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In Haiti only about half of the children receive an education and only two percent finish high school.  Without a proper education, the poor stay poor in Haiti (and many countries like this.)  While education is the key to rising out of poverty, many parents are not able to send their kids to school.  Why not?  Play the game below to find out:

Play the game Ayiti  about life in Haiti by clicking HERE.  In your blog answer the following questions:

1)  How is Ayiti different from 3rd World Farmer?  How is it the same?

2) What strategies did you use? For example, did you combine work and school, or did you send everyone to work? Which worked? Which did  not?

3)  Why would parents choose to devote so much effort to sending their children to school?  What obstacles did you face in trying to keep them in school?

** BONUS **

4. Explore a Google map of Haiti by clicking HERE.  What are some things you observe about the country?  For example, which city in Haiti has the most houses?  What part of Haiti seems the emptiest?   What countries are near Haiti?

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Compassion: Feeling the pain of others and wanting to do something about it.

It’s easy to say “I don’t care” about the people, animals, and the environment that suffers around us.  It takes strong people to look at the world’s problems and say “I care” and “I want to fight to make things better”.

Below is a video about suffering taking place in Africa.

Children Mine Gold in Africa

Here’s your assignment:  Pretend you are one of the boys working in the mines.  Write a post about what you do each day and how it feels to work in the mine.  What are you scared about?  Are you ever happy?  What do you wish you could change?

Click HERE for an example.

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Watch this short movie that shows Tibetans (people from Tibet) being shot by Chinese Soldiers.

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Now, read this article about China and Tibet by clicking HERE

Answer the following questions in your blog:

1. Why are Tibetans protesting? What do the Tibetans want?

2. Who is the Dali Lama?

3. What is China’s point of view?

**Bonus** What can we do to help the Tibetans? (for one idea, click HERE)

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