Answers to our Blackboard Quiz for May, 2010
1. % of
chronically
malnourished children in Guatemala? (49%)
2. % of children
who die before the age of 5 in Guatemala? (4%)
(Hint: In the
U.S. it is 0.8%)
3. % of people in
Guatemala living on less than $2/day? (57%)
4. % of
Guatemala's GDP spent on education? (2.6%)
(Hint:
Bolivia spends 6.4% of its GDP on education.)
5. % of monies
spent on education in Guatemala that goes for
teacher
salaries and classroom materials? (16%)
(Hint: Central Administration is budgeted 38%.)
6. % of the average
Guatemalan teacher's salary needed to provide
minimal food requirements
for a family of five? (205%)
(Hint: For a Washington State teacher it
is 28%.)
7. % of rural
Guatemalan students who complete
3rd grade? (30%)
8. % of Guatemalan
workers covered by Social Security &
Disability
Insurance? (14.9%)
(Hint: In the U.S. it is
85.2%.) 9. % of people on the
Avivara Blackboard mailing list who have
donated to Avivara? (27%)
With your help we can change some of these percentages and have a positive impact on the quality of life for the people of Guatemala!
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