Digital Learning Project 2012

1. Poverty in Africa

2. What is poverty?
• “We think sometimes that poverty is only
being hungry, naked and homeless. The
poverty of being unwanted, unloved and
uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must
start in our own homes to remedy this kind of
poverty. ”
Mother Teresa
Read more
at http://www.brainyquote.com/words/po/po
verty205549.html#8XdzyvoAbRY1OwZy.99

3. Map of Africa indicating poverty
stricken areas

4. Key Question
Why is poverty a widespread problem in African
countries?

5. What are the main causes?
• Political turmoil
• Desertification (swelling of deserts)
• HIV/AIDS
• War
• Lack of Education
• Lack of Employment
• No market to sell goods

6. What areas and who is affected?
• Sub Saharan Africa is the main area in Africa
that is affected by poverty.
• Nearly half the population live under this
poverty line.
• It is estimated that approximately 300 million
people are affected by this burden of extreme
poverty in Africa.

7. Facts about poverty in Africa
• 315 million people in Sub Saharan Africa survive on less
than a dollar per day.
• Less than 50% of Africa’s population has access to
hospitals.
• Only 57% of children go to primary school in Africa
with only a third of children completing school.
• Children count for half of the civilian casualties in
African wars.
• http://www.causes.com/causes/538529-extreme-
poverty-in-africa-hunger-hiv-aids-and-death-in-
africa/actions/1440676

8. Is the poverty rate rising or falling in
Africa?
The poverty rate is rising because:
1. Fuel prices are rising worldwide.
2. The cost of living in developing countries is
rising.
3. Food prices have risen in Sub Saharan Africa.
4. The gap between the rich and poor will
constantly get wider as technology constantly
advances, leaving the poor of Africa behind.

9. Questions
• How do you think poverty started in Africa?
• How could our class help the poor people of Africa?
• Why do you think Africa has the most poverty?
• What part of Africa is poverty affecting the most?

10. More Websites
• http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/afri
ca-poverty
• http://www.thehungerproject.co.uk/wherewe
work/aboutafrica/?gclid=CIDm6sjGg7QCFYUf4
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• http://www.africanhunger.org/
• http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6527

11. By Kieran Mulligan
B.Ed 3
St Patrick’s College Drumcondra