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=Water Aid in Nigeria, by Elena and Lindsey!! :) =

Nigeria Research
Name of country: Nigeria

Population size (2008): About 124,009,000 people

Per capita GDP: $2027

Main exports: Petroleum, petroleum products, cocoa, rubber

Main imports: Machinery, chemicals, transport, equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals

Resources: Petroleum, tin, comlumbite, iron, ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc and natural gas

Main ethnic groups and religions: Hausa Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo, Ijaw, Kanawi, Ibibio, Liv. 50% of the population is Muslim, 40% practice Christianity and 10% practice traditional African religions or have no religions.

Unemployment rate: 4.9%

Infant mortality rate: 95.75 deaths per 1000 births

Life expectancy: 47.81 years

Literacy rate: 68% of the people 15 and over can read and write

Human Development Index (HDI): low (158th) in 2002, 470

Water Aid
 Water Aid was founded in 1981. Its main headquarters is somewhere in the United Kingdom. Their purpose is to make clean water available to poorer countries in Africa. Water Aid works a lot in Africa, but also services around the world! It earns money by donations, fundraisers and gift shops. If we, (Lindey and Elena) were to spend a billion dollars on an organization, we would chose Water Aid. It has gotten good reviews which means that most of the money it earns goes to helping people instead of keeping most of the money to itself and only giving 1% to helping the cause. Don't think that's unrealistic, some organizations do. Donating to this organization can help people get access to clean water. Water is important to everything on earth, and it's something that everyone in America take for granted everyday.

Nigeria
 **Water Aid** wants to establish sustainable water, supplies, and latrines in Nigeria to influence government policies to serve the interests of Nigerians. Nigeria’s newsletter Mai Ruwa has up to date news about Water Aid’s activities and research in Nigeria. Water Aid came to Nigeria in 1995 and built a successful reputation from its early work in Oju, one of Nigeria's 774 local government areas (called LGAs). The programme expanded and by 2006 it operated in 30 LGAs in 6 of the country's 36 states. With a population of about 130 million, Nigeria is a major player in Africa influencing the policy direction in the continent. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa depends greatly on Nigeria. Water Aid came to Nigeria in 1995 and built a successful reputation from its early work in Oju, one of Nigeria's 774 local government areas (LGAs). The programme expanded steadily and by 2006 operated in 30 LGAs in 6 of the country's 36 states. With a population of about 125,000,000, Nigeria is a major player in Africa, influencing the policy direction in the continent. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa will greatly depend on Nigeria and many other countries.

9-A742CD247152%257D_Nigeria.gif || For our project, we looked at Water Aid in Nigeria. Nigeria is found in the north- western section of Africa. ||
 * Slide number || Picture || URL || Script ||
 * 1 || [[image:WATERAID_COL_LOGO.gif width="330" height="139"]] || http://www.south-staffs-water.co.uk/about_us/about_us_images/WATERAID_COL_LOGO.gif || Water Aid is an organization that helps countries around the world have access to safe, clean water. Water Aid was founded in 1981 by Trust Deed. It mainly works in Africa, but also works some countries around the world. ||
 * 2 || [[image:%7B8B0CD468-1115-4F28-8749-A742CD247152%7D_Nigeria.gif width="320" height="292"]] || http://students.umf.maine.edu/~olakpeok/Pictures/%257B8B0CD468-1115-4F28-874
 * 3 || [[image:nigeria.jpg width="309" height="219"]] || http://www.greenofficeprojects.org/blog/images/nigeria.jpg || Nigeria is very poor. It's one of the poorest countries in the world. Nigeria's GDP is $2070 and is 158th in the Human Development Index. ||
 * 4 || [[image:1017006114_94948f0cbc_m.jpg width="326" height="288" align="left"]] || http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilcrabbygal/1017006114/ || Nigeria is abundant in resources. Its main resources are petroleum, tin, comlumbite, iron, ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc and natural gas, however most people in Nigeria don't recieve any money from those resources. A lot of the money earned is not given to help the water shortage or even help to sanitize the water! ||
 * 5 || [[image:514534462_88894375a9.jpg width="339" height="241"]] || http://www.flickr.com/photos/hypergurl/514534462/ || Water is the most important resource on Earth. We need it to grow and to stay healthy. Plants, animal, bacteria, all living things need water to survive. In fact, humans could only survive a few days without water! ||
 * 6 || [[image:water-needs2.jpg width="346" height="264"]] || http://watersecretsblog.com/archives/water-needs2.jpg || Water pollution is when there is a substance in the water that can harm people or anything else that drinks it. When humans drink polluted water it often does severe damage to thier health. ||
 * 7 || [[image:water-shortage.jpg width="345" height="323"]] || http://worldlearningnow.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/water-shortage.jpg || Since there is no water besides the polluted water to drink, the poor Nigerians have no choice but to drink that. ||
 * 8 || [[image:water-aid-africa.jpg width="340" height="250"]] || http://www.world-psi.org/images//water-aid-africa.jpg || Water Aid goes into Nigeria and gives the Nigerians access to safe and clean water.. ||
 * 9 || [[image:bacteria5.jpg width="336" height="330"]] || http://www.vedicsciences.net/design/bacteria5.jpg || The polluted water in Nigeria contains many diseases such as bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever. These are all very dangerous and can be fatal. ||
 * 10 || [[image:e1-donate.jpg width="344" height="282"]] || http://www.coba.panam.edu/organizations/ama/Images/e1-donate.jpg || We think donating to Water Aid is worthwhile because clean water is something that we take for granted everyday. Everyday, thousands of people around the world die of disease by water pollution or from not having enought water to drink. By donating to this organization, more people will have access to safe, non-contaminated water!! ||

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