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=**Africa Country Research**= In doing your research visit both of the following two websites to obtain information about your country: Bibliography Storyboard http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_region.php?contid=1&wmn=Africa https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/


 * Name of country || Rwanda ||
 * Population size || 9,907,509 ||
 * Per capita GDP || 951 ||
 * Main exports || electricity ||
 * Main imports || electricity ||
 * Resources || gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1% ||
 * Primary religions ||

male: 88.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 78.16 deaths/1,000 live births || female: 64.7% ||
 * Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% ||
 * Unemployment rate || NA% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || total: 83.42 deaths/1,000 live births
 * Infant mortality rate || total: 83.42 deaths/1,000 live births
 * Life expectancy || Male 48 female 51 ||
 * Literacy rate || male: 76.3%
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || This is an index used to rank countries by level of "human development", which usually also implies to determine whether a country is a developed, developeing, or undelveloped country. Rwanda has a very low HDI, one of the lowest in the world. It is (0.435) ||
 * 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.

1. How long has the organization been in existence? This was formed in May of 1998.

2. Who founded it? The coalition was founded by leading international human rights and humanitarian organization leaders and activists.

3. Where is it headquartered? Its headquarters are in London, England.

4. What is its purpose? The purpose of the coalition is to prohibit the use of child soldiers under the age of 18.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? The coalition provides assistance to Africa and it is also active around the world.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? The problem that is it addressing in the use of kids under the age of 18 in very harsh wars that are happening in not only Africa but around the world

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? The coalition provides assistance to all countries across Africa but focuses more on the countries that use more child soldiers.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? The organization raises money by asking for donations and selling various things such as different clothes and apparel, footballs, etc.

9. What is your organization's budget? The budget is 470, 600.

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? The agency uses around 20% of the money it collects 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? The coalition has been getting very favorable reviews, many big/ well known organizations have been working with the coalition to help them out. 12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" I would give this organization a great rating because it has done a very good job of doing everything it can to prohibit the use of child soldiers.

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? Yes, absolutely donating money would be worthwhile because any donation would be greatly appreciated and would help keep the child soldiers out of Africa! ||