause

  6. Famine Quiz 1. What is famine? a. Lack of water b. Lack of wooded areas c. Lack of food d. Lack of human contact 2. How many children die each year of hunger? a. 2 billion b. 6 million c. 10 million d. 15 million

  7. 3. Where is famine most concentrated in Africa? a. Ethiopia b. Angola c. Mauritirania d. Erithrea 4. How many children does famine kill a day? a. 4,567 b. 10,215 c. 41,096 d. 36,885

  8. 5. Can famine be treated easily? a. Yes b. No

  9. Answer Key • 1. c • 2. d • 3. a • 4. c • 5. a

  10. Bibliography • "Africa's famine: Country by country." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2027079.stm. 11 11 2002. BBC, Web. 10 Nov 2009. • "An end to World Hunger: Hope for the Future." http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/stats.htm. 2002. Think Quest, Web. 10 Nov 2009. • "World Hunger, Poverty & Famine: How They Fit Together." http://www.bread.org/learn/global-hunger-issues/famine.html. 10 13 2008. Bread for the World & Bread for the World Institute , Web. 10 Nov 2009. • "Feed the Hungry in Africa." http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/famine/. 2009. Network for Good, Web. 11 Nov 2009. • "Innovative Aid." http://www.africaaid.org/?gclid=CKSxtc_bgJ4CFQ_xDAodZ3tapQ. 2009. Africa Aid, Web. 11 Nov 2009. • "Malnutrition Is a Silent Emergency." http://www.unicefusa.org/work/nutrition/?gclid=CLLX2_HbgJ4CFSDxDAodL3n1qA. 11 11 2009. United States Fund for UNICEF, Web. 11 Nov 2009.

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