Wednesday May 19, 2010

Today we did two more write to learns, and then the last group showed their presentation over...


Congo:

  • In Congo their mainly having Civil Wars, but are also experiencing starvation, malnutrition, overpopulation, and disease.
  • They're arguing over minerals and better land in the country amongst themselves
  • Excess from Rwanda genocide are causing overpopulation by flooding in and taking up some of the much needed resources
  • People are getting tortured and sexually abused
  • Often groups ( diffrent races fighting against eachother ) have been using young children to do the murduring, and awful things
  • Most of the kids that do the terrible things were kidnapped and brainwashed into doing certain tasks
  • Over 5,400 people have died due to the conflics
  • The security of the country is weak and inactive
  • Often they poach animals to eat, many time getting diseases from the animals
  • It's the deadliest conflict since World War 2
  • Belgium had control of Congo until 1960s when they let them be independent, leaving them poor and politically unstable
  • Their previous president was assassinated, and this son took over
  • The U.N. helped by sending over a peace keeping force to help the rebel movements.
  • You can make a donation to Woment for Women International that helps provide food, housing, and other basic needs.

After our final presentation was presented we watched Hotel Rowanda.

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