Botswana, Africa

Botswana, Africa Kayla Sims Brenton Cruisinberry Brian Johnson Alex Hohol

Education — Only the richer kids got the education needed. — 86% of children were who started in school would only reach grade 5.

— Boys & girls have equal access to education. — Girls however are likely to drop out because of pregnancy. — At one time there were very few graduates in the country. — Very few attended secondary school. (Secondary school is the final stage of school.)

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Medical — In the medical area the people of Botswana

believe that when you’re healthy, it is to be at peace within yourself.

— Their healing processes were superior to those of the indigenous Africans.

— Many educated and Christian Africans now, have little or no faith in traditional medicine or medical practices.

Land Use — The people of Botswana have several rules regarding land usage, such as: Acquisition of Property Act, Agricultural Resources (Conservation) Act, Aquatic Weeds (Control), Atmospheric Pollution (Prevention), Fish Protection, Forest Act, Herbage Preservation (Prevention of Fires), just to name a few of many.

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Dialect (Language Spoken) — The national language of Botswana is Setswana (Tswana) and its spoken by 78.2% of the people with minor differences across the region.

— The minor languages are Kalanga, which is

spoken by 7.9% and Sekgalagadi which is spoken by 2.8% of the people.

— English is the official business language for

Botswana, as well as the written language.

The principle languages of Bot swana are Khoesan, Kalanga, Herero, English.

Prevalent Diseases — Diseases that are most common in Botswana are: Malaria, and AIDS/HIV.

— To protect themselves from Malaria, the people in Botswana tend to have bed nets.

— Bed nets keep Malaria carrying mosquitoes away.

— AIDS: a condition in which the immune system in humans begins to fail, leading to lifethreatening opportunistic infections.

Climate — Its hot and dry for most of the year in Botswana. However, there is a rainy season, and that runs through the summer months.

— Usually, a heavy downpour will occur in one area while 10 or 15 km away there is no rain at all.

— Even whilst in the shade, Botswana is very hot. Especially following the cool rains.

— Its very cold at night and early morning, and there tends to be frost.

Economic Status — Botswana’s government continues to maintain the budget.

— Botswana is rated the least corrupt country is Africa.

— The currency of Botswana is the pula. — Tourism is an important part of keeping the economy strong.

 Pula!

Farming — The types of farming they have in Botswana are: cattle, goat, poultry, pig, vegetable, game, fish, crocodile, and ostrich.

— The soil is poor and drought is common;

therefore, they do not farm vegetables and such as commonly.

— Only about .7% of the land is able to be used as a farming area.

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Family Lifestyle — Family life in Botswana is relatively close. — Most children are raised by a single parent. (Most commonly the mother.)

— The three types of households are: nuclear, extended and single-parent.

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References

— http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3821/is_199710/ai_n8778 — http://www.envirobotswana.gov.bw/envleg.html — http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/html/834_economic.html — http://www.spainexchange.com/guide/BW-language.htm

— http://www.gallup.com/poll/25810/majority-africans-say-malaria— http://www.sa-venues.com/weather/botswana.htm

— http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Botswana-AGRICULT

— http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/PULA/pu — Youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKoFRDhh-nc

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Thank you! Thank you for watching!

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-Kayla, Brian, Brenton, Alex

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