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= COURTNEY & CAROLINE'S WIKI!!! (GENERATION FOR CHANGE AND GROWTH IN KENYA) =

media type="custom" key="3711361"   || http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/473189380_83f69b4ece.jpg || One person who works with GCG said that the mission is to “Provide individuals (youth) and communities with skills and opportunities to strive for advancement of education and better health care services.” || .com/3083/2667420666_dc2b0186f7.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl= http://flickr.com/photos/65749227%40N00/2667420666/&usg eBAzCHd5Oeyj9mTZ1apiWZ9gA-c &h=500&w=500&sz 261&hl en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=7O0VoGudR3PUsM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3D2667420666_dc 2b0186f7%255B1%255D.jpg%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG || Many organizations and hospitals from the United States work in partnership with GCG. || unteer-work-kenya.jpg || Recognition is used to reward teachers that have made a big difference in the children's lives. In addition, certificates are awarded to the two best teachers of that year. GCG uses technology by using computers,  projectors and other teaching aids that are encouraged to enhance effective learning materials to the students. GCG uses mentoring because they believe that mentoring is important and will impact the children to be able to work with teachers in smaller groups. || ||
 * slide 1 || [[image:gcg_.jpg width="261" height="122"]] || http://yusthaus.com/drupal/files/images/gcgLogo.jpg || In our voice thread, we will be talking about an organization in Africa called Generation for Change and Growth, or GCG. GCG is a non-profit organization that helps children receive education and health-care in Africa. GCG was founded in November, 2002. The headquarters of GCG is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is also where this organization was founded. ||
 * slide 2 || [[image:kenya.jpg width="176" height="153"]] || http://blog.chosun.com/web_file/blog/25/25/2/kenya_intro_map.jpg || GCG’s main focus is Northern Kenya, but GCG also works with East Africa ||
 * slide 3 || [[image:volunteer_doc.jpg]] || http://www.maasaieducation.org/site-images-media-pdf/volunteer/ || The purpose of GCG is to give children in Africa the education and health that they deserve to have. ||
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 * slide 6 || [[image:Kenya-flag.gif width="258" height="172"]] || http://www.enablis.org/Images/ContentImages/image/kenya-flag.gif || Many organizations and hospitals from Kenya also work with GCG. GCG is a great cause to donate money for children who don’t have the same opportunities as we do, but deserve as much as we do!! ||
 * slide 7 || [[image:kenya_econ.jpg width="183" height="266"]] || http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/kenya_econ_1974.jpg || Caroline: GCG helps with Northern Kenya because this community lags far behind the rest of Kenya. This region is known to have the lowest enrollment in schools and the lowest performance in ON annual assessment exams. ||
 * slide 8 || [[image:school.jpg width="231" height="154"]] || http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/OOKQgFeeTE4yw/610x.jpg || Over 80% of school-aged children do not attend a school. GCG accomplishes its goals through the following: workshops, recognition, technology, mentoring, scholarships, and annual conferences.  GCG holds many workshops to encourage children to get an education, so they can look forward to a brighter future.  ||
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 * slide 10 || [[image:school_kids.jpg width="236" height="178"]] || http://www.regenerateuk.co.uk/Portals/0/pictures/sure%2024%20thank%20you.jpg || Scholarships are given from GCG to children that don't have many opportunities in secondary schools for local and international colleges. ||
 * slide 11 || [[image:kenya_hospital.jpg width="202" height="152"]] || http://www.adventurealternative.com/images/Kenya2003965.jpg || Courtney: I think it is very important to have many organizations around the world that help children in need around the world. This is very important because people need to think about how much they really have, and how much money they waste on things that don’t even matter. Imagine how much of a difference you could make if you had used that money to feed a starving child in Africa or a sick child in India. Think of the people around you. ||
 * slide 12 || [[image:thankyou.jpg width="264" height="245"]] || http://www.bsu.edu/edpsych/media/80125.kenya.jpg- || Caroline: Every child deserves a chance. A chance to get an education. A chance to have good health. GCG is a great organization of reaching the goals of ending world hunger, and giving every child education. GCG builds schools in Northern Kenya, and provides this area with experienced doctors to help give these children who thought that they would never go to school and never meet a doctor, to give them hope that they will have a better future ahead of them.

. =GENERATION FOR CHANGE AND GROWTH! =

The organization, Generation for Change and Growth (GCG) is a non-profit organization that helps with education and health for children mostly in Northern Kenya, but also in East Africa. This organization was founded in November, 2002. The head-SPquarters of this organization is in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This organization addresses the problems of education and health. GCG builds public schools in Northern Kenya, and they hire volunteers to teach the children in Kenya. GCG also hires volunteer doctors to give free check-ups to the children. 

A volunteer from GCG says the vision is “Bridging this generation for a better world tomorrow. Stay healthy, stay educated, live with confidence.” Another volunteer says the mission is “To provide individuals (youth) and communities with skills and opportunities to strive for advancements of education and better health care services.” Another volunteer says “Through GCG, parents, teachers, education administrators, and students develop a special relationship that enhance motivation and opportunities for the acquisition of good education.” Courtney and I mainly think the purpose for (OF instead of for?) all of these organizations around the world is to give these children hope that they will have a brighter future ahead of them.

Generation for Change and Growth meets its goals through workshops, recognition, technology, mentoring, scholarships, and annual conferences. GCG works with many organizations and hospitals. From the United States, GCG works with Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Park Nicollet Foundation, Methodist Hospital, Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence, Somali Student Association, Feed My Starving Children, Dar-Alhijra Cultural Center, and Umat-al-Islam. From Kenya, Alder-wajr, Womankind, Mandera District Hospital, Wajir District Hospital, Mandera Secondary School, Mui Girls Secondary School, and Garissa High School. GCG is a very important organization to give children in Africa confidence and hope, and to give them a chance for a better life ahead of them. Kenya Kenya is an amazing country. It is 582,650 sq km, slightly more than twice the size of Nevada. It has great geography including high and low elevation. Just over 32 million people live in Kenya. Life EXxpectancy is not high at all due to HIV/AIDS. It is just around 45 years. Its MXain ethnic group is Kikuyu and its main religion is Protestant. It does not have a great economic overview, but its GDP is going up due to encouraging donor support. Kenya needs foreign aid money for many reasons. We are looking into Generation For Change and Growth (GCG) and focusing on education. Money needs to be donating (DONATED?) because every child in Kenya deserves education no matter what circumstance they are in. Rich or poor, disabled or not, whatever the case might be. Money needs to be donating DONATED? because it can only take teachers to teach them but recourses SP for the teachers will be needed so the teachers can teach better. This is a cause and effect method ??. People donate money, AND ? recourses SP and more teachers will be available and then every child will have a better future onX making Kenya’s economy strong again. Making a country better again only starts with kind people. So, donating to this organization is worth whiled.SP AFRICAN COUNTRY RESEARCH

Name of country: Kenya

Population size (2008) – 38,000,000

Per capita GDP: $1,800

Main exports: Tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement.

Main imports: Machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics.

Resources: Limestone, soda ash, gemstone, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower.

Main ethnic groups and religions: Ethnic groups- Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African 1%. Religions- Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, Indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%.

Unemployment rate: 40%

Infant mortality rate: 56.01 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy: 56.64

Literacy rate: 85.1% Kenya PROJECT Bibliography:

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Information Bibliography 1. “Generation For Change and Growth”. 2005. 1 March 2009. http://www.thegcg.org/about.html 2. “The World Factbook: Kenya” 24 February 2009. 1 March 2009. < https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html > 3. “ Kenya. Infoplease. March 3, 2009. < http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107678.html > 4. “Kenya’s Long Wait for Justice. Click Afrique. March 3, 2009. < http://www.clickafrique.com/Magasine/ST010/CP0000003372.aspx > 5. “Kenya. Wikipedia. March 3, 2009. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya >