If the world were a village

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Based on the book of the same name by David Smith
and Shelagh Armstrong published in 2003
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Imagine 100 people live in the global village..
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Nationalities
12
5
61
61 are from Asia 13 are from Africa 12
are from Europe
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8
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• 8 are from South and Central America and the
  
• Caribbean
• 5 are from Canada and the USA
• is from Oceania (Australia, new Zealand and
  the
• islands of the south, west and central
  Pacific)

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More than half the people come from the 10 most
populated countries

• 21 are from China
• 17 are from India
• 5 are from the United States
• 4 are from Indonesia
• 3 are from Brazil
• 3 are from Pakistan
• 2 are from Russia
• 2 are from Bangladesh
• 2 are from Japan
• 2 are from Nigeria

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In the global village there are almost 6000
languages but more than half of the people speak
these eight.

• 22 speak a Chinese dialect
• 9 speak English
• 8 speak Hindi
• 7 speak Spanish
• 4 speak Arabic
• 4 speak Bengali
• 3 speak Portuguese
• 3 speak Russian

hello
Hola
Selamat pagi
Ni hao ma
Ahlan
Namaste
Zdraz vooy teh
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Ages here are the ages of the villagers

• 10 are children under age 5
• 10 are between 5 and 9
• 9.5 are between 10 and 14
• 9.5 are between 15 and 19
• 8 are between 20 and 24
• 8 are between 25 and 29
• 7.5 are between 30 and 34
• 7.5 are between 35 and 39

• 5.5 are between 40 and 44
• 5.5 are between 45 and 49
• 4.5 are between 50 and 54
• 4.5 are between 55 and 59
• 3 are between 60 and 64
• 3 are between 65 and 69
• 1.5 are between 70 and 74
• 1.5 are between 75 and 79
• 1 is over 79

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Religions in the village of 100 people ..

• 32 are Christians
• 19 are Muslims
• 13 are Hindus
• 12 practise shamanism, animisn and other folk
  religions
• 6 are Buddhists
• 2 belong to other global religions such as
  Bahai, Shintoism, Sikhism
• 1 is Jewish
• 15 are non religious

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Food the villagers rear animals which help to
produce food or are a source of food

• There are
• 31 sheep and goats
• 23 cows, bulls and oxen
• 15 pigs
• 3 camels
• 2 horses
• 189 chickens (nearly twice as many chickens as
  people)

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There is no shortage of food in the global
village but the food isnt divided equally 50
people do not have a reliable source of food and
are hungry some or all of the time 20 other
people are severely undernourished Only 30 people
always have enough to eat
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Air and water fresh air and clean drinking water
are necessities..
In the global village 75 have access to safe
water in their homes or within a short
distance 25 have to spend a large part of each
day getting water 60 have access to adequate
sanitation 40 do not have access to public or
household sewage disposal 68 breathe clean air
32 breathe air which is polluted
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Schooling and Literacy
Of the 38 school-aged villagers, only 31 attend
school Of the 88 people old enough to read, 71
can read at least a little but 17 cannot read at
all More males are taught to read than females
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Wealth
If all the money in the village were divided
equally, each person would have about 3900 per
year. However the money is not divided
equally. The richest 20 have more than 5600 a
year The poorest 20 have less than 238 per
year. The average cost of food, shelter and
necessities in the village is 2500 to 3000 per
year
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Access to Electricity
In our global village 76 have electricity 24 do
not Of the 76 who have electricity most use it
only for light at night. Some villagers have
luxuries that depend on electricity. In the
village there are 42 radios 24 televisions 30
telephones 10 computers
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How has the village grown?
Around 3000 years ago only 1person lived in the
village 2500 years ago there were 2 people 2000
years ago there were 3 people 1000 years ago
there were 5 people 500 years ago there were 8
people 350 years ago there were 10 people 200
years ago there were 17 people 100 years ago
there were 32 people In 2002 there were 100
people
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The village in the future?
The rate of growth of the global village means
that there will probably be 250 people in the
village by the year 2100. This is an important
number as many experts think that 250 is the
maximum number of people the village can sustain.
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