Wow Year 1 - Africa is somewhere I have never been but I would love to go on safari and see all the amazing animals that live there like giraffes, rhinoceros and impalas. There are so many people living in great hardship in Africa - it is good you are learning about their difficulties so that you can appreciate even more how lucky we are in Australia. Even if we can't afford to buy a PS3, at least we have clean water and fresh food to eat every day.
Did you know that there are over 2,100 different languages spoken in Africa? Isn't that amazing?? In fact, even in one small country like Cameroon, there are over 280 languages spoken. I love African music with those irresistible drum beats and fabulous singing. Hopefully one day I'll get to visit.
Hi 1 White, Your blog is amazing!!! You have learnt so much about different countries. I'm sure many of you will visit some of these places when you grow up. Africa is somewhere I would love to visit one day. I'd love to see all the animals roaming free rather than in a zoo. My friend has just arrived back from Africa after going on an African safari. I can't wait to see the other interesting places you will be learning about. Happy travels! Love, Mrs Walker
Hi Year One. On the weekend I was talking to a friend of mine called Angela who goes to Africa a lot. She told me that one of the biggest problems African people face every day is the lack of clean water. In many villages, people have to walk for two hours every morning to collect enough fresh water for the day. Then they walk for 2 hours to get home and they have to carry the water for their whole family which is very heavy. They do this every day and often it is the children who are sent to collect the water and this means they cannot go to school that day. Often the water is not clean enough and it makes them sick. Angela raises money in Australia to help people in the villages by putting wells into their villages so they have a source of fresh clean water close by. She has put wells into 3 villages so far. It takes a lot of effort to build them. They dig down far under the ground to find the water. I think Angela does a wonderful job to help the people of Africa. She has no children of her own so she has more time to organise trips like this. Wouldn't it be great if there were more people like Angela in rich countries like ours who could help out? Mrs Mead.
PS I guess you might be able to work out now why the boy in the picture is carrying so many bottles!
Wow Year 1 - Africa is somewhere I have never been but I would love to go on safari and see all the amazing animals that live there like giraffes, rhinoceros and impalas. There are so many people living in great hardship in Africa - it is good you are learning about their difficulties so that you can appreciate even more how lucky we are in Australia. Even if we can't afford to buy a PS3, at least we have clean water and fresh food to eat every day.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that there are over 2,100 different languages spoken in Africa? Isn't that amazing?? In fact, even in one small country like Cameroon, there are over 280 languages spoken. I love African music with those irresistible drum beats and fabulous singing. Hopefully one day I'll get to visit.
Happy travelling,
Mrs Mead
Hi 1 White,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is amazing!!! You have learnt so much about different countries. I'm sure many of you will visit some of these places when you grow up.
Africa is somewhere I would love to visit one day. I'd love to see all the animals roaming free rather than in a zoo. My friend has just arrived back from Africa after going on an African safari.
I can't wait to see the other interesting places you will be learning about.
Happy travels!
Love,
Mrs Walker
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ReplyDeleteHi Year One. On the weekend I was talking to a friend of mine called Angela who goes to Africa a lot. She told me that one of the biggest problems African people face every day is the lack of clean water. In many villages, people have to walk for two hours every morning to collect enough fresh water for the day. Then they walk for 2 hours to get home and they have to carry the water for their whole family which is very heavy. They do this every day and often it is the children who are sent to collect the water and this means they cannot go to school that day. Often the water is not clean enough and it makes them sick.
ReplyDeleteAngela raises money in Australia to help people in the villages by putting wells into their villages so they have a source of fresh clean water close by. She has put wells into 3 villages so far. It takes a lot of effort to build them. They dig down far under the ground to find the water.
I think Angela does a wonderful job to help the people of Africa. She has no children of her own so she has more time to organise trips like this. Wouldn't it be great if there were more people like Angela in rich countries like ours who could help out?
Mrs Mead.
PS I guess you might be able to work out now why the boy in the picture is carrying so many bottles!
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