Mali Water Aid

Question 1

What is short term aid?

Answer 1

Aid for people in severe need, after a natural disaster

Question 2

Name 3 examples of short term aid

Answer 2

• food
• shelter
• medical

Question 3

What is long term aid?

Answer 3

Aid that helps people now so they won’t need aid in the future

Question 4

Name an example of long term aid

Answer 4

•clean water

Question 5

What does Mali water aid provide? Name 4 things

Answer 5

• protection from contamination
• sanitation
• water
• soap manufacture

Question 6

Name the 2 types of aid

Answer 6

• short term

* long term

Question 7

How many kids die each day due to diarrhoea?

Answer 7

4000 (caused by lack of water or contaminated water supply)

Question 8

What is the first vital step in overcoming poverty?

Answer 8

Water

Question 9

Where is Mali?

Answer 9

A landlocked country in west Africa

Question 10

Percentage of Mali that is desert

Answer 10

2/3

Question 11

What does Mali export and where?

Answer 11

Mali exports cotton worldwide

Question 12

How many people are lacking clean water in Mali?

Answer 12

4.9 million people are lacking clean water

Question 13

How many children die per year due to lack of water and sanitation?

Answer 13

9000

Question 14

How many children die before the age of 5 due to lack of clean water and sanitation?

Answer 14

1/10

Question 15

When did water aid start working in Mali?

Answer 15

2000

Question 16

How many people have water aid given clean water too over the last decade?

Answer 16

205,000 with clean water

Question 17

How many people have water aid helped provide improved sanitation for over the last decade?

Answer 17

208,000 with improved sanitation

Question 18

How many people did water aid provide safe water for in 2015 in Mali?

Answer 18

37,000

Question 19

How many people did water aid provide improved sanitation for in Mali in 2015?

Answer 19

49,000

Question 20

Name 5 strategies for reducing the development gap in Mali

Answer 20

• multinational investment
• development of tourism
• development projects
• intermediate technology
• fair trade and reducing debt

Question 21

What is multinational investment and give an advantage and a disadvantage

Answer 21

Def: countries giving money to Mali
Ad: improves infrastructure
Dis: could become too reliant on the source country

Question 22

What is development of tourism and give an advantage and a disadvantage

Answer 22

Def: encourages tourism within a country
Ad: increases economy
Dis: environmental impacts

Question 23

What is development projects and give an advantage and a disadvantage

Answer 23

Def: projects to allow a country to develop through aid
Ad: self help scheme
Dis: cause debt if not managed properly

Question 24

What is intermediate technology and give an advantage and a disadvantage

Answer 24

Def: helps to develop skills
Ad: local industry improves
Dis: could limit the available amount of development

Question 25

What is fair trade and reducing debt and give an advantage and a disadvantage

Answer 25

Def: trains country in being wise with money
Ad: relieves economic debt and encourages economic growth
Dis: unable to compete with other countries long term