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Storyboard =**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/


 * Name of country || Sudan ||
 * Population size || 39,379,358 ||
 * Per capita GDP || $2,083 ||
 * Main exports || Oil, electricity ||
 * Main imports || Oil ||
 * Resources || Petroleum, gold ||
 * Main ethnic groups || African American ||
 * Primary religions || Islam ||
 * Unemployment rate || 18.7% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 62 per 1,000 ||
 * Life expectancy || 56 ||
 * Literacy rate || 71% ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || What does this number mean?measure of economic and social well being from 0 to 1 .526 it is Low, ||

Sudan has a low live expectancy and infant mortality rates are high so that means living conditions are bad. About Twenty percent of Sudan's population are unemployed showing lack of economic stability in Sudan. For example Sudan's GDP is very low at only $2,083 per capita. One reason Sudan's unemployment rate is where it is might be because 29% of Sudan's population cannot read. In conclusion Sudan needs goverment assistance because the government is not showing stability in Sudan and Sudan also needs help clearing poverty from the country.

1. How long has the organization been in existence? Mercy Corps is thirty years old.

2. Who founded it? Mercy Corps was founded in 1979 by Dan O'Neil.

3. Where is it headquartered? Portland, Oregon.

4. What is its purpose? To help out those in need by handing out essintal needs.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? Mercy Corps provides aid for countries around the world.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? Education, emergencies, health, HID/AIDS, and hunger.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? Mercy Corps provides aid to several countries in Africa.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? Mercy Corps raises money by donations.

9. What is your organization's budget? Mercy Corps budget is $308 million dollars.

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? Mercy Corps gives 10% of its money to aid in 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? Mercy Corps has favorable reveiws.

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job"? Mercy Corps has done a good job supplying aid in African.

13. Do you think donating money to this organization is worthwhile? It is worthwhile to donate money to Mercy Corps because Mercy Corps show stability and provides aid well.

Bibliography:

"Africa." __Upfront__

__CultureGrams: Concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 200 cultures of the world__. 03 Mar. 2009  __Mercy Corps - Be the Change__. Mercy Corp. 03 Mar. 2009 . __Welcome to the CIA Web Site — Central Intelligence Agency__. 03 Mar. 2009 .