Sierra Leone Poverty

Sierra Leone is mainly a mining country, this caused it to be colonized and for their own native people being used as slaves in their mines. This shaped its social development by making it a far higher concentration of natives than other countries. But, because of their enslavement and American control until recently, literacy rates and per capita GDP are disturbingly low. Politically, though, it’s more stable than most countries in this case.

The article which I chose to summarize is “Clean Your Plate. There are People in Starving in Africa!”, written by Timothy W. Jones. This article addresses the excessive wastefulness of food and resources in the United States. I particularly agree with how the author describes, not only the amount of food that is thrown out, but also the amount of money that it translates to. I would recommend this article to businesses, in particular, as it could be an eye-opener. The author examines three different perspectives of wastefulness: Food loss in general, losses as they relate to the farming industry and the wastefulness of food in the retail food industry. The author’s purpose of this article is not only to highlight the fiscal irresponsibility

Addressing the most important factor – lack of literacy – it can be noted that the education expenditures in Sierra Leone is 2.9% of GDP (2012)1. An increase in investment in the education system, and enforcement is the most effective way to increase literacy rates. In an interview with the International Monetary Fund, the question is posed: “Oil wealth is not always a blessing. In actual fact, countries like Nigeria have struggled in managing the resource effectively. How can the CEMAC countries avoid the pitfalls that other countries have fallen into? ” The simple answer given by Sharmini Coorey, Director of the IMF's Institute for Capacity Development replies; “Another important thing is investing in people. In the book, we focus on how to achieve inclusive growth and one of the most obvious and relatively easy ways of making inclusive growth is to spend your oil money on better health and education.17” In investing in the people, a country is investing in their future. Censorship isn’t generally accepted in Sierra Leone and so with the creation of privately owned newspaper, radio, and television companies, it allows the private owners to give people the unbiased, truthful and accurate news16. In the research done, my conclusion is that Sierra Leone has a good basis for media, however it is the literacy and monetary issues which hold

MDGs are millennium developmental goals. The UN adopted the SDGs; SDGs are sustainable developmental goals in 2016. Some of the goals were to get rid of extreme hunger and poverty by 2015. The other goals were to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. They hope to reach these goals by 2030.

Africa has been exploited for many years throughout the time of imperialism They have been oppressed by Europeans such as the Dutch and Portuguese But one especially active group were the British They had played a major role throughout history and specifically in Sierra Leone They had originally been exploited for their abundance of diamonds Though this period of imperialism has ended, the british has still left a mark in Sierra Leone As a result of the period of imperialism, Sierra Leone now participate in the use of child soldiers

In the years since the earthquake hit Haiti, resupplying health care, rebuilding structures, and improving living conditions, has been underfinanced. For example, Dr. Ryan K of Harvard School of Public spent three years studying the poverty in Haiti. His particular position and experience adds an internal perspective. In his text “Activity-based costing of healthcare delivery, Haiti” he explains the how the higher standards of primary care systems can advance health results, maximize efficient use of resources and improve equality in health care. Primary care shapes “the cornerstone” (p. 3) of a practical health system. Haiti has a unique situation regarding care quality. Haiti's poverty and poor population wellness outcomes and its current

A country I would like to discuss for this post is Haiti. I have not visited or studied this country, but thought of writing about Haiti after doing some research. A photovoice qualitative research methodology would be appropriate to study poverty in Haiti, because this country has the highest percentage of poverty in the urban and rural areas in Haiti. Poverty in the urban and rural areas affects many people in several ways. Poverty is present in those areas, due to natural disasters when weather conditions destroy crops; lack of income, unemployment, education, and etc. poverty is present in Haiti when children, adults, and families are not given the necessary resources they need in order to survive around the conditions where they live.

Fact: The epidemic killed more than 110,000 people across West Africa. Fact: Before the outbreak, Sierra Leone was already heavily dependent on aid money. Opinion: The country was already struggling due to a collapse in the price of iron ore. Opinion: Rebuilding the health sector and investing in infrastructure are the main priorities.

countries to the United States, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. When people don’t get enough food, money,

In Sierra Leone a lot of the population lives in poverty. In 2011 the percentage of the people that were poor was 52.9 percent (Index Mundi). Also, “The live expectancy at birth was 46 years in 2013” (World Bank 2013). This shows that people die at an early age because of infections because they don’t have the money to go to a hospital. Another thing that has affected the people in Sierra Leone is that from 1991 to 1999 there was a civil war and most houses and shops are still not fully build back (BBC, 2015). Not only have they had a civil 3war but also in 2013-2014 the Ebola epidemic came and hit Sierra Leone (Rebecca Davis, 2014). So as you can see there where lots of things that influenced the people in Sierra Leone and because of all these

Infrastructure; Sierra Leone has many opportunities for foreign investors and foreign companies to come into the country and help rebuild the country’s infrastructure that was destroyed by the civil war. All the opportunities to rebuild the infrastructure will create many employment opportunities in the country and help put the economy on overdrive. For example, the government wants to build and or increase rail construction, telecom/telecommunications, tourism facilities, entertainment facilities, water treatment plants, housing, and marine transport (Sierra Leone is home to Sierra Leone Harbor, the 3rd largest natural harbor in the world (“Geography,” n.d.).) (Davis,

4Green provides loans to vulnerable agricultural communities blocked from access to capital needed to scale economically viable ventures resulting in expansive social impact, ultimately eliminating poverty and child servitude.

Sierra Leone is ranked the world's poorest country by the UN Human Development Index, with about 70% of its people living on less than 70p per day. Diamonds account for 94% of its exports. Sierra Leone gained the deserved reputation as "the most dangerous country on earth." Diamonds from these mines are called conflict diamonds, or blood diamonds. Blood diamonds were used to finance civil war.

In postwar Sierra Leone, and amongst the many developmental challenges, food insecurity has been impeding rural development which continues to pose problems on the livelihood of the rural population which is predominantly peasant farmers. Many observers including those from the western area and foreigners always ask questions that why the rural has sufficient green and arable land which can produce them more food but failing to utilize it to grow them more.? Suspicions have been rife that land tenure might have been the impeding the production of food for food sufficiency and security. Therefore this study will further contribute in investigating the effect of the land tenure in rural Sierra Leone and will proffer recommendations that will

Sierra Leone is located in the western part of Africa with a surface area of 72,300 square kilometers. The current population of Sierra Leone stands at 6 million. The population growth from 2010 to 2015 was estimated at 2.2% (UNdata | country profile | Sierra Leone, 2017). The capital city is Freetown and the most popular languages spoken are English, being its official language, Krio, Mende, Temne and Limba (Sierra Leone | Afrobarometer, 2017). The country’s main religions are Islam and Christianity. Islam, Christianity and indigenous belief accounts for 60%, 10% and 30% respectively. The life expectancies are 48 years and 49 years for men and women respectively (Sierra Leone country profile - BBC News, 2017).