The country to which this essay will apply is Kenya. Simply stated, Kenya is extremely poor. My group members and myself were aware basically from the start that Kenya was a poorer country, however, we had not realized just how poor it was until we began the researching process. Once there, we found that Kenya has a very low life expectancy rate, mostly due to their lack of health care. They are at higher risk there than in many places for AIDS, Ebola, etc.
As for actual statistics as examples of the standard of living in Kenya, I feel they would be unnecessary since they are on the fact sheet data, and seem to be an easier means for lazy people to "cheat themselves." However, because it is a requirement, essentially, I will envelop you into some data you either are already aware of, or could look to the front of your room to see. Per Capita GDP is a good one, wouldn't you say? Kenya's is around 1,020 dollars per capita, or person. By knowing this, you can already tell, or should be able to, that Kenya is pretty dang poor. That really isn't much money at all. In fact, Kenyans are so poor that many of them run for livings. This may sound stupid, however, by that I mean that they train their whole lives to try and get an opportunity at a sport, like running, where they will not need equipment and can be just as good as those with BMWs, etc.
To be completely honest, I don't think we helped Kenya nearly as much as we could have. Partly, I think it was because we weren't sure completely how to go about that, but also it was that little fact that Kenya is so poor that we didn't have a whole lot to work with. We did what we could with what we had, I think. At least we tried, anyways. We got one internal improvement in health care, which, as I have discussed before, is a huge need of Kenya, because of their lack of sufficient health care. In order for Kenya to improve in anything, really, they would need a much more efficient health care system.
