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=**Africa Country Research**= 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/

|| || Chemical Products, Consumer Goods, Crude Oil, Food ingredients, Fuel, Intermediate Goods, Machinery, Petroleum products, Tobaccos, Beverages, Foodstuffs
 * Name of country || Ghana ||
 * Population size || 23 Million ||
 * Per capita GDP || $2,480 ||
 * Main exports || Bauxite, Cocoa Beans and Products, Copra, Cut Flowers, Diamonds, Food ingredients, Fruit, Gold, Manganese, Refrigeration Compressor Lubricants, Tea and Coffee, Timber, Tuna, Aluminum, Fish, Rubber, Hydropower, Petroleum, Silver, Salt, Limestone
 * Main imports

|| || Gold, Timber, Industrial Diamonds, Bauxite, Manganese, Fish, Rubber, Hydropower, Petroleum, Silver, Salt, Limestone
 * Natural Resources

|| || Akan 45.3%, Mole-Dagbon 15.2%, Ewe 11.7%, Ga-Dangme 7.3%, Guan 4%, Gurma 3.6%, Grusi 2.6%, Mande-Busanga 1%, other tribes 1.4%, other 7.8% || male: 56.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 47.85 deaths/1,000 live births || total population: 59.49 years Male: 58.65 years female: 60.35 years || definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.9% male: 66.4% female: 49.8% || The Human Development Index is a measure of economic and social well-being on a scale of 0 to 1 (1 is the highest). It factors in life expectancy, literacy, and purchasing power.  This number is low. || Ghana Summary Ghana is a country in western Africa, bordering Cote D'Ivoire and Togo. Ghana is in need of economic assitance, because of how many people there are living on the streets, the diseases, and the very low GDP per capita. I think Ghana needs the most help in the area of education, health, and economic assitance. If the ecomomic or GDP was improved, the goverment could help prevent diseases by providing more medicence, hospitals, and better sanitation. They don't have a lot of money so the country cannot afford vaccanees for the people, to help prevent diseases. This would improve everyone's health. Ghana also needs ecomnomic help to help children on the streets get a better education. There are many children and homeless people on the streets, who do not have an education. Ghana is in need of ecomnic assitance, and we need to take a stand, and make that happen. If we can join together to do this, altogether, we can improve their health, education, and prevent deaths. We can make a difference, together.  -Claire
 * Main ethnic groups
 * Primary religions || Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1% ||
 * Unemployment rate || 11% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || total: 52.31 deaths/1,000 live births
 * Life expectancy || 59.49 years
 * Literacy rate || 66% (male) 50% (female)
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || 0.553

Storyboard 3.3 Bibliography 3.3

 1.  How long has the organization been in existence? Youth Alive was established in 1995, or 13 years ago.  2.  Who founded it?  It was founded by an organization called AAG, also known as Action Aid Ghana.  3.  Where is it headquartered?  Youth Alive is headquartered in Tamale, Ghana.  4.  What is its purpose?  Youth Alive's purpose is to provide an education for children suffering from HIV or AIDS, or those living on the streets. They help sponsor children, and pay for them to go to school, and provide the children with prepatory classes. Youth Alive reduces the cost of the tuition, working to give every child a chance to have an education. Youth Alive also provides a recreation place for children, and a place where older kids can go to learn trades like dressmaking and carpentry. Youth Alive also supports the older children in starting their own business. Youth Alive provides counseling for the children, as well. They Provide health services. Youth Alive also provides credit to parents to raise their income levels so that they can play their traditional roles as providers effectively.  5.  Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Youth Alive provides assistance to just Ghana. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 6. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Youth Alive is addressing the problem of education, health, and economic assistance to families in need of financial help. They help children get off the streets, and get an education. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 7. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> It provides assistance to just families and children in need, only in the poorest parts of Ghana. It does not provide assistance to other countries, but it gets donations from several other countries. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 8. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> How does the organization raise money for its efforts? This organization raises money  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">through public donations and grants for specific projects. Currently it receives grants from Action Aid Ghana and Comic Relief of the United Kingdom, without their support the organization would not be able to survive. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 9. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> What is your organization's budget? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> The website does not provide viewers with their budget. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> A portion of the money goes to buy learning tools for the children's educations'. The graduates are also given tools to help them with their new trades, and businesses. Youth Alive pays for all of this. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">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 the reviews are very good, because of how kind the organization is to the children in the street. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" I would rate my organization's efforts an 8, because they have provided many children with an education, and helped them in getting a job. They have also brought families closer together, prevented diseases, and achieved many other challenges. It has been extremely hard for Youth Alive to survive because of the low funding they receive. They are not very well known, so tell all your friends, and we can help make them worldwide known! <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> I think donating money to Youth Alive is worthwhile because when you donate or sponsor a child, you are helping children get off the streets, providing them with an education, and saving their lives. Your donations help the kids with their health care, which prevents diseases, and you give children and families living on the streets a chance for a better life. The children are supported when starting a business, and are able to have fun for once in their lives. These kids never play games, or get to have fun; some of them have lost all their family members, and have no one to care for them. By donating, we can give them a chance to do things they have never been able to experience before, like playing a game, or having fun. If think that this is an amazing organization which is completely worthwhile. Youth Alive saves thousands of poor, street children and gives them a chance to be loved.cvv <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">As you research your “Aid to Africa” organization, be sure to consider the following: **