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Where can we have a better life? In the city or the countryside? We will provide our conclusions later. There is a tendency in various countries for people to abandon the countryside for cities and to live, unemployed, in slums. Living in city neighbourhoods is not the solution for development; if we want a good, sustainable life, we should create a modern life in the countryside, to encourage movement from the city to the countryside, because city neighbourhoods are characterised by a lack of urban infrastructure, lack of access roads, and by houses constructed with substandard materials such as cardboard, pieces of wood, and pieces of zinc sheeting.

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The lack of urban infrastructure hampers access for the emergency services, such as the ambulance service and fire brigade, among others.

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In these types of neighbourhood there are high rates of crime, drug consumption and alcoholism, high rates of disease, deficient sanitation and a lack of healthcare.

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According to a 2006 UN-HABITAT report, 327 million people live in this kind of neighbourhood in Commonwealth countries alone.

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How do you envision a modern life in the countryside?

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Despite the lack of some public infrastructure, the countryside still continues to offer good and varied conditions.

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The countryside offers vast tracts of land for farming, a pure landscape that does not yet suffer from transformation by man, life can be active and healthy; communities can coexist, the air is very natural, there is less stress; there is great potential for a natural diet, and there are bigger sites for housing.

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Rural populations play a big role in the development of this life, which can be realised with a strong commitment to agricultural production.

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It is possible with common efforts and commitment to develop a modern and much better rural life than most rural populations experience today. In this task you get the opportunity to dream and to use your creativity and imagination for how poor rural communities could be changed into low cost modern communities caring for all the basic human needs and a little more.

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This task is scheduled for 6 hours. 
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	<li>You can decide to do this task together with one or two teammates.</li>
	<li>Read the files.</li>
	<li>With your knowledge of the countryside in a African country, make a model and describe an ideal village with a modern life, which will be possible to establish in real life.</li>
	<li>Write a poster with your image points and hang it up on the walls for everyone to see.</li>
	<li>Write an essay describing your modern village and how life has developed for the people there.</li>
	<li>Send the essay to your teacher for comments.</li>
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	<li>The Economist; &ldquo;Old Problems, fresh solutions&rdquo; page 4-21, 2010.</li>
	<li>The Ghanaian Times &ldquo; Providing ICT in rural communities&rdquo; 3 pages</li>
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	<li>Grameen Foundation Expands Technology program for Poor Farmers in Uganda from www.grameenfoundation.org</li>
	<li>Climate change and global warming, local defensive actions, produced by Christian Fenger, Gaia Movement 2010</li>
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