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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Click HERE to watch the The Meatrix and answer the following questions in your blog:

1. How do factory farms treat animals differently than family farms?

2. Why are animals fed antibiotics in factory farms and why is this dangerous?

3. What happens to animal excrement (poop) in factory farms?

CLICK HERE to watch a video about child laborers in the United States

After watching the video about child laborers in America, answer the following questions in your blog:

According to the video, what causes students like Joseanna to drop out of school?

How does the MET program try to keep students in school, instead of working on farms?

**Bonus questions: What would you say to the grocery store owner to get them to think about where their food comes from?

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.

Click Play to watch the movie The Meatrix The Meatrix and answer the following questions in your blog:

1. How do factory farms treat animals differently than family farms?

2. Why are animals fed antibiotics in factory farms and why is this dangerous?

3. What happens to animal excrement (poop) in factory farms?