Group+5.3

=**Africa Country Research**= Storyboard Bibliography


 * Name of country || Mozambique ||
 * Population size || 21,284,700 ||
 * Per capita GDP || $1,242 ||
 * Main exports || aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber, bulk electricity ||
 * Main imports || machinery an equipment, vehicles, fuels, chemicals, medal products, foodstuffs, textiles ||
 * Resources || oil and natural gas ||
 * Main ethnic groups || African (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others) ||
 * Primary religions || Catholic, Muslim, Zionist Christian, and other ||
 * Unemployment rate || 21% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 107.84 deaths ||
 * Life expectancy || 41 years ||
 * Literacy rate || 47.8% ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || a measure of economic well being on a scale of 1-0 it is 0.384. ||

The country of Mozambique is a very large community and the life expectancy is not very high. Mozambique needs a lot of assistance because it's one of the poorest countries in the world. It is bad condition right now with health and basic survival. UNICEF is doing a great job to help out Mozambique.

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.

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

1. How long has the organization been in existence? For nearly 60 years.

2. Who founded it? Maurice Pate founded UNICEF in 1947

3. Where is it headquartered? UNICEF's headquarters is located in New York.

4. What is its purpose? The purpose of UNICEF is an organization that helps kids prevent from getting HIV/ AIDS and letting kids and mothers have education, food, and shelter. They focus on five main areas, prevention of HIV/ AIDS, child survival and development programs, basic education and gender equality, child protection, and policy advocacy and partnerships.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? UNICEF is active around the world, UNICEF's work is carried out in 191 different countries.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? It is addressing the problem of HIV/Aids and starvation.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? It provides assistance to a lot of countries in Northern, Western, Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? The organization has fundraisers and protests which then makes people want to donate money and supplies.

9. What is your organization's budget? For the total budget it total income is 3.013 billion dollars.

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

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? They have been very favorable because all of the critics have said that they are doing a great job on maintaining a good budget. Some critics are saying that they need to spend more money on HIV/AIDS in Mozambique.

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" The organization has done a great job on maintaning a successful balance on supporting the organization and supporting the kids and women in need. Then they have put so many happy faces in these kids life it is amazing and lifts your heart up

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? Donating to this cause is very worthwhile because you are feeding a child if you donate and helping mother and children survive through some of the hardest diseases in history.