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=**Africa Country Research**= 5.5 Storyboard 5.5 Bibliography

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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/geos/uv.html


 * Name of country || Burkina Fasosa ||
 * Population size || 12,603,185 ||
 * Per capita GDP || $1,213 ||
 * Main exports || cotton, livestock, and gold ||
 * Main imports || capital goods, foodstuffs, and potroleum ||
 * Resources || manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Mossi, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani ||
 * Primary religions || Muslim ||
 * Unemployment rate || 77% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || //total:// 86.02 deaths/1,000 live births ||
 * Life expectancy || //total population:// 52.55 years ||
 * Literacy rate || //total population:// 21.8% ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || 0.317. This number means that the country is a developing country. It is a low. ||

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.

Burkina Faso is a landlocked area in West Africa. It is the third poorest country in all of Africa. It has a one of the lowest GDP per capita in the world: $1,200, with a population of 12,603,185. Burkina Faso was ruled by the French, but became fully independent in 1960. Not very many people have a formal education in Burkina Faso, so it is extremely important that we as a country, help them out. Save the Children helps Burkina Faso with, education, and joins other organizations that help with village health, school management, credit or market, garden committee's. Save the Children help faciliate enable individuals, families, and communities to make better decisions and allow them access to opportunities that positively affect quality of their lives.

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

1. How long has the organization been in existence? The organization has been in existence for about 90 years.

2. Who founded it? A lady named Eglantyne Jebb, and her sister Dorothy Buxton, were the first people to ever have found the Save the Children organization.

3. Where is it headquartered? Save the Children actually have two headquarters. One is in Westport, CT, and the other one is in Washington, DC.

4. What is its purpose? The purpose of the save the children organization is to work together to give less fortunate children a chance to lead a healthy, safe, and fulfilling life.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? Save the Children’s work is done, not just in Africa, but also in Asia, parts of Latin America, the Middle East, and in little parts of the United States.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? The problems that the organization is addressing in Africa is the kids lack of health, nutrition, and education.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? Save the Children provides aid to several countries in Africa. It gives assistance to eleven countries.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? Save the Children raises there money from fundraising.

9. What is your organization's budget? 92% of the money Save the Children raises is spent on Program Services, 4% is spent on Management and General, and another 4% is spent on Fundraising.

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? 18.4% of the 92% is used on Africa.

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? Save the Children has been getting excellent reviews. The American Institute of Philanthropy has given Save the Children an "A" Charity Navigator has give Save the Children 4 stars, and The Forbes charity list has given Save the Children a 91% Charitable Commitent.

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" On a scale from one to ten I think the Save the Children organization, has done a fantastic job on their efforts to help children around the world, and yes, I would give them a ten, being the best.

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? Yes, I think donating money to the Save the Children organization, is a very smart investment, because it is helping children, with some of the biggest problems in the world like, health, and an education.