MALI Presentation

By: Robby, Jacob, Cassie, and Afton

MALI, AFRICA
BY-
JACOB
MALI, AFRICA
JACOB, AFTON,
AFTON ROBBY, CASSIE

CASSIE
ROBBY
•Location: Mali lies in Western Africa, southwest of Algeria and
east of Mauritania.
•Location: Mali lies in Western Africa, southwest of
Algeria and east of Mauritania.

•Languages: French (official), Bambara 80%, and numerous

other African languages.
•Languages: French (official), Bambara 80%, and
numerous other African languages.

•Ethnic Groups: Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul

17%, Voltaic
•Ethnic 12%, Mande
Groups: Songhai50%
6%,(Bambara,
Tuareg andMalinke,
Moor 10%, and
other 5%. Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg
Soninke),
and Moor 10%, and other 5%.

•Religion: Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%.

•Religion: Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian
1%.
 HEALTH AND EDUCATION
•Mali faces many health problems like poverty,
malnutrition, and inadequate hygiene and sanitation.
•Mali’s health and development indicators rank
among the worst in the world.
•Public education is free and is compulsory for nine
years between the ages of 7 and 16.
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Prevalent Diseases
• In Mali there are many things that can
drastically change their culture. One of the
worst things in Africa is diseases. Because of
the scarcity and poor quality of their water,
this causes them to get sick and get
dehydrated very easily. With the horrible
quality of there water, if they drink from the
water once, they have more than a 45%
chance of getting sick from the deadly disease,
chorea. Another disease that can be even
more dangerous is Onchocerciasis or better
known as the river virus. This disease affects
over 350,000 km squared. But the most
common way of getting sick is mostly due to
poor hygiene. This is the most common way
that the people who live in Mali die.
Annual Precipitaion
• People in Mali like to grow crops. But its
pretty hard when there is no rain. Mali’s
precipitation rate is can vary from 1550 mm
in the extreme south to almost 0 mm in the
north. The average percentage of rainfall
can go from 15% to 30%. The year that rain
fell the heaviest was 1974.
 Economic Status
• Like everyone else, Mali needs water. So a lot
of times, they have to spend their money on
water. But one thing they do have is hydraulic
electricity. They use their electricity mainly on
water. But in early 2009, a company called
USAID sent some of its representatives to Mali.
The Mali people only had 3 water pumps
which brought water up to the people. Almost
3/3 pumps broke weekly and had to borrow
other water pumps. But because of the scarcity
of water, many times they didn’t want to share
they pump. So USAID went to Mali and brought
a lot of clean drinking water to their people.
Before they brought clean drinking water,
113/1000 infants died before their first
birthday.
 Farming
• Farming is the most common job in all of
Mali. 80% of its people are farmers. The
other 20% are fisherman. The most common
thing they grow in Mali is cotton.