Making+A+Difference-+Ghana




Addison and I have been researching the country Ghana and an organization called Youth Alive. Listed below are some general facts on Ghana's people and economy and also some basic facts on how Youth Alive and how it has effected the children of Ghana: //male:// 56.64 deaths/1,000 live births //female:// 47.85 deaths/1,000 live births //male:// 58.65 years //female:// 60.35 years //male:// 66.4% //female:// 49.8% Once called the Tamale Street Children's Project, Youth Alive has been targeting children with needs of a second chance at a normal life since 1995. Youth Alive is a Non Government Organization, meaning it has its own dilema of finding funds to help run its programs. The most common funding comes from public donations, but a very large portion of their funding comes from the United Kingdom. Its headquarters is located in Ghana, which is why Ghana is one of the main countries in which has been aided by Youth Alive. Youth Alive's ultimate goal is to get children off the streets. Also, getting the kids off the streets is not all that comes out of Youth Alive's opportunity. It gives the children a much brighter future and gives them chances that they never knew they would have the priviledge of experiencing. This process does not only help the children, but also helps Ghana's economy. By having less kids on the street and more kids in the classroom, Ghana will have more people growing up with educations, meaning more chances for jobs, which will help support Ghana and its needs.
 * //Name of countr//y:** Ghana
 * //Population size//** (2008) – round off the number: 23, 383, 000
 * //Per capita GDP://** $1,500
 * //Main exports://** gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds
 * //Main imports://** capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
 * //Resources://** gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone
 * //Main ethnic groups and religions://** ( Ethnic Groups) Akan 45.3%, Mole-Dagbon 15.2%, Ewe 11.7%, Ga-Dangme 7.3%, Guan 4%, Gurma 3.6%, Grusi 2.6%, Mande-Busanga 1%, other tribes 1.4%, other 7.8% (Religions) Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1%
 * //Unemployment rate://** 11%
 * //Infant mortality rate://** //total:// 52.31 deaths/1,000 live births
 * //Life expectancy://** //total population:// 59.49 years
 * //Literacy rate( Over 15 and can read)://** // total population:// 57.9%
 * //Human Development Index (HDI)://** 0.553