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Spima Meeting 3
20 October 2013

Welcome Back

High / low of the week

What did you do over break?

PROMISE to send you your subgroup information before break!

Attendance Policy

Two excused absences per semester

Meetings every Sunday at 8pm

If you are aware of a conflict coming up, do your best to give advanced notice

Precepts

The use of trust in community leaders is critical for gaining the support of the community.
Health is central to well-being and quality of life.

Whats Happening in Ghana?

Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda, 2010-2013

Outlines the focus of the Ghanaian government in improving sustainable management of resources, improving private sector, international trade, increasing human productivity, including health care access, gender inequalities, and mental health offerings, and ways of monitoring progress. Step toward reaching the Millennium Development Goals and targets

Millennium Development Goals

1) Eradicate poverty and hunger

Halve the number of people whose income is less than $1 and halve the number of people suffering from hunger (1990 2015)

2) Achieve universal primary education

By 2015, boys and girls able to complete a full primary course

3) Promote gender equality and empower women

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education (2005), and in all levels (2015)

4) Reduce child mortality

By two-thirds, reduce under-five child mortality (1990-2015)

Millennium Development Goals

5) Improve maternal health

Reduce maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters (1990-2015)

6) Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases (2015)

Stop the spread of and initiate curing of HIV/AIDS Stop the spread of and decrease the incidence of malaria and other diseases

7) Ensure environmental sustainability

Integrate principles of sustainable development into country policies/programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources Halve the number of people who do not have access to lasting, potable water (2015) Significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers (2020)

8) Develop a global partnership for development

Deal with debt through national and international methods With other developing countries, improve and create opportunities for youth work With the help of the private sector, make new technology available

Ewe!

Greeting (in succession):

- ndi (or ndor, Fiayi) = good morning, afternoon, evening

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Femetor= how are the people in the place? Edo= fine E foa (or Milenyuida) = How are you? Eee= good/fine/yes

Woezor-lo= you are welcome here

yo= is an acknowledgement

Subgroups

Outreach

Ethnography

Inanje Mintz Taylor Renard Clarissa Blanco

Seth Opoku-Yeboah KC Whitsett

GIS

Woojae Kim Devin Andrews-Lyssy

Language and Culture

Olivia Jebb Meghan Montoya

Financial

Chelsea Hunter Dan Kent

Announcements!

$450 due Oct. 31st! Bring to next meeting!

Meet with subgroup sometime this week! Ask parents/try to find your immunization record

Fundraiser / apps / games / phone / we get $1 per person

Alumni reception open house 6:30 8pm on Saturday in Blow Any questions?