Ethiopia vs. Australia

Education

Australia:

• School attendance is compulsory throughout Australia. In general, children are required to attend school from the age of about 5 up until about 16.
• Australia has 37 government funded universities and two private universities, as well as a number of other specialist institutions that provide approved courses at the higher education level.

Education

Ethiopia:

• The sequence of general education in Ethiopia is six years of primary school, four years of lower secondary school and two years of higher secondary school.
• Children miss school when they have to help collect water.
• Only 45% of young children in Ethiopia are enrolled in primary school.

Food & Water

Australia:

• Australia is a developed country so we have greater access to food and water. There are shops very close by that provide our basic everyday needs like fruit, vegetables, meat and poultry. There is also fresh, clean water that comes through our taps into our home.

Food & Water

Ethiopia:

• Women and children often work up to 6 hours a day to collect water from distant sources, leaving little time to work at growing food or earning an income. Many times, the water they collect is contaminated and not safe for their families to drink.
• The foods they grow they either eat or sell. These foods could be corn, coffee, grains and oilseeds.
• The water crisis is worsened by drought. In the past 20 years, Ethiopia has experienced recurring droughts followed by food shortages and famine.

Health

Australia:

• Australia has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. While cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease, smoking is responsible for 7.8% of the total mortality and disease. Ranked 2nd in preventable causes is hypertension at 7.6%, with obesity 3rd at 7.5%. Australia ranks 35th in the world and near the top of developed nations for its proportions of obese adults.

Health

Ethiopia:

• Ethiopia's main health problems are said to be communicable diseases from poor sanitation and malnutrition.Water-related diseases are rampant and are directly linked to a high rate of death in children under 5(119 deaths per 1,000 live births).
• According to the head of the World Bank's Global HIV/AIDS Program, Ethiopia has only one medical doctor per 100,000 people. There are only 119 hospitals and 412 health centers in Ethiopia.

Typical Ethiopian Home

Typical Australian Home

Natural Resources and Land Use

Australia:

• Australia has quite a lot of natural resources available. Some of which are clean drinking water, minerals, coal, natural gas, uranium ore, zinc, lead and alumina. There is also gold, diamonds, opals and other precious stones, iron ore, nickel, petroleum and uranium, just to name a few.
• One of the most important reasons for unsustainable development is the huge amounts of materials used by industrialised and developing societies. This is resulting in rising resource use per capita and consequently this research contributes to improved understanding of resource use and potential adaptive behaviours at the individual, household, community, company and government scale.

Natural Resources and Land Use

Ethiopia:

• Ethiopia has small reserves of gold, copper, potash, platinum and natural gas. The country also has extensive hydropower potential.
• Of the total land area, about 20% is under cultivation, although the amount of potentially arable land is larger. Only about 10 to 15% of the land area is presently covered by forest as a result of a rapid deforestation during the last 30 years. Of the remainder, a large portion is used as pasturage. Some land is too dry, rugged or infertile for agriculture or any other use.

Summary

• There is a very big difference between all aspects in life for Ethiopians and Australians. Because Ethiopia has a population of approximately 4 times the population of Australia, this affects every part of life like the access to education, medical assistance, food & water, income, and shelter. It shortens the life expectancy rates because of the low income, poor sanitation and malnutrition.
• In Australia, we are very lucky compared to how life is in Ethiopia. We have easy access to education, food, clean water, money, medical assistance and shelter. We have a higher life expectancy and a lower infant mortality rate.

Summary

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• Australia has better access to natural resources compared to Ethiopia, where it is limited. In Australia, we have much better access to safe drinking water and food. In Ethiopia, there is very poor access to them and most of the water they collect is contaminated.

• Us Australians are very lucky and take some things for granted. We should always remember that there are people doing it much worse than we are.

Next time you go to complain about not having something or having to do your chores, remember that there are families in countries just like Ethiopia that would love to have some of the things you have. they are doing it much worse than you are so you should consider yourself lucky!

Bibliography

Apps:

World Factbook

World Wiki

UN Country Stats

Websites:

en.wikipedia.org

countrystudies.us

et.unpd.org

foodbycountry.com

foodwater.org.au

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/ethiopia/gdp

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/australia/gdp

http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/ethiopia/gni-per-capita

http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/australia/gni-per-capita

http://prezi.com/

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