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Africa! A Continent of 800 Million beautiful people, many living on 'less than a dollar a day'. We can so easily make a difference to their lives through giving what we no longer need ourselves. |
AFRICA |
Size Africa, second-largest of the Earth's seven continents - covering about 30,330,000 sq km (11,699,000 sq mi), which makes up about 22 per cent of the world's total land area. |
Most Populated Country With a population of more than 113 million, Nigeria is easily the most populated country in Africa and the 10th most populous country in the world. |
Fish The only place where shoals of fresh water sardines are found is in Lake Tanganyika. |
Gorillas The Gorilla is the largest of the living primates, male gorillas weight up to 200kg, yet are shy and retiring. |
The Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert alone is expanding southwards at an average of 0.8 km (½ mile) a month. |
Largest Country Sudan, Republic of, republic in north-eastern Africa, the largest country of the African continent. Sudan has a total area of 2,505,800 sq km (967,490 sq mi). |
Giraffes Did you know that the tongue of a giraffe can be as long as 45 cm? |
Ancient Egyptians The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone. |
RECYCLING |
A 60-watt light bulb can be run for over a day on the amount of energy saved by recycling 1 pound of steel. In one year in the United States, the recycling of steel saves enough energy to heat and light 18,000,000 homes! |
A 60-watt light bulb can be run for over a day on the amount of energy saved by recycling 1 pound of steel. In one year in the United States, the recycling of steel saves enough energy to heat and light 18,000,000 homes! |
Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year! |
A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or more to decompose -- and even longer if it's in the landfill. |
In a lifetime, the average American will throw away 600 times his or her adult weight in garbage. This means that each adult will leave a legacy of as much as 100,000 pounds of trash for his or her children. |
On average, it costs $30 per ton to recycle trash, $50 to send it to the landfill, and $65 to $75 to incinerate it. |
Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute! |
A single quart of motor oil, if disposed of improperly, can contaminate up to 2,000,000 gallons of fresh water. |
Each American disposes about 35 pounds of old clothing and other textiles each year. 10 pounds per person is recycled. |
Enough steel cans were recycled in 2000 in the US to build 20 Golden Gate Bridges. |
Hospitals The world's biggest hospital is in Soweto. |
Languages More than 1,000 different languages are spoken in Africa. |
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