Saturday, March 17, 2012

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 1

This week, I listened to podcasts.  I was also concerned about poverty in other areas.  The podcasts provided me with a lot of information that I did not realized existed in other countries.
I plan to continue listening to audio from other countries.  In my research of poverty sites, I learned that there was a high rate of poverty in India.  Since many companies had outsourced technical jobs to India, I assumed that the country was prosperous, especially with the high number of technicians in the country.  However, I learned that poverty was a serious issue. 
I have also researched India on the childhood poverty organization website.  I learned that:
About 62 million under the age of five are malnourished
34 percent of new-borns are significantly underweight
20% of the children are out of school
These are interesting statistics that show how poverty and hunger can affect a country. 
http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/

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