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Y Divided World T I V I T C A Aim: That young people will understand how the world’s food is divided globally and how this inequality impacts on people’s rights. Resources Required: Country/Continent signs (see below), 30 pieces of food (chocolate bars, packets of rice or pasta), knife to cut up as required OR bags to half the food. Step 1: Around the room, stick up seven laminated sheets with the names of the countries/continents below listed (one on each sheet). Step 2: Explain that all the millions of people in the world are represented by the people living in the 7 countries/ continents the world. You will need 20 or 30 people (or cardboard people that you can blu-tak on the walls beside the names of the country/continent). Ask for two or three volunteers to guess how many people should stand beside the various sheets and to divide the group accordingly.
Country / Continent
Group of 30 divides like
Group of 20 Numbers of Percentage of divides like pieces of food food
China
10
7
4
2.86
Asia
7
5
1.5
1.50
Russia
3
2
5.5
13.75
Europe
3
2
8.5
21.25
Africa
3
2
0.5
1.25
North America
2
1
8.5
42.50
South America
2
1
1.5
7.50
Step 3: Now divide the group according to the figures below which reflect the true breakdown of the world’s population. Talk to the group about populations, and what they have learned. Step 4: Display the 30 pieces of food and explain that this represents all the food in the world. Each country/ continent group must now decide how much of the world’s food, i.e. how many of the 30 pieces, their country/ continent received in reality. Have two or three people hand out the food they think is representative of each country/ continent.
Fact box
Step 5: When the group is happy with their choices, the real division is made as indicated above, e.g. China gets 4 pieces of food, Asia gets 1.5 and so on. Talk to students about the • There is plenty of food in the world to feed percentage of the food that goes to each country/continent. everybody. The problem is how that food Discuss how they feel about the inequity. Step 6: Read the fact box to the group. Step 7: The group could follow on with one or all of the following discussion suggestions: • Think about the way food is divided globally. Do you think this is fair? • Do people have the right to food? What if they can’t afford it? • Who is responsible for ensuring this right? • If you didn’t have enough food, how would this affect you?
is divided. In fact, more than 1 1/2 times the amount of food needed to feed everybody in the world is produced each year. In times of famine, the problem is not that there is a shortage of food, but that people cannot afford to buy it. • Children die everyday from malnutrition. 800 million people in the world are undernourished.
Adapted from 80:20 Development in an Unequal World Activity CD
Country / Continent
Group of 30 divides like
Group of 20 Numbers of Percentage of divides like pieces of food food
China
10
7
4
2.86
Asia
7
5
1.5
1.50
Russia
3
2
5.5
13.75
Europe
3
2
8.5
21.25
Africa
3
2
0.5
1.25
North America
2
1
8.5
42.50
South America
2
1
1.5
7.50
Step 3: Now divide the group according to the figures below which reflect the true breakdown of the world’s population. Talk to the group about populations, and what they have learned. Step 4: Display the 30 pieces of food and explain that this represents all the food in the world. Each country/ continent group must now decide how much of the world’s food, i.e. how many of the 30 pieces, their country/ continent received in reality. Have two or three people hand out the food they think is representative of each country/ continent.
Fact box
Step 5: When the group is happy with their choices, the real division is made as indicated above, e.g. China gets 4 pieces of food, Asia gets 1.5 and so on. Talk to students about the • There is plenty of food in the world to feed percentage of the food that goes to each country/continent. everybody. The problem is how that food Discuss how they feel about the inequity. Step 6: Read the fact box to the group. Step 7: The group could follow on with one or all of the following discussion suggestions: • Think about the way food is divided globally. Do you think this is fair? • Do people have the right to food? What if they can’t afford it? • Who is responsible for ensuring this right? • If you didn’t have enough food, how would this affect you?
is divided. In fact, more than 1 1/2 times the amount of food needed to feed everybody in the world is produced each year. In times of famine, the problem is not that there is a shortage of food, but that people cannot afford to buy it. • Children die everyday from malnutrition. 800 million people in the world are undernourished.
Adapted from 80:20 Development in an Unequal World Activity CD
