Lynmari+George

​​​Lynmari George: Orphaned Children in Kenya​
[|booklet on most countries] good site for research of most countries

__**Plight of the orphans** Research Questions__ 1**. How many orphaned children can be found in your country? 2,500,000.
 * 2**. List the pimary causes of orphaned children in your country. HIV/AIDS, mothers dying in child birth, poverty and post-election violence.
 * 3**. Describe the living conditions/daily lives of the orphaned children. Some are living by themselves, fewerr than 10% live in orphanages, some live in childheaded households, living on the streets, in slums, poor hygiene, dirty drinking water, food is scarce and expensive.
 * 4**. How does the government of the country deal with/treat orphaned children? Fewer than 10% of orphans recieve government funding and support, the government gives money to some of the poorest families.
 * 5**. Discuss adoption policies of the country. Are adoptions closed or open? Closed adioption (could not find information)

** Biography for orphaned child **


 * Orphaned child’s name** Sharah Wangui

She lost her mother at seven, her violently abusive father threatened to kill her if she told anyone about his nightly sexual attacks. “As soon as we started forgetting the pain of losing our dear mother, things started changing, dad became so harsh and cruel to us. He used to call us one by one and rape us threatening to kill any of us who leaked stories.” Sharah Wangui One day Sharah decided to run away and she started to live on the streets, she was always hungry. Eventually she made her way to the Samaritan Centre, she was nine then, she is thirteen now.



Research reflection
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 * Site Investigated** www.cowforce.com

There are 900 million people in Africa, more than half of them suffer from a water disease, 16% die before they are 5 years old, 80% have no electricity in their homes, 40% have never been taught to read or write, one third of are at risk starvation or are lacking a sufficent amount of food, 80% grow food on a small plot of land, half of all africans can not get help from hospitals or doctors. The website had alot of information on Africa in genrel but not information on just one country so it wasn't helpful for me.
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 * Site Investigated** www.cowfiles.com

Kenya is 224,081 suare miles, they have a population of 34.5 million, 20.5% of Kenya is urban and 79.5% is rural, the life expectancy of an average Kenyan is 47. This website had some information on Kenya and alot of projects but no information on orphans in Kenya.
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 * Site Investigated** www.teenink.com

I couldn't find any information on our topic on this site but I learn one thing, VirginiaTech Transportation Institute found that truck drivers who were texting were 23 times more at risk of a crash than “nondistracted” drivers. There weren't articles on our topic so I couldn't find anything useful from this website.
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 * Site Investigated** Youtube "Keyhole gardens in Lesotho"

That growing something a little differently can help save families from starvation. I found it quite intresting even though it didn't help me that much. I also found some other videos of people making Keyhole gardens in England.
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 * Site Investigated** Youtube "Street Children of the Philippines"

4 filipino children under five die every 30 minutes because of poverty, 20% of filipino children aged 6 to 15 are out of school they work instead. It was heartwarming. I liked it, it told you about the hardships without making it sound absolutely horrible and make you feel like there is nothing you can do to help.
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 * Site Investigated** Youtube "Sweat shops in Asia"

The UN is the largest consumer in the world, the people who work in sweat shops are having their hunman rights violated everyday. It really makes you think, we pay $30 for something and the probably get 10 cents maybe even less and they are supporting their family on that. The worst part is those are the good sweat shops the hygienic ones, the ones that look better, safer the ones that generaly care about what other contries think about them.
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 * Site Investigated** www.unicef.org

It is estimated that currently 242,000 children undere five are affected by moderate acute malnutrition and a further 39,000 have severe acute malnutrition. I found alot of useful information on this site but it was a little hard to find good information with everything they try to thrust into your face, it's a little confusing.
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