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=**Africa Country Research**= Storyboard

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 * Name of country || Djibouti ||
 * Population size || 700,000 ||
 * Per capita GDP || 1,300 ||
 * Main exports || reexports, hides and skins, and coffee ||
 * Main imports || food, beverage, transports equipment, chemicals, pertrolium products ||
 * Resources || geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, pertoleum ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Somali and Afar ||
 * Primary religions || Muslim and Christianity ||
 * Unemployment rate || 59% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 88 ||
 * Life expectancy || 43 ||
 * Literacy rate || 70% of people of 15 can read and write ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || What does this number mean? Is it low? High? ||
 * || .516 it is medium this number is the overall quality-of-life!!! ||
 * As you research your “Aid to Africa” organization, be sure to consider the following:**

1. How long has the organization been in existence? The World Food Programme was founded in 1961 so it has been in exsistence for 48 years.

2. Who founded it? George McGovern had a conference for "Food For Peace" and while in the conference proposed the World Food Programme.

3. Where is it headquartered? It's headquarters is in Rome, Italy.

4. What is its purpose?

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It is designed to feed about 150,000 people, who include those affected by drought, the urban poor struggling with high food prices. The people out there who dont have any food and the people that need food the most.=====

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? It is active around the world.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa?

The World Food Programme is helping refugees from Somalia, migrants from Ethiopia, and other people that really are struggling to find food.
7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? It provides assistance in several African countries.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? It raises money from its donors and has certain websites or activities for anyone to contribute.

9. What is your organization's budget? 12 million dollars is the budget.

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

It collects a total of 27,650 metric tons of mixed food commodities at a cost of US$24.5 million
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? Good!

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" If I could rate my organization on a scale of 1 to 10 I would rate it a 9.5. The World Food Programme has done a sucsessful job on what there purpose was and have not given up.

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? Yes, because it feeds many people worldwide.

I think this country is in need of economic assistance but not as much as other African countries. It's per capita GDP is not too high but is also not the worst but it is in need of help. The World Food Programme helps Djibouti a lot because there are still a lot of hungry people in Djibouti.

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__World Food Programme__. 2009. World Food Programme. Feb. 2009 .

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.