SESSION 2: PROBLEM 2. NO EDUCATION

EXERCISE 1

1. Why are children in Catalonia and Scotlan so lucky when it comes to education? Because the Government thinks it is important to educate children free of charge.

2. Why is it important to be able to read and write? Because without education people cannot do many things in life, especially find a good job.
3. Why are many children in the developing south unable to read and write? Because in most developing countries parents must pay to send their children to school and many people cannot afford to do this and this means that the majority of people are unable to read or write.



 EXERCISE 2 

 

UNIT 4: PROBLEMS FACING THE DEVELOPING WORLD

SESSION 1: PROBLEM 1. POOR HEALTH

EXERCISE 1

There are four main reasons why people in developing countries have poor health.  One is that there are poor sanitation facilities.  For example, 2.9 billion people do not have things like clean drinking water.  A second reason is that there is a shortage of doctors and nurses.  Also, there is no free health care as people have to pay for their medicines. 

EXERCICE 2

United Kingdom		SUDAN
75 years	Life Expectancy	52 years
7 per 1000 babies born	Infant Mortality (How many babies die per 1000 born)	107 per 1000 babies born
1 Doctor: 710 patients	Doctor Patient Ratio (How many patients a doctor looks after)	1 doctor: 11,110 patients

I think United Kingdom is the healthiest country because the table shows that people the live 75 years, whereas in Sudan people live 52 years. 

Children's lives

05.00-08.00

Children in Khalipathar.

Girls. They collect water from the well up to four times. They carry the water in pots. At the well they wash the pots from the previous night's meal. 
Boys. They get up and brush our teeth. Then they exercise. They go jogging for good health.
In St. Joan, we get up at 07.00 and we go to school. 
08.00-12.00
Children in Khalipathar.
Boys and girls. They wash and bathe in the pond.They eat breakfast. School starts at 09.30 and they have lessons.
In St. Joan, school starts at 08.30.
12.00-16.00 
Children in Khalipathar.
Boys and girls. They eat lunch at 13.00. At 13.30 They have more lessons until 16.00 when school finishes for the day. 
In St. Joan, They eat lunch at 14.30 and the lessons start at 15.30. School finishes at 17.30.
16.00-20.00 
Children in Khalipathar. 
Boys and girls. After school they play games, then they wash in the pond. At 19.30 They all pray to Goddess Saraswati.
In St. Joan, after school we have homework and then they play games.
20.00-21.00 
Children in Khalipathar.
Boys and girls. At 20.00 they do our homework and study. At 20.30 they eat a meal of rice, dal and vegetables. They sleep from 21.00 until 05.00. They sleep on the floor.
In St. Joan, we have dinner at 21.00 and then we go to sleep until 07.00.