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YEAR 9 ASSESSMENT: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HELP GHANA?

Describe / name some


problems that Ghana faces

Use the sources given


and work done in class to
describe the problem s
and solutions

Name some ways Ghana can be helped

Explain the problems faced by


Ghana and how these problems
can be solved.

Select information and


sources of evidence to
help answer the question

Suggest plausible conclusions to your


Use appropriate vocabulary.

Level 6
ANALYSE

Explain the problems faced by


Ghana in detail and how this
can be overcome using
examples.

Identify different points of


view using a variety of
sources

Present your findings in a coherent way


using appropriate structure and
vocabulary and reach conclusions that
are consistent with the evidence

Level 7
EVALUATE

Explain the problems faced by


Ghana in detail and evaluate
strategies used to solve them
using examples.

Give the positive and


negative points of view
from different sources of
information

present well-argued summaries of your


investigations, use accurate geographical
vocabulary and begin to reach
substantiated conclusions.

Level 4
DESCRIBE

Level 5
EXPLAIN

COMPLETED?

YEAR 9 ASSESSMENT: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HELP GHANA?

Level 8
COMPLEX
UNDERSTANDING

Explain the problems faced by


Ghana in detail and evaluate a
range of strategies used to solve
them using examples.

They evaluate sources of


evidence and make a
judgement backing up
your own point of view.

Present full and coherently argued


summaries of your investigations and
reach substantiated conclusions.

TASK: YOU HAVE 2 WEEKS TO WRITE UP WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT ABOUT GHANA TO SHOW WHAT YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD AND TO
EXPLAIN HOW GHANA CAN BE HELPED!
RESOURCES: YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME SOLUTIONS TO EVALUATE AND YOU CAN CARRY OUT EXTRA RESEARCH IN ORDER TO
FIND OUT HOW BEST TO HELP THEM.
YOUR LEVELS ARE BELOW AND USE THE STRUCTURE ON THE NEXT PAGE TO HELP.

Teacher comments and targets

YEAR 9 ASSESSMENT: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HELP GHANA?

Introduction (Why is Ghana poor? Add statistics here and any information you have learnt about)
Paragraph 1: Trade (Why is world trade unfair think back to fairtrade or use Geog 3 textbook or resources on website,
what can be done to solve the problem?)
Paragraph 2: Debt ( What is the problem with Debt? Use the information sheet attached / own research, what can be done
to solve the problem?)
Paragraph 3: Aid (How can Aid help look at water aid as an example, can you find other example? How can this help / not
help? What else can be done to solve the problem?
Conclusion (What is the best way to help Ghana?) Explain your answers clearly with evidence and data if possible

YEAR 9 ASSESSMENT: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HELP GHANA?


Whats wrong with the water?
Over a billion people in the world do not have access to safe water and over two billion lack adequate sanitation.
As a result a child dies every 15 seconds from diseases related to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor
hygiene.
The main water and sanitation related diseases can be divided into three groups diarrhoeal diseases, diseases
caused by worms and water washed diseases. All these can be prevented through WaterAids work providing clean
water, effective sanitation and good hygiene.
Cholera is a disease that can cause large epidemics killing the young, the weak and the old.
Bacillary dysentery is more severe than amoebic dysentery. It is caused by Shigella bacteria which enter the body through contaminated drinking
water,
Typhoid fever It is contracted when people drink water or eat food infected with a bacteria called Salmonella typhi found in human waste.
Bilharzia is a disease caused by a small flat worm which lives in the veins of pelvic organs.
Guinea worm is a parasitic disease that enters the human body through contaminated water.
Trachoma is the main cause of preventable blindness in the developing world, with four million sufferers. It is common in areas that are hot, dry and
dusty and where there is not enough water for people to wash regularly.

Possible Solutions
Large Scale schemes
When a country invests a lot of money into a large
Governments are in charge rather than local
E.g. the Akosombo dam
Does not always benefit people who
Small Scale Schemes
When a small amount is invested in to
Local people have a say.

project.
people.
live in small remote villages.
a small project.

YEAR 9 ASSESSMENT: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HELP GHANA?


E.g. building a well in a village for fresh drinking water.

WaterAid projects in Tanzania, India and Ethiopia are helping vulnerable communities take these first essential steps in
escaping the stranglehold of poverty and improving their lives.
Debt relief works!
Taken from the Make Poverty History website
http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_autumn2002/focuson/index.html
In Benin, 54% of the money saved through debt relief has been spent on health including rural primary health care and HIV
programmes.
In Tanzania, debt relief enabled the government to abolish primary school fees, leading to a 66% increase in
attendance.
After Mozambique was granted debt relief, it was able to offer all children free immunisation.
In Uganda, debt relief led to 2.2 million people gaining access to clean water.

You rich countries helped to make us poor. Cancel

Its YOUR problem. You borrowed OUR money.


with interest.

our debts now!


You should pay it ALL back

Fair Trade
Lucy Mansa is a cocoa farmer who makes her living by growing and selling
cocoa beans. She lives in a small village in Ghana called Fenaso Domeabra.

Lucy says, 'I am


very
happy
: since
I
joined
Fair
Trade I
can
afford
to
send
my
childr
en to
school
'
Photo: Toby
Ada
ms/
Oxfa
m

YEAR 9 ASSESSMENT: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HELP GHANA?


Most of the cocoa beans grown in Ghana are sent to the UK and other countries in Europe where they are made into chocolate.
The price farmers receive for their cocoa beans is often very low and few of them can afford to buy chocolate.
Lucy and other farmers in her village used to have to sell their cocoa to the Ghanaian government. They were often cheated and
earned very little money for their hard work.
Fair? Of course not. But what could she do?
Very little, until cocoa farmers in the same situation decided to get together and form their own company. They called their company
Kuapa Kokoo, which means "good cocoa farmer." It has really helped Lucy and thousands of other farmers. Kuapa Kokoo pays all
its farmers a fair price for their crop, in cash, and on time.
Farmers are getting even more benefits from selling some of their cocoa to Fair Trade organisations. Cocoa from Kuapa is used to
make Rica Gold chocolate bars, on sale in many Oxfam shops.
The extra money that the farmers get from Fair Trade is put into projects that benefit the whole community.
In Lucy's village of Fenaso Domeabra a new well has been built.

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