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=**Africa Country Research**= Storyboard Bibliography 4.6 In doing your research visit both of the following two websites to obtain information about your country:

http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_region.php?contid=1&wmn=Africa https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

definition of well being. The HDI is in between big and small. ||
 * Name of country || Sudan ||
 * Population size || 38.1 million ||
 * Per capita GDP || $2,083 ||
 * Main exports || Oil ||
 * Main imports || Medicines and Chemicals ||
 * Resources || China ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Black ||
 * Primary religions || Sunni Muslim ||
 * Unemployment rate || 18.7% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 66 per 1,000 live births ||
 * Life expectancy || 57 ||
 * Literacy rate || 61 ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || .526 is Sudan's HDI. It looks beyond the GDP to a broader

After you fill out this form about the country you are researching, write a paragraph summarizing your findings about this country. Draw a conclusion as to whether this country is in need of economic (or other) assistance. Sudan is a very poor country and needs a lot of help because of the expense on their civil war. They don't get educated enough and they don't have a big employment rate. There HDI is very low, and so is their GDP. Care is definatley smart to be helping out in Sudan.

Thirteen Questions:   1. How long has the organization been in existence? Since just after world war two. 2. Who founded it? The government, but now is a NGO (non-government organization) 3. Where is it headquartered? They are in Atlanta 4. What is its purpose? They tackle the underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self sufficient. CARE focuses a lot on women and to help them permanent social change, improve basic education, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. CARE helps families produce more food and increase their income while managing their natural resources and preserving the environment for future generations. CARE works with farmers to increase their crop and livestock yields through activities such as planting new seed varieties, animal husbandry, home gardening and irrigation. Since the war in Sudan is going on, CARE helps the war refugees and helps them in this time of great need. 5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? CARE is active in 66 countries to more than 55 million people. They have locations in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Middle East/Europe and a few in South America. 6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? It provides assistance to many countries in Africa, not just Sudan. CARE addresses the main problems of Africa such as womens’ rank in society and their opportunities and the war refugees and they try to help find and fix the underlying cause of poverty. 7. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? It raises money from donations from people like you, but it used to get money from the government. 8. What is your organization's budget? 10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? They use 90% of the money they receive to help the needy people all over the world 11. Have the reviews of your organization's efforts been favorable or critical, i.e., what kind of a "report card" has it been getting? CARE has very good reviews because it is such a great organization because of its focus on women and their opportunities. 12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" I think CARE has done an exceptional job in Sudan and has really made a positive impact. 13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? Donating to CARE is worthwhile because they give almost all that you give straight to help the people in need and they use it efficiently to help with crucial problems in the world and in just Africa.