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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/


 * =N ame of country    = || ====Ghana   ==== ||
 * =Population size  = || ====  <span style="font-size: 10.08pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">23,900,000 <span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">  ==== ||
 * =<span style="color: rgb(241, 145, 55);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Per capita GDP <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> = || ====<span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(237, 18, 18);"><span style="font-size: 10.08pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">$1400 <span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">  ==== ||
 * =<span style="color: rgb(241, 145, 55);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Main exports <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> = || ====<span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(237, 18, 18);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">cultivating food products and cocoa, one of the country’s most important exports <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">  ==== ||
 * =<span style="color: rgb(241, 145, 55);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Main imports <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> = || ====<span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(237, 18, 18);">Chemical products, consumer goods, crude oil, food ingredients, fuel, machinery, petroleum products, tobacco, beverages ====

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 * || ==<span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Resources <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == || ==<span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">The production of gold, of which Ghana has large reserves, also accounts for a large percentage of the country’s revenue. Ghana also mines bauxite, aluminum, and diamonds. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == ||
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Main ethnic groups <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == || ==<span style="font-size: 10.08pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">The Akan (44 percent) <span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == ||
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Primary religions <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == || ==<span style="font-size: 10.08pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">70% Christian 16%Muslim. <span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == ||
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Unemployment rate <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == || ==<span style="color: rgb(9, 239, 246);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">11%  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == ||
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Infant mortality rate <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == || ==<span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">120/1,000 live births (2006) (age 5 and under) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == ||
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Life expectancy <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == || ==<span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">59 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == ||
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Literacy rate <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == || ==<span style="font-size: 10.08pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">66/50 <span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == ||
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Human Development Index (HDI) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == || ==<span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">What does this number mean? Is it low? High? <span style="font-size: 10.08pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">0.553 <span style="font-size: 84%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"> == ||

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.

**<span style="color: rgb(0, 16, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">•Paragraph Summary of Ghana• ** <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0, 16, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 16, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);">Our country is Ghana, Africa. It is roughly the size of Oregon. It is located in Western Africa near Togo and the Ivory Coast. Also, its coastline is on the Gulf of Guinea. Here are some of the large exports of Ghana: cocoa, gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, and limestone. The plan for Ghana tries to reduce poverty and promote health care and education for children. Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) is a disease caused by parasitic worms that attacks the liver, lungs, and eyes of humans. It is found around <span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 13);">Lake Victoria and in other water resources. 80% of the cases are found in Africa. Sanitation is a big issue in Africa, as well as education. The population count is 23,382,848. The population growth rate is 1.928%. The birth rate is 29.22 births/1,000 population. The death rate is 9.39 deaths/1,000 population. The life expectancy rate is Total: 59.49 years, Male: 58.65 years, and Female: 60.35 years. The religious beliefs are Christian 68.8%, Muslim 15.9%, Traditional 8.5%, Other 0.7%, None 6.1%. The literacy rate is a percentage of the people over the age of 15 that <span style="color: rgb(52, 180, 24);">can read and write. The literacy rate is: Total population: 57.9%, Male 66.4%, and Female 49.8%. Ghana was formally called the Gold Coast. Its government type is constitutional democracy. Its capitol is Accra. There are 10 regions in Ghana. The Ghana Independence Day is March 6, 1957. Ghana’s GDP- per capita is $1,500. <span style="color: rgb(52, 180, 24); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <span style="color: rgb(2, 3, 2); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ====<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 240);">The GDP of Ghana is low compared to the United States. Only 11% is unemployed, but that is still a lot for one country. The population is quite high compared to other countries in Africa. The life expectancy is very low. The majority of people in Ghana only live to be 58 or 59. Ghana is in need of some one to help them live a longer and happier life. :) ====

__**•****<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Research Questions• **__

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 116);">**1. How long has the organization been in existence?** <span style="color: rgb(246, 117, 14);">The Plan organization was founded in 1937. It has been in existence for 72 long years. <span style="color: rgb(149, 40, 235);">A British journalist named John Langdon-Davies and a refugee worker named Eric Muggeridge. <span style="color: rgb(15, 219, 197);">Its headquarters are located in Washington, D.C. in The United States of America. <span style="color: rgb(229, 11, 11);">Plan is a child centered organization. They respond with programs in 5 interrelated areas. - growing up healthy, learning, habitat, livelihood, and building relationships. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 252);">Plan is active around the world. Examples: Africa, Europe, Asia, Central and South America. <span style="color: rgb(239, 136, 21);">Plan helps save children from Bilharzia and helps send children to school. Bilharzia is a painful disease caused by parasites found in poluted water. Plan Ghana works with more than 16,000 children and their families. Except in emergency situations, Plan USA does not provide direct assistance. <span style="color: rgb(28, 211, 18);">Plan gives aid and support to about 20 different African countries. <span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">•Sponsor a child •Make a donation •Sponsor an issue •Fund a project •Plan a gift <span style="color: rgb(9, 239, 246);">In 2008, their total expenditure was 441,554 Euro's. (expenses)?** <span style="color: rgb(237, 18, 18);">•76% is program services •12% is fundraising •8% is management and general •4% is services for donors what kind of a "report card" has it been getting?** <span style="color: rgb(28, 211, 18);"><span style="color: rgb(242, 242, 13);">I think that Plan deserves a grade A for effort. <span style="color: rgb(241, 145, 55);">I think that Plan works hard to help African countries. They spend a ton of money trying to help others. <span style="color: rgb(52, 180, 24); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 193);"> Yes it would be helpful because Plan helps with a lot of different things so it gives you more things to donate to.
 * 2. Who founded it?**
 * 3. Where is it headquartered?**
 * 4. What is its purpose?**
 * 5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world?**
 * 6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa?**
 * 7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa?**
 * 8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts?**
 * 9. What is your organization's budget?**
 * 10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead
 * 11. Have the reviews of your organization's efforts been favorable or critical, i.e.,
 * 12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?"**
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 116);">13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? **

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