Kenya's Famine
Climate
Population
Economy
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Kenya
Economy
Aid Provded
Due to the Kenya's economic failure, it has recieved a large Aid package from multiple countries, with the most coming from the USA
The united States had donated $1.7 Billion over the past 20 years, in Health Assistance towards Kenya
As well as Money, the USA has provided investments in large aspects of the Congolese Economy, such as agriculture, minerals, mining campaigns, renewable energy projects. The US Aid packages also included disease resitant strains of casava, they supported women empowerment, their Food For Peace (FFP) activites has redued food insecurity significantly. They have also improved natural resource managments, improved agricultural techniques, increase the agriculture output and incomes for farmers, supported sanitation and clean water availability.
Gross Domestic Product
GDP is 64.72 billion US dollars
The main source of income for the DRC, originates from Domestic agriculture. Agriculture, animal husbandry, mining, fishing, and forestry, making up for 3/4 of the labour force, and making up for 2.5 of the GDP
Per Capita was 528
This means the Kenyans would live off of $2.15
Meaning around 62% of the population or 60 million people lived in poverty
Devaluations
Kenya suffers greatly from Devaluations, a year ago the CDF was trading at 2,000 CDF for $!, now its trading at 2,700 CDF for every 1$. It is expected for near devaluations to take it to 3,000 CDF for every $1
Locals have stated that a box of fish costed $15, now it costs $80
Population
Demographic (Population Pyramid)
Life expectancy
an average of 60 years
Due to the states low care for medical care, as well with high poverty rates, violence and epidemic diseases have led to its low life expectancy
Health Care
Diseases
Has had multiple Ebola, cholera and malaria outbreaks last decade
Due to recent covid break out, resulted in large populations losing their jobs due to companies closing down
Due to covid, large population couldnt sell produce as they should have
Health Care system
Health care system stretched very thin, across the large population
Dealing with numerous diseases and problems
With the country only spending 3.5% of its GDP towards healthcare. While the average African country is seem to spend around 6% of their GDP
Limited work force
Few percent of the population becomes doctors or able to work in health care systems
With an estimate of only 1 qualified personal for every 10,000 individuals
While the recommended minimum is 23 people per 10,000 individuals
Poverty Rates
Marked as on of the five poorest countries in 2022, 60 million people or 62% of the population live off of less than $2.15 a day.
Major jobs
Main jobs work in Agriculture, animal husbandry, mining, fishing, and forestry
These jobs make up for 3/4 of the labour force
Acountign for over 2/5 of the countries GDP
Population Growth
Kenya is thought to have the fastest growing population in African, with an annual increase of up to 4%
Enviroment
Natural Disasters
How much forest/land has been changes
What is the land like
Food Production
Geographic Location
Major Problems Pulling back the nation
Conflicts
Politics
Food insecurity
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Dependency towards Agriculture
In Kenya the population pyramid population is larger at the base of the pyramid