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*see sidebar for site links (Brochures, Bibliography, etc.)

                      

*see sidebar for TechnoServe Executive Summary

 


 

 Contact Info

 

Group Members: E-mail: Phone:
Taylor Barry  tlb4x@virginia.edu (860) 966-8787
Chelsea Day  cnd7b@virginia.edu (540) 746-6484
Jack Eakin  jwe5e@virginia.edu (615) 294-7353
Avery Oldfield  aeo7b@virginia.edu (804) 347-0900
Andrew Straitman  ajs7g@virginia.edu (302) 383-5343

 


 

Important Due Dates

 

March 24:     Brochures

March 31:     Course Project Proposed Organization

April 7:         Annotated Bibliography

April 21:       Cross Cultural Briefings                                                           

 


 

 

Facts about Mozambique

  • Full name: The Republic of Mozambique
  • Population: 21.4 million (via UN, 2007)
  • Capital: Maputo
  • Area: 812,379 sq km (313,661 sq miles)
  • Major languages: Portuguese (official), Makua-Lomwe, Tsonga, Shona, Swahili
  • Major religions: Indiginous beliefs, Islam, Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 42 years (men), 42 years (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: 1 metical (plural meticais) = 100 centavos
  • Main exports: Seafood, cotton
  • GNI per capita: US $310 (World Bank, 2006)
  • Infant mortality: 102/1,000
  • 5.3 children born per woman
  • 1.3 million living with aids
  • Minimum legal salary: 60 dollars per month.
  • Devestating flood in 2003
  • 88% of  arable land is still uncultivated
  • More than 80% of poor households live in rural areas
  • More than two-thirds of rural Mozambicans are illiterate
  • Portuguese is official language, and most Mozambicans speak English as a second or even third language

 

Links Concerning Poverty in Mozambique

http://poverty2.forumone.com/files/Mozambique_PRSP.pdf

http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/english/regions/africa/moz/index.htm

Guys, ruralpovertyportal.org is a great site....there is Mozambique specific stuff as well more region and world focused data/analysis   

USE THIS!!!! this is a google map, click/select Mozambique and you'll get tons of facts/links

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mz.html#Intro

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/mozambique_statistics.html

 

PDF Files Concerning Poverty in Mozambique

 determinants of poverty.pdf                  

 poverty in mozam.pdf  

 

Links Concerning Global Poverty in General

http://www.commissionforafrica.org/english/report/thereport/english/11-03-05_cr_chapter_2.pdf

http://www.paris21.org/betterworld/setting.htm

Poverty Reduction Strategies

 

 

Maps of Mozambique (links to googleMap)

 

   

 

Video of Life in Mozambique, "A Day in the Life of Tambuzai - Experience Poverty"

 

 

Click to link to rural poverty examination of Mozambique

 

 

Mozambique Aid Organization Resources

http://www.villagereach.org/Last_Mile_Report_Spring_2006.htm#Expansion

http://www.technoserve.org/work_impact/locations/mozambique.aspx?gclid=CLfp_4LftZICFRFBFQodHwefRw#moreabout

http://www.africare.org/wherewework/mozambique/index.php

http://www.villagereach.org/MOZ_project.htm

http://esperanca.org/mozambique.html

TechnoServe Video

 

Our Chosen Aid Organization is TechnoServe

TechnoServe Video

 

Information about NGOs in Mozambique

http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=3939

 

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Comments (8)

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Jack said

at 8:44 pm on Mar 12, 2008

Hey guys, I just noticed that another group in our block is doing Nicaragua. Also, I think doing the US would work but be quite a challenge. Any other ideas for countries?

avery said

at 9:25 am on Mar 13, 2008

i agree with jack on the difficulty aspect...

Taylor said

at 2:15 pm on Mar 13, 2008

i think we should do nicaragua...avery has some experience with the country and I don't think the fact that another group is doing Nicaragua is a bad thing, we'll just do it better.

thoughts?

Taylor said

at 2:14 pm on Mar 17, 2008

Mozambique it is.

avery said

at 11:02 am on Mar 21, 2008

hey guys- will you compile all of the world poverty info and send it to me? thanks

Andrew said

at 5:36 pm on Mar 21, 2008

Hey guys, we were talking about doing different questions/issues for the 2nd brochure. have we figured out what those might be?

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Jack said

at 1:12 pm on Mar 23, 2008

I am messing around with the site and moved all of our info from the "Peak Oil" presentation to its own page. I like the idea of keeping the front page to the basics and having several pages other than the home page. See you guys this afternoon.

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Jack said

at 9:03 pm on Mar 23, 2008

Hey guys, I figured out how to compress the brochure to a manageable size while still looking good. It's on the linked page. Let me know what you think. I haven't messed around with trying to go places when you click on the image or anything like that. Since it is uploaded as two separate images, the easiest thing looks like its going to be linking to two different webpages or something else.

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