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Somalia

By Molly Rich and Krystal Petrie Honors Environmental Science Period 12. Somalia. What is a Somalia? . Location: Eastern Africa, East of Ethiopia Borders Gulf of Aden/Indian Ocean Climate: Desert Monsoons in Northeast and Southwest Colder in North/ Hot in the South Irregular Rainfall

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Somalia

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  1. By Molly Rich and Krystal Petrie Honors Environmental Science Period 12 Somalia

  2. What is a Somalia? • Location: • Eastern Africa, East of Ethiopia • Borders Gulf of Aden/Indian Ocean • Climate: • Desert • Monsoons in Northeast and Southwest • Colder in North/ Hot in the South • Irregular Rainfall • Hot/Humid between Monsoons • Culture: • Somali : 85% • Bantu/Non-Somali: 15% • Language: • Somali • Arabic • Italian • English • Religion: • Sunni Muslim

  3. Demographics • Pop. of 9, 832, 017 (83rd highest in the world) • Sex Ratio: Birth- 1.03 male(s)/ Female Under 15 yrs- 1 male(s)/ Female 15-64 yrs- 1 male(s)/ Female 65 + yrs- 0.72 Male(s)/ Female Total pop.- 1 Male(s)/ Female

  4. OMG!!! Rates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! • Birth Rate: 43.7 Births/ 1000 People • Death Rate: 15.55 Deaths/ 1000 People • Fertility Rate: 6.52 Children Born/Woman • Growth Rate: 2.815 • Estimated Doubling Time: 24.9 years • Life Expectancy: 49.63 years

  5. Reasons for “Growth” Positive  Negative  No National Government Less than ½ Population can Read & Write Life Expectancy is averaged at about 49.63 years. Currently a Somalia Civil War. Famine & Contaminated Waters • Maintained a healthy informal economy, based on livestock. • Adult prevalence rate for HIV/AIDS is only 0.5%. • No National Government • Less than ½ Population can Read/Write

  6. Population Dynamics 50 years from now, Somalia’s population might increase to approximately 48, 501, 132 people It would also take only 3 years for Somalia’s population to double in size

  7. Population Prymids 20 Years Ago Today 20 Years in Future

  8. Challenges Today • Somalia is basically an anarchy (no government power) • About 43% of Somalis live in extreme poverty • Many women are illiterate or poorly educated • Somali piracy, banditry, gun-running (smuggling of weapons & ammunition) are common • Recently, Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on Somali

  9. How Can We Help? Current Efforts What Can we do?! The crisis in Somalia is not really known publically in the United States. If the people learn about what is happening in Somalia like they found out what happened in Haiti, I bet people would be more than happy to help out. • HUMANITARIAN FUNDING TO DATE • USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia: $5,464 • USAID/FFP3Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia: $14,700 • Total USAID and State Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia: Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia: $20,164

  10. Conclusion • Like many countries in Africa, Somalia is a struggling nation because of poverty and food shortage, no governmental powers, and many other reasons. • But Somalia cannot be rebuilt into a more stable country without some help from others. Numerous organizations, like FAO (Food & Agriculture Organization) and the World Health Organization are involved in assisting Somalia get in better shape

  11. Works Cited • http://middleeast.about.com/od/somalia/p/me071006.htm • http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86959 • http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/home/tags/somalia • http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?lang=en&ISO3=SOM • http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/somalia/resources/somalia-organizations.html • http://www.who.int/en/

  12. More Works Cited! We Should Get EXTRA POINTS FOR THESE. • http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/somalia/ • http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/country.php • https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html

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