South Africa and Argentinia, two countries with two faces - Life in Khayelitsha

Question

It isn´t only the GNP that tells us about differences in development. It´s also important to know how the people live. The thins we need to live a reasonable life are called basic necessities. Name them.

Answer 1

1. food

2. Housing

3. education

4. healthcare

Answer 2

We need food every day because food gives us energy.

- energy is counted in kilojoules (we need 10,000 kilojoules per day)

- food gives us protein

- food gives us vitamin.

The information on daily amounts of energy (kilojoules), protein and vitamins says something about the actual food situation in a country.

Answer 3

Everbody needs a place to live:

1. houses should be well built with enough space

2. a good house has got a toilet with a flush and running water.

The percentage of houses with running water and sewage says something about het actual housing situation in a country.

Answer 4

Education is about what people have learned. Did thy go to school and can they read and write?

The literace rate is an indicator of education in a country.

Answer 5

Sich people need help, but are there enough hospitals and docters? There are twe healtcare indicators:

1. Physician distribution: tells you the number of people per docter.

2. infant mortality rate: the numer of children who die before their first birthday (per 1,000 live births).

Answer 6

that 70% of the people can't pay for the four basic necessities

Answer 7

The lack of fresh water:

1. people have to walk for more than an hour to fetch water

2. usually women fetch the water but sometimes youg girls fetch it --> they should be at school.

Answer 8

they build a shopping centre near the train station, with offices, and fctories, sport fields

Answer 9

- six or eight people may live in one room

- houses are very close together

- most of the houses have got no fresh water

- most of the houses got no toilets.

- most of the houses got no sewage.

- People use the rivers for three things:

1. drinking water

2. washing

3. sewage

The risk of disease is enormous in the slums.

Answer 10

people have no money for condoms, if they get condoms from a hiv organistion they sell it, people fuck with kids , and fuck with more than one person

Answer 11

1. there aren't enough teachers, schools and materials. The schools are also very far away for children who live in rural areas.

2. Child labour: children must start work at a very young age because their parents don't earn enough money to support the family.

Answer 12

Some children work to pay for school. They work during the day and go to school in the evening.

Answer 13

1. They live in poorly built houses without running water or a toilet

2. Many don't get enough to eat or their diet is too one-sided.

Answer 14

The best 'cure' is a good house and a balanced diet. But they haven't got enough money for that or to visit a doctor or a hospital.

Answer 15

There aren't enough doctors or hospitals.:

- sometimes ther's only 1 hospital for a region as big as the Netherlands

- most of the doctors live in cities (it takes a long time to go there and the trip is too expensive for many people)

Answer 16

Khayelitsha means 'new home' and it is one of the biggest townships in South Africa (only Soweto near Johannesburg is bigger, 2 miljoen):

- It was built after 1983

- it has a population of between 500,000 and 1,000,000 people)

- population is almost entirely black.

Answer 17

The government built houses in Khayelitsha. The houses are:

-detached,

-small

-made of stone

-have two or three small rooms

-have small garden

-most of them have running water

-most of them have sewage

-most of them have electricity

Answer 18

1. the new South African government want to tackle poverty among blacks by helping hem to get jobs

2. The new South AFrican government is improving the amenities.

Answer 19

People only lived in the townships, if they had jobs, they worked somewhere else. There were no offices, shopping centres or factories in townships. By building a real centre there are more jobs, jobs means income and so they try to tackle poverty among blacks.

Answer 20

- Countless shacks have been demolished and replaced by stone houses with water and electricity

- it started educational projects

- it's trying to tackle AIDS.

Answer 21

One in three people in Khayelitsha are HIV-positive.

South Africa and Argentinia, two countries with two faces - Life in Khayelitsha

21 important questions on South Africa and Argentinia, two countries with two faces - Life in Khayelitsha

It isn´t only the GNP that tells us about differences in development. It´s also important to know how the people live. The thins we need to live a reasonable life are called basic necessities. Name them.

Why is food a basic necessity and how do you meassure this necessity?

Why is housing a basic necessity and how do you meassure this necessity?

Why is education a basic necessity and how do you meassure this necessity?

Why is health care a basic necessity and how do you meassure this necessity?

Sevnety percent is unemployd, what means that?

In rural areas inpoor countries the simple, traditional huts and houses are reasonably strong. They protect families against heavy rain, strong sunshine and insects. What is the problem, when you look at it from a basic necessity point?

What did the government do to get jobs in the townships?

What are the characteristics of the houses in the slums?

How can it be that aids spread?

Name the two reasons why the literacy rate in poor countries is often low.

Why are Aid organizations setting up; evening schools?

Why get people in poor countries very easily ill?

What is the best way to increase the life expectancy in poor countries?

What is low physician distribution?

What does Khayelitsha means in the Xhosa language and where does it stand for?

What are the 'new home' in Khayelitsha?

The bad living conditions in Khayelitsha are caused by poverty. Around 70% of the people are unemployed. The live below the poverty line and can't pay for the four basic necesisities. There have been made a few improvements, which ones?

Why has the new government of South-Africa built a real centre around the station with shops, offices, public buildings and a sports complex in Khayelitsha?

In which way does the new South African government improve the amenities in Khayelitsha?

Why is Khayelitsha called 'AIDS avenue'?

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South Africa and Argentinia, two countries with two faces - Life in Khayelitsha

21 important questions on South Africa and Argentinia, two countries with two faces - Life in Khayelitsha

It isn´t only the GNP that tells us about differences in development. It´s also important to know how the people live. The thins we need to live a reasonable life are called basic necessities. Name them.

Why is food a basic necessity and how do you meassure this necessity?

Why is housing a basic necessity and how do you meassure this necessity?

Why is education a basic necessity and how do you meassure this necessity?

Why is health care a basic necessity and how do you meassure this necessity?

Sevnety percent is unemployd, what means that?

In rural areas inpoor countries the simple, traditional huts and houses are reasonably strong. They protect families against heavy rain, strong sunshine and insects. What is the problem, when you look at it from a basic necessity point?

What did the government do to get jobs in the townships?

What are the characteristics of the houses in the slums?

How can it be that aids spread?

Name the two reasons why the literacy rate in poor countries is often low.

Why are Aid organizations setting up; evening schools?

Why get people in poor countries very easily ill?

What is the best way to increase the life expectancy in poor countries?

What is low physician distribution?

What does Khayelitsha means in the Xhosa language and where does it stand for?

What are the 'new home' in Khayelitsha?

The bad living conditions in Khayelitsha are caused by poverty. Around 70% of the people are unemployed. The live below the poverty line and can't pay for the four basic necesisities. There have been made a few improvements, which ones?

Why has the new government of South-Africa built a real centre around the station with shops, offices, public buildings and a sports complex in Khayelitsha?

In which way does the new South African government improve the amenities in Khayelitsha?

Why is Khayelitsha called 'AIDS avenue'?

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