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Choose one scenario now and one after you leave the rainforest.
Savanna 1 - You are walking from one village in the savanna to another village in the savanna with a native guide. He is telling you about his sister, who is suffering from an illness called dysentery. You do not know what dysentery is, so you ask and he tells you. He also tells you that most people in his village suffer from it more than once each year. When you get to the next village, you find information on how to prevent dysentery and draft a letter to him with suggestions. Write a rough draft of a letter to your guide explaining how to reduce the chance that people in his village will develop dysentery. You can revise it later when you figure out how to send it to him.
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Savanna 2 - You are getting ready for bed one night and realize that your mosquito net has a large hole in it. You don’t think it a big deal, so you go to sleep like you normally do and go on with your normal activities the next day. You leave and travel to another village. About 10 days later, you begin feeling ill. You have a fever, chills, headaches, and nausea. You visit a local clinic and the doctor diagnoses you with malaria. You are worried that someone else will get sick from using the mosquito net with a hole, so you draft of a letter to the village where you got sick explaining how you got sick so they will know to fix that mosquito net. Also, tell them the treatment the doctor used on you in case anyone else in the village becomes ill.
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Savanna 3 - It is a beautiful summer day in the African savanna. This is Africa’s dry season so water resources for all living things are limited. However, this will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to see a variety of grassland species at once. While you and your team are walking, you come upon a watering hole. You are witnessing one of the greatest congregations of wildlife on the planet. There are African elephants, zebras, giraffes, crocodiles, hippopotamuses, lions, and gazelles all within 100 feet of each other trying to get that precious water. What an amazing sight! All of a sudden you hear a gunshot and a rhino drops to the ground! Oh no! You remember listening to a news story about this (bit.ly/rhinopoacher). Armed poachers are encircling you and the animals. In your journal describe this experience and your feelings.
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Savanna 4 – You are in a village, and during the day, children invite you to swim with them after they complete their school or chores. You have decided not to swim with them in the local watering hole because you suspect two of the children may be infected with Guinea worms, but you do hang out with them while they swim. The children gather up their belongings, and gesture for you to come along to their village and eat with them. Food! Hurray! (A) Describe the village and the house you are taken to. (B) Describe the meal--what are the main ingredients and how is it prepared (is it a cooked or a raw dish)? (C) Remember, by being a guest for the day (you), the family has less water for the day. You have caused their water supply to diminish. What might you do to help out
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Savanna 5 - You began walking this morning at dawn. It is now noon and the sun is scorching down on you. Suddenly you hear noises--is that laughter? You top a small hill in the road and off to the left you see 6 children laughing and splashing in a watering hole. Water! The children notice you and smile and wave you over to join them. As you approach, a wave of homesickness washes over you as you remember fun times of swimming with your friends back home. The children run to gather excitedly around you. You notice the last two to arrive are limping and as you look down at them, the words “Guinea worm!” flash through your mind. Describe in your journal (1) the symptoms that led you to believe that they have Guinea worm, and (2) describe the watering hole. Explain why you are re-thinking taking that refreshing dip in the water
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Savanna 6 - While travelling between villages, you encounter a group of boys playing hide and seek among the bushes and short trees. One of them falls and cuts his hand, which begins bleeding. You want to help, but do not want to come into contact with his blood because you know many people in sub-Saharan Africa had HIV or AIDS. You walk with him back to his home, and then to a nearby clinic. While you are at the clinic, you meet a doctor who is helping women and children who have AIDS. You spend all afternoon being her assistant as she treats patients! She tells you about the effects on families and society because so many people have AIDS or HIV. While you have a break, you find a newspaper with an article on AIDS and HIV in Africa that repeats many of the things the doctor told you. Write about your day at the clinic and what you learned about the HIV-AIDS problem in Africa.
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