Kenya is looking into using online applications for the African people to get jobs. There are also people available to help you find the right job and apply for it as well. This makes people more sure of what they're doing and also make African's feel wanted in this area. The main way African's can use the internet to use this companies resources is through their mobile devices. This company has made it so they can use whatsapp to apply to jobs. This project is more like a recruiting thing used by using technology in Kenya. The article also mentions an option to do a 60 second video to recruit. This recruitment website is called Impress Me.
Ican only hope that this will only bring on more independence and technology to Africa.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32523447
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Goodbye Ebola
This article talks about Liberia going 42 days without a case of ebola. In Liberia they had a confirmed 4,700 people die from the disease ebola. The article mentions that a public holiday will be put into place. There was many people with signs saying they have overcome ebola. People were also dancing and playing drums in the streets. Liberia is full of happiness with their new "holiday".
It is sad to see that neighboring countries are still dealing with the outbreak of ebola. I am happy that ebola has been out of Libera for 42 days. Lets hope it is not one of those "whoops, I spoke too soon" kind of things. I am happy to see Liberians celebrating their growth as a country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32700855/goodbye-ebola-liberia-holds-party-after-beating-the-disease
It is sad to see that neighboring countries are still dealing with the outbreak of ebola. I am happy that ebola has been out of Libera for 42 days. Lets hope it is not one of those "whoops, I spoke too soon" kind of things. I am happy to see Liberians celebrating their growth as a country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32700855/goodbye-ebola-liberia-holds-party-after-beating-the-disease
Africa Map Quiz
I am choosing to write one of my blogs over the website http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/africa.html . In this website it gives you a quiz over the countries in Africa. I was sad to learn that I did not know much of any. I played this quiz for about 20 minutes. I think it is actually something everyone should look at.
I ended up having a score of 8/26 points which is actually a horrible score considering they repeated questions. I challenge people to do this quiz to see how much they know!
I ended up having a score of 8/26 points which is actually a horrible score considering they repeated questions. I challenge people to do this quiz to see how much they know!
Monday, May 11, 2015
Elephant poaching in Tanzania
The article talks about two ecosystems in the Tanzania. Selous ecosystem and Ruaha-Rungwa ecosystem. In the Selous ecosystem elephants population has went from 38,975 in 2009 to 13,084 in the 2013. The Ruaha-Rungwa ecosystem has gone from 31,625 to 20,090 elephants in 2009 to 2013. The article mentions that in the last year the elephant population has dropped 60% in the ecosystems due to poaching.
The government has failed to do a re count or to deal with the poaching problem. They instead ignore the fact that this is happening in their country. The government is choosing to bury the information they know. Many people are poaching this animal in use for their ivory. I hear about ivory trade all of the time and rules against it. But in this article it says out of the many cases only one person has been convicted of poaching an elephant. Where could all of these elephants be going if no poaching is happening to be convicted over? This is a very disturbing topic for me to read about.
This article was particularly interesting to me because I like to read about things governments are hiding. I am a type of person who wonders this a lot. The government could truly hide anything they want from us. I also was interested in this article because I have always been an animal lover. It is sad to see this happening to elephants, one of the kindest animals. I refuse to read articles about giraffe's being harmed due to this being my favorite animal! :)
http://www.africanconservation.org/wildlife-news/leaked-statistics-confirm-scale-of-tanzania-s-elephant-poaching-crisis
https://www.google.com/search?q=selous+ecosystem&espv=2&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=guxQVZfJOYucgwTQx4GwAw&ved=0CC4QsAQ&biw=1517&bih=735&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=elephants+helping+humans&spell=1&imgrc=VcA_IgSplDD7eM%253A%3BnblL-GhzEQ2uPM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cadip.org%252Fcamps%252FSumatraElephants4.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cadip.org%252Fvolunteer-in-indonesia.htm%3B580%3B350
The government has failed to do a re count or to deal with the poaching problem. They instead ignore the fact that this is happening in their country. The government is choosing to bury the information they know. Many people are poaching this animal in use for their ivory. I hear about ivory trade all of the time and rules against it. But in this article it says out of the many cases only one person has been convicted of poaching an elephant. Where could all of these elephants be going if no poaching is happening to be convicted over? This is a very disturbing topic for me to read about.
This article was particularly interesting to me because I like to read about things governments are hiding. I am a type of person who wonders this a lot. The government could truly hide anything they want from us. I also was interested in this article because I have always been an animal lover. It is sad to see this happening to elephants, one of the kindest animals. I refuse to read articles about giraffe's being harmed due to this being my favorite animal! :)
http://www.africanconservation.org/wildlife-news/leaked-statistics-confirm-scale-of-tanzania-s-elephant-poaching-crisis
"Leaked Statistics Confirm Scale of Tanzania's Elephant Poaching Crisis."Leaked Statistics Confirm Scale of Tanzania's Elephant Poaching Crisis. African Conservation Foundation, 29 Apr. 2015. Web. 11 May 2015.
Autism in Ethopia
A mother in Ethopia had noticed her child was having learning problems. Her son JoJo was four years older than her other son and was struggling to keep up with the younger brother. She soon decided to take her son to the UK and have him tested for intellectual disability. She had two choices, move to America to get her child help with his autism, or to do something about it in Ethopia. She chose to open a specialist school called Joy Center. This school specialized in helping children with Autism. By the time JoJo was eight when his mother began teaching him how to speak. He did not say his first sentence, "I love you, Mama" until he was 16 years old.
In the article it mentioned that a lot of children in Africa are misdiagnosed and are said to be possessed or suffering from witchcraft. Yenus, the mother of JoJo, school now has shown Ethopia's government and other's what autism is. The government now recognizes Autism and other disabilities. The school has about 80 children attending.
This article interested me because I work with people who had disabilities. I have found that autism is extremely hard to deal with and takes a special kind of person to be able to face these difficulties. Autism is most commonly found in boys and said if you don't talk by the age of four you will most likely not be verbal for the rest of your life. I was not suprised to see that the mother had to travel all the way to the UK to get testing done. It is very sad the child had to be 8 by the time they found out his diagnosis. I am glad to see he still has learned to talk even though his skills developed so late.
In the article it mentioned that a lot of children in Africa are misdiagnosed and are said to be possessed or suffering from witchcraft. Yenus, the mother of JoJo, school now has shown Ethopia's government and other's what autism is. The government now recognizes Autism and other disabilities. The school has about 80 children attending.
This article interested me because I work with people who had disabilities. I have found that autism is extremely hard to deal with and takes a special kind of person to be able to face these difficulties. Autism is most commonly found in boys and said if you don't talk by the age of four you will most likely not be verbal for the rest of your life. I was not suprised to see that the mother had to travel all the way to the UK to get testing done. It is very sad the child had to be 8 by the time they found out his diagnosis. I am glad to see he still has learned to talk even though his skills developed so late.
This is a picture of JoJo and his mother
Moorhouse, Lauren, and Bea Wangondu. "For Years, Silence. And Then 'love You, Mama' - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 15 Apr. 2015. Web. 11 May 2015.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Miracle Tree
There is a tree that grows in Zambia that is called the "moringa tree". The leaves and stem of the tree are filled with , amino acids,protein, vitamins, and anti-oxidants. In the article it mentions that the tree's would cost a lot of start planting but a lot of funding done to help Africa's starvation problems could go to this. One male who works with these tree's has been feeding his wife and children these seeds and he says he has noticed his family being more healthy overall. The article mentions that a lot of people grow maize because it is cheap and easier. Yes this fills people up, but it does not have nutritional value.
I think this would help millions of children and adults who live in poverty and cannot afford/ don't have adequate resources to food. I think a good way would be to fund raise money to help plant moringa trees in Zambia and other countries who have malnutrition problems. The more tree's they plant could make Zambia more of wealthy country due to gaining money from the tree's, gaining healthiness, and also could employ people to take care of the tree's. This "miracle tree" could help in many ways.
Stolarz, Sarah. "Could a 'miracle Tree' Help End Malnutrition in Zambia? - BBC News." BBC News. BBC, 17 Apr. 2015. Web. 06 May 2015.
This is a picture of a moringa tree. I got this picture from the article site as well.
http://www.allianceforum.org/en/nutrition/
Nutrition Project - Alliance Forum Foundation" Alliance Forum Foundation. Alliance, n.d. Web. 06 May 2015.
Learning from Ebola
Ebola has been the most deadliest disease in Africa and has killed over 10,000 people. A well noted tip they since learned from Ebola is to first stop it from spreading to other parts of the world. It is important to be well educated about the disease so you know how to not spread the disease. They have also learned Ebola is also very hard to diagnose and this is leaving medical staff with this disease as well.
Ebola was definitely a international health crisis. There are laws that the International Health Regulations has set to offset the spread of the diseases like Ebola but many countries did not follow these and that caused Ebola to not be detected as quickly as it could have been. The bigger question is what can help other diseases be caught earlier and not spread to as many people. Diseases can reemerge from time to time and this leaves people confused. You also have to remember a disease can come from something in nature, it does not always have to come from another human. The article talks about having stronger regulations and laws in the health field so they can detect diseases much faster.
This article was confusing with the back and forth talk with Ebola and other diseases. I would not recommend this article to learn about anything to do with Ebola. Overall, the point was to help not spread the disease.
Heymann, David. "Global Health: How Prepared Are We for the next Crisis? - BBC News." BBC News. BBC, 5 May 2015. Web. 06 May 2015.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32551089
Ebola was definitely a international health crisis. There are laws that the International Health Regulations has set to offset the spread of the diseases like Ebola but many countries did not follow these and that caused Ebola to not be detected as quickly as it could have been. The bigger question is what can help other diseases be caught earlier and not spread to as many people. Diseases can reemerge from time to time and this leaves people confused. You also have to remember a disease can come from something in nature, it does not always have to come from another human. The article talks about having stronger regulations and laws in the health field so they can detect diseases much faster.
This article was confusing with the back and forth talk with Ebola and other diseases. I would not recommend this article to learn about anything to do with Ebola. Overall, the point was to help not spread the disease.
Heymann, David. "Global Health: How Prepared Are We for the next Crisis? - BBC News." BBC News. BBC, 5 May 2015. Web. 06 May 2015.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32551089
Pirates in Somali
This article is about the country Somalia. The article goes over the issues that this country has with piracy. Many pirates try to hijack ships of Somalia's coast. A lot of hostages were involved in the hijackings as well. The pirates are doing it for money. The pirates take hostages in hope to hold them for ransom. The article goes over how the pirates take over the ship, how hard it is to stop the pirates, and why the pirates hijack the ships. The article also goes over how hard it is to convict a pirate due to the difficulties in prosecuting them and Somalia not having a government.
This article reminds me of the movie Captain Phillips that was based on the true story about Somali pirates. I think this is a very scary issue that needs to be dealt with. I am going to read more on why the pirates cannot be charged with something because the article was kind of unclear when it talked about this topic.
My boyfriend is an underwater oil worker and he has worked of the coast of Nigeria. He told me they had several lock downs due to pirate attacks near by their ship. There was a pirate attack about 30 miles away from him. His ship would do drills once a month so all crew members on the boat would be aware of what to do if pirates attacked their ship. Also, all doors were locked at 7pm every night. These aren't the same pirates as Somalia pirates, due to these pirates are on the east coast and Nigeria pirates are on the west coast but they are still a threat to ships.
Also, even though this article was published in 2011 these attacks are still happening and are still a major problem in the ocean.
"Q&A: Somali Piracy - BBC News." BBC. BBC News, 21 Jan. 2011. Web. 06 May 2015.
http://www.bbc.com/news/10349155
This article reminds me of the movie Captain Phillips that was based on the true story about Somali pirates. I think this is a very scary issue that needs to be dealt with. I am going to read more on why the pirates cannot be charged with something because the article was kind of unclear when it talked about this topic.
My boyfriend is an underwater oil worker and he has worked of the coast of Nigeria. He told me they had several lock downs due to pirate attacks near by their ship. There was a pirate attack about 30 miles away from him. His ship would do drills once a month so all crew members on the boat would be aware of what to do if pirates attacked their ship. Also, all doors were locked at 7pm every night. These aren't the same pirates as Somalia pirates, due to these pirates are on the east coast and Nigeria pirates are on the west coast but they are still a threat to ships.
Also, even though this article was published in 2011 these attacks are still happening and are still a major problem in the ocean.
"Q&A: Somali Piracy - BBC News." BBC. BBC News, 21 Jan. 2011. Web. 06 May 2015.
http://www.bbc.com/news/10349155
Foreigners in South Africa
I found an article talking about South Africa and it's violence towards foreigners. It mentioned that in South Africa foreigners are being beaten due to the natives in South Africa thinking they are stealing work and being involved in criminal activity. The article mentions that over 1,000 foreigners have fled from their home due to the recent killings, beatings, and burning of property. The article went into detail showing that South Africa took to social media to cause harm as well. The government showed little to no action on the violence. The article gave plenty of examples of tweets that were against the way South Africa was acting.
I found this article particularly interesting because I have a friend who's father lives in South Africa and he also visits this country a lot. My friend has never mentioned any criminal activity going on. I found this article very disturbing due to the violence and the government not taking any action. I was happy to read some of the tweets that the article mentioned dealing with people speaking out against South Africa and the way they were acting towards foreigners. Overall, I hope South Africa finds a better way of dealing with this problem other than violence. They have to remember they have South African's all over the continent of Africa.
"Is South Africa Off Limits to Other Africans? · Global Voices." Global Voices Overall RSS 20. Creative Commons Attribution, 16 Apr. 2015. Web. 06 May 2015.
https://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/04/16/is-south-africa-off-limits-to-other-africans/
I found this article particularly interesting because I have a friend who's father lives in South Africa and he also visits this country a lot. My friend has never mentioned any criminal activity going on. I found this article very disturbing due to the violence and the government not taking any action. I was happy to read some of the tweets that the article mentioned dealing with people speaking out against South Africa and the way they were acting towards foreigners. Overall, I hope South Africa finds a better way of dealing with this problem other than violence. They have to remember they have South African's all over the continent of Africa.
"Is South Africa Off Limits to Other Africans? · Global Voices." Global Voices Overall RSS 20. Creative Commons Attribution, 16 Apr. 2015. Web. 06 May 2015.
https://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/04/16/is-south-africa-off-limits-to-other-africans/
Slum housing in Africa
My first blog is about the housing exchange going on in Africa and India. Africa heard about India doing housing exchanges from different communities. In India they would use this to learn from different communities. Africa saw how much India has learned from doing this so they thought to try it themselves. The article mentions they have only tried this in South Africa but they have seen it help learn daily living skills like "building a toilet". If residents chose to participate they are advised to share local information that they think will help other communities thrive. The article also mentions they have learned more government systems, like better ways of banking as well from this project.
This caught my attention because in class we have been learning about Africa and ways they could build their continent. I thought this was a great way to learn about things that one communities has already learned but the other has not. I think this will help Africa get out of the third world continent group. Africa should keep thinking of things to help them blossom as a continent. Lastly, I thought it was cool that Africa took an idea that was working well in India and used it to their advantage.
Citation for article
"Housing Exchange for India's Slum Dwellers." BBC News. BBC, 21 May 2002. Web. 06 May 2015.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1999814.stm
This caught my attention because in class we have been learning about Africa and ways they could build their continent. I thought this was a great way to learn about things that one communities has already learned but the other has not. I think this will help Africa get out of the third world continent group. Africa should keep thinking of things to help them blossom as a continent. Lastly, I thought it was cool that Africa took an idea that was working well in India and used it to their advantage.
Citation for article
"Housing Exchange for India's Slum Dwellers." BBC News. BBC, 21 May 2002. Web. 06 May 2015.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1999814.stm
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