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                         KIDCLUB IRC November 20, 1993

                         UNICEF: Developing Countries

                                   17:00 GMT

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Participants

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Finland:        Mikael Sundholm, Johan, Raine, Daniel, Thomas, Kim

 

South Africa:   Mike Wright, Olivia, Serah, Kirsty, Gonda, Fiona, Vanessa,

                Lucy, Sam, Super-s

 

United Kingdom:

        London: Mike Burleigh, Jane, Louise K., Luke, Louise A.

        Durham: Bill Parks

     Cambridge: Ben Walter

 

 United States:

       Arizona: Michael McVey

      Maryland: Patti Weeg, Karen, Kristi, Kelli, Nada, Maggie, Mickey

    Washington: John Keithly

 

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<willp> Ahaaa, it's Bill from UNICEF - I've finally !!!!! made it

<willp> MikeB is presumably on his way with the Caslenau kids

<MikeW> IT is time to go now.

* skooby is very glad that willp could make it today here

<MikeW> Bye bye from all the South Africans!

<willp> would we like to discuss the answers to the quiz I sent out this week?

* skooby would

<Johan> Me to skooby

<kidclub> will!!!  glad you made it  this is Patti!

<Johan> yes

<Karen> will sir we are taking the quiz now

<willp> OK what percentage of the world's children do you think are visibly

+malnourished: 70%  50% 25% or 2%

<Ben> Will, I think 70%

<Karen> 70%

<kristi> 25

<Mr_macho> 70%

<Thomas> 25%

<kristi> 50 sorry

<willp> anyone els?

<willp> else?

<Johan> 50%

<Mr_macho> oh sorry I mean 50%

<Daniel> 25%

<willp> the answer is .....

<willp> 2%  !!!!!

<willp> surprised?

<kristi> wow that's low

<Daniel> YES

<Ben> yes!

<Karen> wo that is alittle amount i thought it would be more

<Johan> OOO!!

<Johan> me too

<skooby> oooooooooo

<willp> it shows you how CLOSE the world is to making every child's

+life that much more comfortable!

<willp> Ok next question?

<willp> is the rate of the population growth rate in the developing world

+increasing  decreasing or staying the same?

<kristi> increasing

<skooby> increasing

<kelli> increasing

<Thomas> Increasing

<Daniel> increasing

<Ben> INCREASING

<Johan> same

<Mr_macho> same

<willp> anyone esle?

<Johan> no

<willp> the answer is that i's DECREASING!!!!

<skooby> what!!!!!!!!!

<Ben> we're not very good at these :->

<kelli> wow!

<willp> efforts by UNICEF, and nurses and doctors are ensuring that family

+planning is taking effect

<skooby> :-o

<kristi> that surprising

<willp> with a little MORE help the population will drop even further!

<willp> does this make you feel slightly less worried?

<skooby> yes

<kelli> yep

<willp> next question everyone?

<Johan> OK

<skooby> ok

<Daniel> ok

<willp> what % of people in rural areas have access to safe water supplies

+...100%  90%   60%   40%  20%   10%?

<Thomas> 40%

<Ben> 20%

<Daniel> 20%

<kelli> 40

<Johan> 40%

<Mr_macho> 10%

<skooby> 60%

<willp> the answer is.....60% well done skooby!

<willp> why is clean water so important?

<skooby> yes

<Ben> So the message is things aren't as bad as we perceive?

<Mikeb> hello from the UK

<Mikeb> this is Mike Burleigh and the Castelnau kids

<willp> you have just missed the beginning of the quiz...

+would you like the questions via msg?

<willp> msg ben  that's right ben too many people think the world is doomed!

<skooby> next question pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<willp> back to the quiz everyone?

<Thomas> Yes.

<skooby> i am ready

<willp> Next question....

<willp> In Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, 10% of children live in

+poverty. In Sweden, France and the Netherlands, less than 5% live below the

+poverty line. What % of children in the USA do you think live below the

+poverty line...20%  10%  5%  2% or 1%

<Thomas> 10%

<Ben> 10%

<Johan> 10%

<KristiM> 20%

<skooby> 10%

<Kelli> 20%

<LouiseK> 5%

<Mr_macho> 10%

<skooby> we didin't have the alternetive 20%

<Daniel> 5%

<willp> well done to KristiM and Kelli  - the answer is a SHOCKING 20%!

<KristiM> go us!!

<skooby> we didin't have the alternetive 20%

<Kelli> were smart!

<Thomas> That's unfair!

<KristiM> why is it unfair??

<Thomas> Coz' there wasn't any 20% on our papers.

<KristiM> blame Mikael its on okurs

* A-Mikael is ashamed.

<Kelli> Mikael don't be ashamed!!

<Thomas> Next question...

<Daniel> Go on

<KristiM> next

<skooby> next question is...............tatadaaaaaaaa

<skooby> :-)

<willp> Next question in Europe people spend the equivalent of 50 billion

+US dollarsper year on cigarettes. What percentage of this amount do you think

+would be required in order to immunize children against preventable diseases,

+cut child malnutrition in half....

<Thomas> 90%

<Johan> 90%

<LouiseK> 75%

<KristiM> 100%

<skooby> 90%

<Kelli> 90%

<KristiM> or 90%

<Ben> 10%

<willp> bring clean water and sanitation to all communities, make family

+planning available to all, and give every child a basic education?

+100%  90%  75% or 50%?

<Ben> oh, then 50%

<Johan> 75%

<LouiseK> 90%

<skooby> 50%

<willp> the answer is 50% !!!!!! and that's for ALL children on EARTH!!!!

<Kelli> 90%

<willp> what should people be doing?

<willp> what percentage of worldwide spending on the military would provide

+basic health care for all children? 100%  87%  50%  37%  17% 0r 7%

<Ben> 7%^?

<LouiseK> 7%

<Daniel> 7%

<Johan> 37%

<Thomas> 17%

<KristiM> 17%

<Kelli> 17%

<skooby> 17%

<willp> it might seem ridiculous but if countries reduced military spending

+by just 7% ALL children could be given a chance to survive diseases they are

+dying of now in some areas of the world  250,000 children die EACH DAY!

<Thomas> We didn't have those alternatives. Another reason to be ashamed,

+Mikael!

<Ben> exactly... did you know how much they spent on the gulf war each day?

<KristiM> how much??

<willp> tell us Ben..

<Ben> Unfortuantly I can't remember... but it was millions of US dollars a

+day... an inredible amount of money

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<willp> are you angry that kids your age are dying while governments are

+amassing weapons?

<KristiM> yes and we idn't even get rid of Hussain (sp)

<KristiM> yes i think it is stupid kids are dying for no real resson

<Thomas> Yes. They could have finished him off.

<Thomas> Next question please...

<KristiM> yup  next question

<Johan> yes go on

<willp> In the Middle east, three countries allocate over 40% of their central

+government expenditure to defense. What % of central government expenditure

+do you think goes towar health in these countries?  between 1 and 7%  between

+8 and 17%  or between 18 & 27%

<KristiM> 8and 17%

<Thomas> between 1 and 7%

<Ben> 1 and 7%

<Johan> 8-17%

<Kelli> 1 and 7

<Daniel> 8-17%

<LouiseK> 1 and 7

<willp> the answers is a very low 1 to 7%!!

<KristiM> that is low

<willp> what is all this telling you?

<Ben> that we don't have a big problem as we think, but people are spending

+money on the wrong things!

<Thomas> That the governments of these countries doesn't care about the

people.

<LouiseK> that not enough money is spent on the future

<LouiseK> i.e. children

<Kelli> i agree with ben

<willp> what should be done to stop spending money on weapons and instead

+spend it on the health and welfare of the world's children?

<Ben> make sure that children know what should be done... they will be making

+the decisions in the future!

<KristiM> they need to worry about the kids more

<Mickey> hi everyone

<Steve> dan : I'm from Ames, Iowa. I was in Bob Kelly\s class last year

<willp> would you like one last question?

<Thomas> Yes.

<LouiseK> yes

<willp> UNICEF set the goal of immunizing 80% of the children in developing

+countries against prevetable diseases by 1990. what % of children of children

+in Sub-Saharan Africa do you think are immunized against measles today?

+76%  56%  46%  36%  26%  0r 6%?

<LouiseK> 26%

<Thomas> 36%

<Ben> 6%

<nada> I agree with louise

<willp> jsut doing some work in my office...I'm still here though

<willp> 46%

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