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Food and nutrition infographic - Africa and the UK

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Food and nutrition infographic - Africa and the UK

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This infographic shows some useful stats about food and nutrition in African countries and the UK. This can be used to start a discussion about how food is grown, what we eat and who grows it. There are also opportunties to talk about who holds the 'food power' in these settings. Why not get your pupils to do some research and make up their own food and farming mini-infographic?

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Rural Zambia gallery (18 images)

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Rural Zambia gallery (18 images)

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Use these rural Zambia photos to introduce the country to your class. The images show rural life in Zambia in various settings inlcuding schools and shops.

The scenery can vary greatly across rural Zambia.

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A typical, small rural village, showing various houses, granaries and stores.

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Crops are threshed to get the seeds off and then pounded and ground to make a flour.

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About 80% of Zambians grow their own food on small plots of land like this one.

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Families keep goats for milk and meat - also for their useful manure.

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Many rural Zambians keep livestock such as cows.

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Grain and seeds are stored in granaries like this one. This helps them to have food in the hot, 'dry' season and keeps food from being eaten by rats.

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Some families have been trained in growing techniques like this keyhole garden.

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Water often comes from wells and boreholes which can be located a long way from homes. It is iften the girl's job to collect water.

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Water is also collected from springs and rivers.

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Water has to be carried long distances, along with babies!

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Football is very popular in Zambia and all across Africa. These people are fortunate to be useing a 'proper' football.

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Markets are a good place for small-scale food growers to sell their fruit and vegetables.

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Many street shops sell small quantities of all kinds of goods.

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Rural schools vary greatly, depending on where their funding comes from.

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In very remote rural areas, school buildings are very basic and built out of whatever is locally available.

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Earth Day teaching resources

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Earth Day teaching resources

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Use this selection of Earth Day linked resources and activities to help your pupils to understand how climate change is already affecting African countries and get involved using their website. More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. Why not create a Keyhole Garden in your school grounds this Earth Day?

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Use skype to open up the world

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Use skype to open up the world

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This is a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom to the rest of the world. Using skype in the classroom, you can meet new people, talk to experts, share ideas and create amazing learning experiences with teachers from around the world. There may not be many African schools on there at present, but it won't be long!

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African food gallery (29 images)

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African food gallery (29 images)

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These pictures of food being grown give a good idea of the variety of foods and diets across Africa.

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Ahasit group, Uganda. Amongin Ann Grace. 7 children. calls her farm Send A Cow Uganda, because it saved her life. Here with Cassava

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Ahasit group, Uganda. Amongin Ann Grace. 7 children. calls her farm

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Bunyole Goat Farmers, Uganda. Dina Wongera, meat goats, sorting corn

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Nalugugu Project, Mbale / Beatrice Wamboga, Togenburg billy goat

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Kampala region / Miriam Nambi. Old widow, looking after 6 grandchildren, whose parents died with HIV AIDS

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Ahasit group, Uganda. Jane Apolot, Chairperson

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Bunyole Goat Farmers / Chritina Nagudi /Uganda

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Pictures of Africa - challenging stereotypes gallery (36 images)

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Pictures of Africa - challenging stereotypes gallery (36 images)

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These photos can be used to challenge pupils' perceptions of Africa. From satellites to busy commercial cities, the images should balance some of the more rural depictions of Africa on this site. See Africa differently :~)

Nigeria has its own communications satellite - NigComSat-1R

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Opportunity International Bank of Malawi brought modern banking to poor clients traditionally shut out of banking. Such innovations include ATMs fingerprint-based biometric technology.

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Annie Nyangomba opens an account at Opportunity Democratic Republic of Congo

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In Kenya, you can make payments, receive your wages and even save money on your mobile phone using Mpesa from Safaricom

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Every year, Nigeria produces more movies than the UK or the USA

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Employing about a million people across the country, Nollywood is Nigeria’s second largest employer after agriculture

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Nigeria’s film industry, known as ‘Nollywood’, is the world’s second largest producer of movies after Bollywood

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More than a third of Africans will soon have access to high-speed broadband Internet

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Wangari Maathai from Kenya campaigned for human rights and the environment, along with helping to support the rights of women and girls.

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When she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, she became the first African woman in history to receive it. Previous African winners include Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu

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Rwanda is the first country in the world with more women MPs in parliament than men

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Rwanda holds the record for the most women MPs because of its constitution, which ensures that 30 per cent of members should be women

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Mobile phones are used widely across Africa, and especially in Kenya

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Uganda also has a high mobile phone use and good 3G network coverage

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