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=**Africa Country Research**= Bibliography Storyboard 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/

oil, natural gas, mining, fuels, machinery, transport equipment || The Democratic Republic of Congo is a fairly poor country. There life expectancy is extremely low, which indicates the country is not very safe and sanitary. HDI is low as well, which is partially due to the conflict in East Congo. Because of this conflict there are refugees and internally displaced people. These people are in need of assistance with basic needs like food and water, which organizations must provide. Males have a medium literacy rate, but only about half of the females are literate. They have many resources, but the GDP is very low. This probably means other countries are abusing their resources. Many people out there agree that this crisis cannot be ignored like a UN official who will not stand down. The DRC needs a lot of help which organizations must try to provide.
 * Name of country || Democratic Republic of Congo ||
 * Population size || 65.8 million (65,800,000) ||
 * Per capita GDP || $714 ||
 * Main exports || oil, natural gas, diamonds, copper, coffee, cobalt ||
 * Main imports ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Resources || Diamonds, Congo River, tropical rain forests ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Bantu People (Mongo, Luga, and Kongo are main branches), Huti, Tutsi, Pygmy, Nilo-Saharan, Afro-Asiatic ||
 * Primary religions || Christianity (majority of Roman Catholics), Indigenous Christian (Kimbanguism), Muslim, Indigenous ||
 * Unemployment rate || NA% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 129 (per 1,000) ||
 * Life expectancy || 44 (male) 47 (female) ||
 * Literacy rate || 81% male 54% female ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || HDI is a measure of the economic and social well being on a scale of 0 to 1, 1 being the highest. HDI shows how high or low life expectancy, literacy, and economics are. Congos HDI is .411. This is fairly average for countries in Africa, but low for a country to live off. ||

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

1. How long has the organization been in existence? Since 1979

2. Who founded it? Ellsworth Culver, Dan O'Neill

3. Where is it headquartered? North America and Europe.

4. What is its purpose? To alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? Around the world. To Balkans, Caucasus, Central Asia, East Asia, Latin America, Middle East, North America, South Asia, and Africa.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? The agency is performing assessments and preparing to assist families in vulnerable communities with food distributions.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? Several countries. Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? Material aid, government grants and private fundraising enabled us to provide significant relief and development assistance.

9. What is your organization's budget? It has an annual budget of $18 million.

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? 2.94%

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 news has been giving them good reports and saying how much they have helped different countries. 12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" Mercy Corps has really helped a lot of countries and they are great people that work together. They have helped people get good fresh water and much more.

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? Donating money is very worth while because Mercy Corps helps everyone and does a very good job. They put there money towards good causes and help people around the world.

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.