oxfam’s goals universal basic education basic health care for all reproductive health care for all...
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OXFAM’S GOALSUNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL WOMEN
ADEQUATE FOOD FOR ALL AND SAFE WATER
SANITATION FOR ALL
SENEGAL & MALI
MALI
SENEGAL
EDUCATION
ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE IN BANKASS, MALI.
OUTDOORS.
NO BOOKS.
MEMORIZE EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY THE KORAN.
EDUCATIONIN THE CASAMANCE, SENEGAL
VILLAGE SCHOOLNEAR SALIMATA, SENEGAL
EDUCATION
COMPARE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN MALI & SENEGAL
Mali
Senegal
VILLAGE SCHOOLIN SINE-SALOUM REGION, SENEGAL
LYCÉE MALICK SY IN THIÈS, SENEGAL
Education
No books, paper, few stencils for teachers.
Poor facilities & No electricity
Few female students and teachers
Language barrier
$5.00 registration fee too much
EDUCATION
Education isn’t required. It’s a privilege
Many students fail due to lack of support and materials.
Many boys leave home to look for work in crowed cities. Poor, hungry, desperate, bored: results in crime.
Many girls have to work at home. In some places: slave-like conditions.
OTHER EDUCATION
Toureg child preparing dinner in the Sahara desert, Mali
Little girl pounding grains for dinner in St. Louis, Senegal
OTHER EDUCATION
TIMBUKTU, MALI.
CHILD PUTS MUD (SAND, MANURE, H2O) ON HIS HOUSE TO KEEP IT FROM ERODING.
NO TOYS – MANY CHORES
PHYSICAL LABOR: WOMEN
WOMEN HAVE NO TIME TO DO SCHOOL WORK. INSTEAD THEY: BUILD TENT HOMES IN MALI. CHOP WOOD IN SENEGAL. CULTIVATE LAND MIRACULOUSLY WITH LITTLE H20. GIVE BIRTH TO 10-15 CHILDREN.
HEALTH CARE
THERE IS A GOOD CAMPAIGN AGAINST AIDS, BUT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS HINDER ITS FULL EFFECT.
“FIGHT AGAINST AIDS” MURAL IN DAKAR,
HEALTH
MANY REMOTE VILLAGES HAVE “RITES OF PASSAGE” CEREMONIES WHICH STILL INCLUDE EXCISIONS AND INFIBULATIONS OF TEENAGED WOMEN.
HEALTH ISSUES REGARDING WOMENNEED IMPROVEMENT
NO HEALTH ED. AT SCHOOL.NO REGULAR VISITS TO A DOCTORCAN HAVE UP TO 3 CO-WIVES. HIGHER PROBABLY TO SPREAD AIDS AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.IRREVERENT & UNAWARE OF OVERPOPULATION PROBLEMS. MANY MEN WANT DYNASTIES
HEALTHMalaria: mosquitoesLeprosyYellow feverFood poisoningSleeping sickness: fly larvaFew Medical facilities outside of Dakar: i.e. burned babyTake care of each other
Traditional medicine alive and wellMarabousFaith 2 doctors in my Commune of 120,000 people.Beg tourists for aspirin.Some women rather buy fabric than medication.
FOOD FOR ALL & SAFE WATER
SENEGAL: 3rd worldMALI: 4th world
FACTS & MISCONCEPTIONS-You don’t have to be skinny to
die of malnutrition.-Infants die more often of diarrhea
than malnutrition. -Children die of malnutrition at ages
1 or 2, rather than as infants.
Yummy fresh rice with spicy sauce and chopped veggies
FOOD & WATER ISSUES
USE FINGERS INSTEAD OF UTENSILSCOOK IN SAND OR ON UNSANITARY FLOORLACK OF REFRIGERATIONBUT CAN BUY FOOD BY THE SPOONFUL OR BY THE PILL
FOOD & SAFE WATER
EVERYONE GETS TO EAT A FEW HANDFULS OF FOOD.
NEVER FEEL SATIATED.
BABIES CANNOT CHEW WELL OR PUSH TO GET ENOUGH.
MANY WELLS ARE EITHER VERY DEEP OR ARE RUNNING DRY.
FOOD & WATERAT THE MARKET
SANITATION: Bathing
TOILET AND SHOWER, JUST LIKE IN THE USA?
SANTITATION: RECYCLING
Cleaning up the coast of Senegal. Same waste removal inland. Cost: $2.00 per month, for 3 pick ups a week. At the market, I received peanuts wrapped in paper I had thrown out.
HEALTH & WATER
What a luxury it is to live near a river, stream or lake. It providesa source for washing, bathing, catching fish, and cooling off.
MANY THANKS TO:
THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLTHE FULBRIGHT ASSOCIATIONTHE SENEGALESE MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONLYCEE MALICK SYINTEL AND MICROSOFTPRESENTATION
BY MARNI GEIST