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For our African project we are doing Africare on Chad. The population size for Chad is 9,448,000 and the per capita GDP is $ 677. Some of the main exports and imports are crude oil, cattle, cotton, meat, fish. Forty-four percent of Chad's religion is Muslim and the northern part of Chad's population is local tribal beliefs. The HDI is 388 and the infants mortality rate is 100,360 death. Chad is a warm place next to Niger, Sudan, and Nigeria. Chad has one big source of water. It is Lake Chad. Chad is also a very poor country. The population of Chad is 10,111,337. The Life Expectancy is only 47 years! The U.S. is more than 70 years. Chad has a birth rate of 41.61 births/1,000 population. The death rate is 16.39 deaths/1,000 population. The capital of Chad is N’Djamena. Chad gained its independence on August 11, 1960 from France. Now, lets talk about the executive branch. The Cheif of State is President Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno. The Head of Government is Prime Minister Youssof Saleh.The weather is always hot in Chad, but the best time to go is November to February. The worst time to go is the June to July which is the rainy season. Drew and Clay are very happy for researching Chad because we learned how much help they need, and that the U.S. would probably make the biggest impact if more peole would help.

I || /Users/student/Desktop/images-3.jpeg || The people of Chad are joined in with a lot of different cultures and religions. They also live in small towns and in rural areas. The southern part of Chad is more heavily populated with people and the Sarahern part of Chad is less populated. || Chad also gets a lot of water shortages because they are in the second most driest continent in the world. They are behind Australia. || Information:
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 * 2 || [[image:Photo_12.jpg width="320" height="240"]] || file:///Users/student/Desktop/Photo%2012.jpg// || This voice thread is by Clay DeYonker and Drew Williams. ||
 * 3 || [[image:images-2-1.jpeg]] || file:/Users/student/Desktop/images-3.jpeg || Chad's location is next to Niger in Africa. They have a very large lake next to the west side of the border. ||
 * 4 || [[image:images-2_01.jpeg]] || [[image:file:///Users/student/Desktop/images-2.jpeg]]/Users/student/Desktop/images-2.jpeg || As you see on the screen put a S.O.S sigh over the country Chad and some people do not get why they did that. They put this sign over it because Chad is one of the poorest countries in Africa and they need a lot of help with their health problems, economy, and they need more fresh water and a lot of food. ||
 * 5 || [[image:cd-lgflag.gif width="283" height="153"]] || file:///Users/student/Desktop/images-4.jpeg || Chad's flag is a very simple design it contains three colored lines side by side. The first color from the left side of the flag going to right side it is blue,yellow,red. ||
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 * 7 || [[image:1359.jpg width="185" height="250"]] || /Users/student/Desktop/africare.jpg || Starvation is a main killer in Chad. Starvation is looming over about 27,000 people in Chad. ||
 * 8 || [[image:images_01.jpeg]] || /Users/student/Desktop/images 01.jpeg || This picture shows what the clothing in Chad is like. The clothing in Chad started 75,000 years ago. People in Africa all where different things. There are a lot of different clothing in Chad.clothes in Chad are on sale in the U.S. also. ||
 * 9 || [[image:images-4_01.jpeg]] || /Users/student/Desktop/images-4 01.jpeg || This is a picture of two people pouring clean, fresh water that was probably provided by another country. Water in Chad is sometimes dirty.
 * 10 || [[image:lake_chad.jpg width="213" height="125"]] || /Users/student/Desktop/lake chad.jpg || This is a picture of Lake Chad. Lake Chad is a large, shallow lake next to Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria. The deepest point in the lake is about 34 feet! It provides about 20 million people in all of these countries combined, so an average of 5 million people per each of those 4 countries. ||
 * 11 || [[image:africare.jpg width="258" height="177"]] || Users/student/Desktop/images 01.jpeg || This is a picture of the organization called Africare. Africare is one of the leaders of help for Africa. Africare has been helping counries in Africa for the past 50 years! ||
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Name of Country: Chad

Population:10,111,330

Per capita GDP: 1600$

Exports:5.5 billion.

Imports:1.47 billion.

Resources: Fish, petroleum, uranium, natron. etc.

Main Ethnic groups: Sara, Arab, and Mayo-kebai.

Main Religions: Muslim, Catholic, and Protestant.

Infant Mortality rate:100 deaths/1000 births. Male: 106.48 deaths/1000 births. Female:94 deaths/1000 births.

Life Expectancy: 47 years.

Literacy: total population:25%

Africare Our organization is Africare and they work only in Africa, but they work all over Africa doing 2,500 projects and in 36 countries. The organization was founded by Africans and some Americans. The program started in the Sahalian drought in the early 1970's. So that the program has been around for about 39 years. Africare's international headquarters are located in 440 R Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 USA.

It's has many different causes in Chad at the moment. They do all sorts of things all the way from water security all the way to preventing AIDS and HIVS. Africareis one of the largest organizations that is helping out with many countries in Africa. You can support Africare by going to there website at www.africare.org and you can donate money or you can go over to a country yourself and help out with the programs. You can also make a trust fund if you go to their website.

Africare has raised over 710 million dollars for about 2,500 projects in 36 African countries. Africare has received many awards and honors over the course of the many years that Africare has been working with Africa. Drew and Clay would give Africare a 10 out of 10 for their efforts with Africa. We also think that if you were to donate to Africare that you would be investing in a good organization to help out Africa. On their website they say that if you donate to the program that you would be saving a life. JUST DO IT!!!!!