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Rebecca, Lucy , Archer (leader) , and Shelby

**__Progress__**
 * We are in the process of doing research to become more educated about our topics.
 * We will be presenting our research to the class this Thursday.

** __This Week's goals:__ **1. **Take a break...you deserve it** 2. **brainstorm fundraising ideas if you have time** 

West Africa includes the Countries of:
 * Benin
 * Burkina Faso
 * Cote d'lvoire
 * Cape Verde
 * The Gambia
 * Ghana
 * Guinea
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Liberia
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Mali
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Mauritania
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Niger
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Nigeria
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Senegal
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Sierra Leone
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Togo

=<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Education in West Africa = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">The Problem:
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Lack of empowerment of women in Western Africa
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Deficiency of primary education for all children in Western Africa

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Basic Facts:
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">__One in four adults__ in the developing world – 872 million people – is illiterate. (Oxfam UK – Education Now Campaign)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">More than __100 million children remain out of school.__ (Source: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|UNFPA] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">__46% of girls in the world's poorest countries have no access to primary education__. (Source: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|ActionAid] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">More than 1 in 4 adults cannot read or write: __2/3 are women.__ (Source: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|ActionAid] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">__Universal primary education would cost $10 billion a year – that's half what Americans spend on ice cream.__ (Source: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|ActionAid] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">__Young people who have completed primary education are less than half as likely to contract HIV __ as those missing an education. __Universal primary education would prevent 700,000 cases of HIV each year__ – about 30% all new infections in this age group. (Source: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|Oxfam] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">)

<span style="COLOR: #0b0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Questions to be researched: (causes, consequences, and possible solutions) <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> Problem: current standards of education Causes: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Problem: High price of schooling Causes: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> Problem: Subjects taught in school Causes: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Problem: Lack of transportation to school <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Causes:
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #030202; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">education isn't a priority
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #030202; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #080202; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> education for women looked at as unimportant because they are supposed to be mothers
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #030202; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #080202; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">education for men not thought of as necessary, boys needed for farming
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">many schools require students to provide own uniform, desk, supplies, etc.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> people can't afford these items and therefore cannot send their children to school
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">lack of teachers due to lack of education
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">some subjects thought of as unnecessary
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">fewer schools, so longer distances to travel and it's harder to get there
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">people can't afford easier methods of transportation

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Problem: Students can never pass a grade because they have to farm <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Causes: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">          <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> Problem: Families cannot afford higher education Causes: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">      <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> Problem: Lack of universities Causes: Problem: Buildings are insufficient Causes: Government doesn't generally provide buildings, so the community has to try and come up with the best they can, or the community does without a school building altogether. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">      <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> Problem: Ratio of women that go to school for every level of education decreases Causes: It is unsafe: The older girls become, the more likely they are to be targeted and sexually exploited by teachers or classmates. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> many West African Schools rotate schedules for long breaks for farming/religious holidays
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">school fees increase as school level increases
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">some schools require students to provide own desks
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">The effects of AIDS can really hurt a family when the main care provider or income bringer dies, making money for education impossible to come by
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Clusters of villages raise money to build one school
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">government generally provides teachers if community builds schools
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">elementary schools often held outside, under trees
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">basic schools: cement block or mud bricks (sometimes built by students), iron roof, windows (sometimes glass) with wooden shutters
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">impossible to teach in rain if outside or with loud noises on wooden roof
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">kids have to provide own desks sometimes (listed under affordability)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">blackboards- smooth square plaster painted black
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">rarely electricity/running water
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">not enough rooms (often 75-100 kids per room)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">enrollment of girls in secondary schools often less than 10% because of violence/sexual harassment
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">boys are only physically beaten, but girls are sexually assaulted
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">girls will be the first taken out of schools if problems emerge
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">2003 survey: 24% of boys participate in rape (including gang rape), 14% of girls are raped
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">teachers have 2 "defenses" for sexual exploitation:
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">provocatively dressed girls
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">being far from home - need sex
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">often girls establish older, tougher lovers (sugar daddies) to protect them from teachers/boys
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">UN General assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, since then some countries have banned corporal punishment
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Study: empowered children/girls = less abuse, so need not focus only on punishment

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Empowerment of Women = =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> = Basic Facts
 * Women make up 70% of the world's poor ( [|www.endpoverty2015.org] )

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">**UNICEF: Advancing Girls' Education in Liberia** <span style="COLOR: #18aaf7; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> media type="youtube" key="CXVWFtaffIQ&hl=en" height="355" width="425" <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> Watch This YouTube video from UNICEF to see what Liberia is doing to bring empowerment to women through education.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Problem: Violence against women in Western Africa Causes:


 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #080808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Violence against women is due in part to war-with the increase in conflice comes the increase in acts of violence against women
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #080808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Violence against women is not considered bad
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #080808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">women often think violence agaist them is normal
 * <span style="COLOR: #080808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0f0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #ff29dd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">women gaining legal status then those who mistreat women will be brought to justice
 * <span style="COLOR: #ff29dd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #080808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Click here for a report about the state of violence against women in West Africa [|http://www.wildaf-ao.org/eng/IMG/doc/WILDAF-STATUS_OF_VIOLENCE-2.doc</span]>

<span style="COLOR: #0f0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Problem: Legal Status of women in Western Africa Causes:
 * <span style="COLOR: #0f0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #110808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #ff00d3; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Culturally, violent act against a women is seen as a private affair, so it is kept out of the public eye even though the violence is illegal
 * <span style="COLOR: #ff00d3; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0f0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #110808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">when there is violence against a woman and the woman goes to the police, she is often told that she must have done somehting to deserve the treatment-the police do not help her
 * <span style="COLOR: #0f0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #110808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #ff00d3; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Quotas for women's representation in government are not followed <span style="COLOR: #ff00d3; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|> http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=77544]
 * <span style="COLOR: #0f0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">In Nigeria, a draft domestic-violence bill prepared by the Legislative Advocacy Coalition on Violence against Women has been lodged in the house of representatives (the lower house of parliament) since 2003, but has not even been listed in the order paper for hearing. The provision on marital rape, which some view as "western" and "against the culture of Nigeria" has been invoked to explain the slow progress of the bill; settling it would, it is claimed, allow the bill to be passed into law. The contradiction here is that Nigeria has already ratified the protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, which prohibits marital rape without any reservations.
 * <span style="COLOR: #0f0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Read whole article here <span style="COLOR: #0f0a0a; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007653.html</span]>

<span style="COLOR: #181111; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Problem: Amount of children the average women births Causes:
 * <span style="COLOR: #181111; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #ff24e6; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">For the average woman, having children is the only opportunity for survival
 * <span style="COLOR: #ff24e6; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #181111; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Birth control is not used because it the husband chooses not to use it
 * <span style="COLOR: #ff24e6; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #181111; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Children offer security for women because when they get old they will be taken care of

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> Problem: Current social expectations and how they differ from men's social expectations - The average Gambian woman marries around age 15 in some countries. -The average woman gives birth to at least six children over the course of her lifetime. -Many people who live in West Africa are Muslim and practice polygamy. A man may divorce a woman who does not give birth to any children within the first seven years of the marriage. -A married woman who wants to have protected sex, space out her pregnancies, or wants to refrain from sex is frowned upon. -A man's status increases as the amount of wives/children he has increases. -Many women and children serve as an extra work force. -Women do most of the farm work in West Africa. Problem: Lack of women with higher education
 * This problem starts at a young age as girls do not have access to primary education. Also, due to violence against women, girls may be apprehensive to go to school because they may be sexually abused. If more girls can get into primary education then slowly the numbers will increase in higher education

<span style="COLOR: #231616; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Read this article to gain by a philanthropist who started her orginization by holding bake sales. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2007/issue4/0407p49.html <span<span] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://us.camfed.org/</span] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">

=<span style="COLOR: #060404; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Solutions =

<span style="COLOR: #0e0c0c; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">What can be done to ensure that every child in Western Africa recieves an elementary education in a safe and secure enviroment? <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="COLOR: #0e0c0c; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">One thing that people are doing is to send laptops to children through One Laptop per Child (OLPC). This orginization allows children to have access to a plethora of information that was before unavailable. For many countries where there is very little money to devote to a child's education (OLPC states that in some countries the dollar amountage is as low as $20 where as in the US it is $7500). The laptops cost only $100.

"By giving children thier very own connected XO laptop, we are giving them a window to the outside world, access to vast amounts of information, a way to connect with each other, and a springboard into thier future," states the website of OLPC, "__and we're also helping these countries develop an essential resource--educated, empowered chilren."__ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">When you buy 100 laptops you can choose where in the world you want them to go. Education empowers people but these laptops do so much more. They allow children to become informed citizens of their world.

Check OLPC out <span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php</span]> <span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Also, check out this New York Times article about it <span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04pogue.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1191677876-fOSMs3sQvlI/nggC+bTIHA&oref=slogin <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">How can African women be educated on thier legal rights with the present taboo of gender equality? <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Literacy groups are a powerful tool in empowering women. In them, women form bonds among themselves and are taught skills by government extention agents. With these skills they make crafts and sell them, saving the money they earn. These groups allow them to learn how to read and write with the support of fellow women.

Check out success story <span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://laurengunderson.blogspot.com/2005/06/good-things-happen-too.html</span]>

<span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">By making sure that Women are a key part of the politics of a country, it is ensured that thier views are made important. Therefore, it is necessary for women to hold political offices and for laws to make a certain percentage of women in the government mandatory. These mandates will make it possible for womens' voices to be heard.

Check out this news article about it <span style="COLOR: #0f0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=77544 <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0c0808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">Officials from the UN are taking measures with other independent groups in Sierra Leone to make the people educated about the new laws against violence toward women. These laws are very important because usually violence in countries such as Sierra Leone is ignored and is believed to be normal. However, the education of people about these laws is even more important because if the law is not known then it is not effective, and if the law has not rule then it is even less effective. <span style="COLOR: #0c0808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26116&Cr=sierra&Cr1=leone <span style="COLOR: #0c0808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">

There is an orginization called UNESCO - The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Orginization - that has a partnership to promote the Clos d'Enfants Initiative. This initiative provides a kind of free kindergarten in the communities for children that speak French. It is centered around the idea of having three volunteer women take care of children. The thre women are part of a larger support group of grandmothers, other mothers, and soon-to-be mothers. This initiative provides a safe haven for children to develop even when they can't afford to go to kindergarten. Also, because it the volunteers are part of a larger group that rotates in taking care of the children, no one gets burnt out, and they create a bond between their fellow volunteers in the community. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0c0808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">**Read** article from UNESCO here <span style="COLOR: #0c0808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8745&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html</span]> <span style="COLOR: #0c0808; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">3. How can higher education be made more accesible

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #030303; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">** Fundraising activity ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #030303; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">1. One of the basic facts states that half of what Americans spend on ice-cream each year would pay for universal primary education. What if we gave up the unnecessary things in our lives so that these children could go to school? I know we don't have cars but you do eat out, get coffee etc. Think about how giving up these little things could send a child to school. <span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> 2. Sundae Sale <span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">3. School Wide Talent Show - you pay to enter and whoever wins gets a prize and the satisfaction of being pretty awesome <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">4. Pledges - My church is building a school and so they created a team of volunteers that go to peoples homes and talk to them and educate them on the project. Often times when people give they ask for matches. <span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">5. Educate the populous - put it in the newspaper, on the radio, on TV...anywhere. pamphlets when people are in the know they probably are more likely to give to a cause <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">6. A booth - At my brother's school they have s Student Association booth that sells junk food like candy and things like that during lunch...powerbars, gummy worms etc. This could clash with the Student Council Snack machines...but hey, they're going all healthy and everything <span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">**Helpful Websites** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">http://www.mdgmonitor.org/ - <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> This website gives information about each MDG and lets you monitor the progress <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://www.undg.org] <span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> - This website is a good database for finding information about MDG <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://www.undp.org/mdg/ <span] style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> - This site has resources like websites etc. about MDG background information regional and national MDG reports, statistical information, research, and partnership websites <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://www.undg.org/index <span] style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> - This site allows you to view and save MDG progress reports from any country <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"><span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">[|http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/default.aspx <span] style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> - This site allows choose a MDG and a country and track progress on a chart <span style="COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif">http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/GMIS/gdmis.do?siteId=2&menuId=LNAV01HOME3 [|http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_24304.html</span]> http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=62531 http://wassumbee.blogspot.com/2006/01/schools-in-west-africa-1.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0501_gambiawomen.html [|http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/education/downloads/edPaper8.pdf</span]>