Orinoco Delta

Health issues and the decline of the Warao Tribe by Jennifer Fitzwater Objective In any culture/society disease and health related issues have many devastating affects. In very remote parts of the word these problems can wipe out an entire group. In the remote village on the Orinoco River Delta in Venezuela lives the Warao tribe. In recent years many diseases have made their way into this remote village. These diseases have created a deadly problem for the tribe. I would like to find out how Venezuela is helping to remedy these diseases. Are these issues happening to other remote villages or just the Warao? How can society help with medical care and treatment in this area? This project anticipates that if not treated these diseases be an end to the indigenous Warao tribe. Literature Review In the remote village on the Orinoco River Delta lives the Warao tribe. The child survival rate in this remote area is low. “The low socioeconomic development, lack of infrastructure and geographic and cultural isolation suggest that an integrated…

Through this job, I have interacted with a variety of students, mainly adults. This experience will be very helpful during adult orientation programs, because I will be comfortable interacting with them and will be able to answer any questions they may have about adult programs here at Wichita State. I am also a member of Delta Delta Delta and have experience with Greek life in general. During my orientation, I had questions about the recruitment process, and being able to talk to someone…

Emmett Till was a young African American who was born on July 25 ,1941 . Emmett died on August 28, 1955 ,he was murdered for something that he did not do. This all took place when Till took a trip to Rural Mississippi to spend the summer with great uncle. Him and some friends went to a grocery store and one of Emmett’s friends dared him to talk to one of the stores cashiers, Carolyn Bryant. Carolyn reported that Till had whistled at her and touched her hand, Carolyn’s husband, Roy Bryant, and…

Niger Introduction: Niger is a landlocked and developing country in western Africa, named after the Niger River and officially the Republic of Niger. It is bordered by Chad in the east, Burkina Faso and Mali in the west, Nigeria and Benin in the south and Algeria and Libya in the north. Niger covers a land area of 1,267,000 square kilometres and with estimated population of 11,666,000. History of Niger: Thousands of years ago, Niger had wet and favorable conditions for agriculture and…

Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, that got murdered While visiting family in Money, Mississippi. Bryant’s grocery is where Till and his friends went in to buy something the others left out of the store, and Till was still left in the store getting some gum. As Till left the store he saw miss Carolyn wife of store owner coming out and not think clearly Till whistled at her. Bryant’s husband and brother in law kidnapped Till at gunpoint. His body was found in the…

Poverty in One of the Most Southern Places in Dixie: The Mississippi Delta, 1964- Present Poverty is a plague that has swept across Mississippi for numerous of years. It is defined as the circumstances or condition in which an individual or community lack the fundamental needs for a minimum standard of well-being. One of the constant barriers in most rural communities is poverty. Though there have been many attempts to reduce the level of poverty, it is still an underlying issue in rural…

Although Emmett Till wanted to visit his family, something had gone wrong. Just at the age of fourteen he was murdered. He had made a decision that he regretted terribly. Once he had said what he did he realized he had done something wrong. Emmett Till was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago, he died on August 28, 1955. As he was growing up he went to a segregated school. He loved to pull pranks on his friends. Everyone that knew Emmett described him as funny, high spirited, and…

Mississippi Delta were marked by double-digit unemployment rates and high family poverty rates, from 27.9 percent in Washington County. Regardless, of how poverty is measured deprived people that deal with the challenges of being poor are more likely to have health issues. Good health is the key component of survival. This entire region of Mississippi is suffering from lack of education and high density of bad health. In the Delta, many residents do not have the income to afford proper health…

preservation of the standards, including environmental regulations stated under the Act. An analysis of the 2007 Mineral and Mining Act demonstrates that the excesses of the environmental damage in the Niger Delta region did not emanate from inadequate legislation. The problem is an ineffective implementation of the Act. The Nigeria government lacks the political will to implement the appropriate clauses relevant for the protection of the Niger Delta’s ecosystem because a significant percentage…

In this essay, I will be writing about the small unit of 23 Delta Force operatives who went in to Panama, and successfully rescued an American citizen who was being held in a lockdown Panamanian prison for a total of nine months. I will also be writing about the types of leadership that were exhibited during this time, and the events leading up to the rescue. In 1989, Kurt Muse an American business man and reported CIA operative was arrested in Miami airport after assisting a small group of his…