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=**Africa Country Research**= 4.11 Storyboard 4.11 Script 4.11 Bibliography 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/

Chad is a country that needs aid. It is poor, and there are many refugees. In the country there is a population of 9.9 million. Chad consist a GDP of $1,600. Its main exports are oil, cattle, cotton, and gum Arabic. Its main imports are machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, and textiles. Chad’s resources are petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish, gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt. Ethnic groups there are Sara, Arab, Mayo-Kebbi, Kanem-Bornou, Ouaddai, Hadjarai, Tandjile, Gorane, Fitri-Batha. Primary religions are Christian and Muslim. The infant mortality is one hundred deaths per one thousand births. The life expectancy for this country is forty-seven years. It’s literacy rate is twenty six percent. My conclusion for this is that this place needs protection and help.
 * Name of country || Chad ||
 * Population size || 9.9 million ||
 * Per capita GDP || $1,600 ||
 * Main exports || Oil, cattle, cotton, gum arabic ||
 * Main imports || Machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles ||
 * Resources || Petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish, gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Sara, Arab, Mayo-Kebbi, Kanem-Bornou, Ouaddai, Hadjarai, Tandjile, Gorane, Fitri-Batha ||
 * Primary religions || Christian and Muslim ||
 * Unemployment rate || N/A ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 100 deaths/ 1,000 births ||
 * Life expectancy || 47 years ||
 * Literacy rate || 26% ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || It is a well being scale of 0-1, it is low, 0.388 ||

As you research your “Aid to Africa” organization, be sure to consider the following:

1. How long has the organization been in existence? 59 years.

2. Who founded it? The founders are the high commissioners of the UN.

3. Where is it headquartered? It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

4. What is its purpose? It’s to protect refugees in other countries.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? It is active around the world.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? They are helping refugees in south Sudan and Darfur/Chad.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? It provides assistance to several countries to Africa.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? They tell everybody how important this job is and they gather a lot of funds.

9. What is your organization's budget? There budget is $1.096 billion.

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? N/A

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?

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" I think it would be a 10 out of 10. It has done a great job of protecting millions of refugees.

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? I think donating money is worthwhile because of all the hard work they are doing.