Wednesday, December 11

We took the Canada map. We decided we would take the Africa test for 20 extra credit points. Then, we did our blog discussion.

Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty: targets:targets - decrease proportion of people who have a daily income of $1 in half, achieve full and productive work for everyone, esp. for women and young people, decrease the proportion of people who suffer from hunger in half. area-Africa. 385 mil people who live under $1 a day. Number has decrease by 700 mil people, met it by 2010. Statistic, 1 out of 8 people are in starvation.

Achieve Universal Primary Education: eliminate gender segregation for kids in school. targets-by 2015, every child should complete a primary education, 123 mil lack basic reading and writing skills, 57 million children have no education from 102 mill. 95 literate women for 100 men, up from 90, still not equal, primary education reached 90% in 2010, helps reduce poverty.  Areas- South America, Middle East, Africa

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