Monday: go over Africa map, presentations
News
Trump’s 100 days was on Saturday
Had 78 executive orders
Called 63 foreign leaders
A lot of rich white men in the cabinet
Has highered 6 non white male cabinet members
Stock market has risen
Immigration arrests rise-criminal and noncriminal
Fall of illegal border crossings
More air strikes
Mental Illness
Suicide
Mood changes
Anger
Talk of self harm
Withdraw
400 people committed suicide in 2013 in Iowa
Suicide is the 9th leading cause of death in Iowa
Lack of Health care in sub saharan Africa
6x less medical workers than developed countries
Rely on african healers
45,000 healers and only 1,400 medical doctors
Tuesday: presentations
Lack of Proper Health care in Africa
Diseases
1/10 have HIV or AIDS
68% of people with HIV live in sub saharan africa
Aids takes 1 million lives
Malaria kills 1 african child every 30 seconds-leading cause of death in kids under 5
Bilharzia
Lassa fever
Malnutrition
More than 40% of people with HIV are women
Huge shortage of nurses and midwives
⅔ of women have to access to health staff after childbirth
9 death every minute between maternal and child deaths-nearly 13,000 a day
1.2 million babies die before one month
3.2 million die before the age of 5
880,000 stillbirths
First 28 days are the most dangerous
Goals
Eradicate extreme poverty/hunger
Gender equality
Education
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/ AIDS
Environmental sustainability
Wednesday: group quiz, presentations
Extreme Poverty
The state of being extremely poor
Living on $1.90 a day
3+ billion people live under $2.50 a day
1.3 billion live under $1.90
Poverty rates have dropped
1.5 million households live with almost no money in America
Extreme poverty exists in-
Asia
India
South America
Mexico
Africa
Organizations
Local food pantries
Childrens hunger alliance
Oxfam America
Hunger Project
Society of St. Andrew
18.5 million abandoned houses-3.5 million people
1 billion people live in poverty
80% of population live under $10 a day
½ the population live on $2.50 a day
Thursday: go over Africa, presentations
Better energy alternatives
Solar
Wind
Geothermal
Hydroelectric
Ocean
Coal generates 44% but only employs .12%
Solar energy
A sustainable energy source
Saves money
No worries about dangerous and expensive powerlines
Geothermal Energy
Produced from the heat of the earth
Renewable
US produces the most geothermal energy in the world
Hydroelectric energy
Flowing water is captured to create energy
2nd largest renewable energy source in the US
Environmentally friendly
Dams
Ocean energy
Large scale of use
Tidal
Wave
Ocean thermal energy conversion
Another form of hydropower
- Renewable energy is constantly growing
- Solar energy makes a lot of jobs
Friday: Africa map, presentation
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