My first initial theme was Africa: the Next Chapter. The theme, was brought up when i brainstormed in class, i actually brainstormed, and my words were genocide, and Africa, and Uganda. I then found the videos for the African theme, and began finding a video that caught my eye. So i found this video, of a dutch speaker, talking about how in Africa they are now training rats, to sniff out land mines, to ave the lives of millions of African people, due to the landmines, their are barriers all across Africa unknown to most people, but still very deadly. The rats are 1/5 the price of having to train dogs to do the same job.
This video for me sparked questions, like how many crews in Africa are now using this method?
How did this method started?
How many landmines, or potential barriers due to land mines are their in Africa?
Will the military soon pick up on this to start sniffing out bombs in places like Iraq, or any country we are at war with?
How much does it cost to run this program?
Will African people live longer, and will thier be less overall deaths as a country due to this?
Will our government be supporting, or helping this program out in any way,shape, or form?
As an expert I will be able to answer how long this has been going on, the major pro's and con's, and if this has been significantly benficial, or just another weeknd experiment type of deal.
I narrowed my topic down to has Africa started to find their own ways of not using foreign aid, and are these ways sustainable, and affordable, and will they work. I am interested in this topic, because it is something very unusual, and i dont think it gets as much publicity as it should. African unlike many other countries, has wars, and battles, and disease taking away many of lives, every single day. People in other countries, dont have it half as bad as people ovewr thier. People kill for water, and food, and even a place to sleep, i am interested in finding out how much of a benefit these rats are to the African people, and how they are still coming up with ways to help sustain, and survive.
