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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/ [] The Democratic Republic of Congo is a large but land-locked country. The population of the DRC is more that 66 million people. The DRC has a low per capita GDP of $300. This country has many natural resources and exports. Which include copper, petroleum, cobalt, coffee, palm products, and rubber. The main imports of the DRC are food, consumer goods, machinery, and transport equipment. The DRC has a relatively low life expectancy which ranges from 49-55 years of age. The infant mortality rate of the DRC is 83 deaths in every 1,000 births. The country is in need of economic assistance to develop their own manufacturing so they don't have to rely on imported goods.
 * Name of country || Democratic Republic of Congo ||
 * Population size || 66,500,000 ||
 * Per capita GDP || $300 ||
 * Main exports || Copper, Petroleum, Cobalt, Coffee, Palm Products, and Rubber ||
 * Main imports || Food, Consumer Goods, Machinery, and Transport Equipment ||
 * Resources || Forestry, Hydroelectricity, Mining, and Petroleum ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Mongo, Luba, Kongo, and Magbetu-Azande- Four main tribesthat make up 45% ||
 * Primary religions || Roman Catholic-50%, Protestant-20%, Kimbanguism-10%, Islam-10%, Indigenous-10% ||
 * Unemployment rate || N/A ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 83 deaths in every 1,000 births ||
 * Life expectancy || 49-55 ||
 * Literacy rate || 81-54 ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || What does this number mean? Is it low? High? ||

1. How long has the organization been in existence? It has been in existence for 64 years from 1945-2009.

2. Who founded it? 22 American organizations, including president Harry S. Truman at the end of World War II.

3. Where is it headquartered? It’s headquarters are in Atlanta, GA.

4. What is its purpose? The purpose of Care is to fight global poverty. As well as to increase basic education, decrease the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation. CARE also gives emergency help to people who have been hurt due to war or other disasters.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? CARE not only provides assistance to many African countries, it also provides aid to European, Asian, South American, and Latin American countries.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? The problems CARE addresses in Africa are HIV/ AIDS, health, sanitation, water, emergency relief, education, economic development, and agriculture and natural resources.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? It provides aid to around 20 African countries.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? Money that has been donated to CARE.

9. What is your organization's budget? 90% to Africa and 10 %to workers.

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? 10% goes to workers and CEOs.

11. Have the reviews of your organization's efforts been favorable or critical, i.e., The reviews of CARE have been favorable. Some examples are that CARE earned top ratings from Charity Navigator.

12. What kind of a "report card" has it been getting? Fairly well compared to most organizations.

13. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" Yes, I think CARE has done an extremely well job of providing aid for many countries all around the world. I would rate the work of CARE a 9.8 out of 10.

14. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? I think CARE would be a worthwhile choice to donate money to because CARE works all around the world and also does a very good job of providing aid.