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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/ 3.9 Storyboard 3.9 bibliography

68.9% of total population || The HDI is 0.533
 * Name of country || Madagascar ||
 * Population size || 20,042,552 ||
 * Per capita GDP || $260 ||
 * Main exports || Vanilla bean ||
 * Main imports || oil ||
 * Resources || agriculture ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Cotiers, French, Indian, Creole, Comoran ||
 * Primary religions || indigenous beliefs, Christianity, Islam ||
 * Unemployment rate || N/A ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 55.59 deaths/1,000 live births ||
 * Life expectancy || 62.52 years ||
 * Literacy rate || age 15 and over can read and write
 * Human Development Index (HDI) ||  ||

Madagascar is in poor shape because the gdp is very low. It seems to be a nation of farmers because their main exports are all agricultural. They have an pretty good life expectancy rate as developing countries go. There also seems to be a good bit of foreigners in Madagascar. So Madagascar is a small country with alot of poor foreign farmers and a not very good economy.

1. How long has the organization been in existence? CARE was founded in 1945 slightly after WWII, about 64 years

2. Who founded it? Lincoln H. Clark was the co founder of CARE

3. Where is it headquartered? CARE’s headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia

4. What is its purpose? CARE’s mission is to provide aid for families and individuals in the poorest communities around the world

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? This organization is actively working all around the world.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? CARE in Africa is addressing malnutrition, disease and the water crisis.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? Care provides help in over 70 countries worldwide.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? Care raises money through fund raisers, donations and it receives money from the government.

9. What is your organization's budget? 673,491,000 dollars were spent of 713,555,000 dollars that were amassed.

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? Only 10% or 40,064,000 is spent on the organization itself.

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 gotten good reviews from people.

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" Yes, my organization has done good work in Africa and all of the other countries it works in

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? Yes I do, especially since it means food for the starv