I-Search+by+EmilyR

by Emily Part I- I know that the Republic of Congo is a country in Africa. I also know (and have heard) that Congo is a very poor country, maybe even one of the poorest countries in the world. This country has to worry and deal with a lot of things every day that I am sure I could never even imagine happening to me once in my lifetime. I have also learned that there is a big war going on in Congo and many people including young boys have been take to fight in this war. Based on this, I am pretty sure that what the people in Congo worry the most about is weather they will be able to feed their family that day or not and be afraid of being put in the war. All in all, the main thing that I know about The Republic of Congo is that it is one of the poorest countries in the world and that the people there face many, many problems each day.
 * Title: The Poverty Problems in the Republic of Congo **
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

Part II- There are many things that I would like to learn about the Republic of Congo because I know very little about this country. Some of these things are weather this country has its own language or not, where it is located in Africa, and how big exactly are the problems that Congo faces? And also, what exactly are these problems? I know that one of them is that it is a very poor country, but are there any others? How does their government work? How can a person like me help a country that faces so many problems? I am still working on my Interview.
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **

The title of my book is called __The Democratic Republic of Congo,__ by Joseph R. Oppong and Tania Woodruff. While reading about my subject, I picked up many interesting facts about Congo. I am no really sure weather theses facts will help me design and make my game or not. Since I really want to mainly base my game on the issues of poverty in Congo, these facts may or may not provide me with a good base of information to start my game. Since these facts are about the Country itself and not much on the problem that I want to target, they might be leading me in a new direction. I am not quite sure yet, however, what this direction will lead me to when I conclude all of my ideas.  This website is where I have recently got most of my information from. It helps me understand my topic more because it gives me more facts and information on my topic, so it is easier to get to know it a lot better. This website has led me to start thinking that my topic would probably fit best if it were in a board game. It would also be very player-interactive because the whole moral would be how to help poor countries like Congo.
 * Part III--The Search **

Part IV--What I Learned ** There were many things that I have learned over the process of finding information for and planning my game on the serious issue of the extreme poverty issues in Congo. Firstly and most important, I have found from general information like my book and other web sites listed below that Congo is one of the poorest countries in the world and that there are ways that we as fellow beings can help. I have also learned from all of my research that poverty is not the only big problem that this country is facing right now, there are many other issues too, like young children being put in the army to go fight in war and how it is not safe for people to just go out and walk on the street anymore.' Poverty means that many of the people there in Congo have very few belongings and that it is very hard for them to even get food and water for themselves to survive on, and some of the people there starve because of this issue. Children in this country are especially being affected by this issue. Of every 1000 children in congo, about 95 of them die before their first birthday weather it is because of starvation, or any other of the situations that affect these children's lives heavily. Plus, many of the children do not get an education because it is not one of their top priorities over trying to stay alive every day. In my game, I have done research and planned ways to add as much of this harsh but real information so that it really touches the player in a way that may encourage them to be open towards maybe contributing to find ways to help these countries, or at the least, acknowledge what is going on. ARV Donor Money Running Dry." //Africa:ARV Donor Money Running Dry// May 27, 2010: 1. Web. 27 May 2010. . https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html "Group Indicts Govt Failures to Act on Rights Violations."//allAfrica.com: Africa: Group Indicts Govt Failures to Act on Rights Violations// (2010): 1. Web. 27 May 2010. . ** Oppong, Joseph R. //Democratic Republic of the Congo//. NY, New York: Infobase Publishing, 2007. 104. Print. Wikipedia,. "The Democratic Republic of Congo."//www.wikipedia.org//. wikipedia, 22 April 2010. Web. 21 Apr 2010. .
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