Date post: | 02-Jan-2016 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | gabriel-oliver |
View: | 215 times |
Download: | 0 times |
African Issues Powerpoint
Ms. Spoerl
Modern Obstacles
AIDS in Africa
Child Soldiers
Conflict Diamonds (Blood Diamonds)
Genocide
AIDS in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV and AIDS than any other region of the world. An estimated 22.5 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2007 and approximately 1.7 million additional people were infected with HIV during that year.
Areas of Highest Concentration
Southern AfricaSouth AfricaBotswanaZimbabweZambiaNamibia
http://www.aidsinafrica.net/map.php
Why is it so bad?
Education
Poverty / Contraception
Health Care
Infrastructure (Roads, Electricity, etc.)
Cost of Anti-Retroviral Drugs / Treatments
100% Fatal
Possible Solutions ??? Or not???
Foreign Aid to Countries
Education Centers
Improved Infrastructure
Child Soldiers
Child Soldiers
The military use of children takes three distinct forms: children can take direct part in hostilities (child soldiers), or they can be used in support roles such as porters, spies, messengers, and look outs; or they can be used for political advantage either as human shields or in propaganda.
Child Soldiers
Child Soldiers are often subjected to extensive drug and psychological abuse. This “brainwashing” ultimately reduces them to intellectual slaves to their commanders. They do not feel like they have the freedom to leave.
Child Soldiers
Most children that are used in armed conflict are often scarred for life, emotionally and physically. Often they develop difficulty dealing with others and have little understanding of proper social interactions.
Conflict Diamonds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOIUn0We12A
The History
Armed conflicts are expensive. In order to finance revolutions, civil wars and sometimes local greed the use of slave labor has been used to accessed the rich natural resources of many African nations.
Conflict Diamonds
Western Africa
Liberia
Cote D’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Conflict Diamonds
Forced labor is often used in mining.
Conflict Diamonds and Child Soldiers There is a distinct tie between Conflict Diamonds
and Child Soldiers. As the diamonds provide for the economic resources needed by revolution and civil war the children provide the human capital required.
The brighter side.
The continent of Africa is a rich and beautiful place. Make sure that you remember that although it has a number of issues and problems it is also the home to many wonderful things.