Chapter 1
What two countries does the story discuss?
Nigeria and Paraguay
Finish the sentence:
The pot-in-pot created new _____________ for people and allowed people to earn more ______________.
jobs, money
What were the jobs of children in Paraguay?
They help with the family farm instead of going to school
Building house panels to keep houses warm
Infrastructure
Describe the area, what the men and women do, and community in Nigeria.
Poor, adobe houses, children with little to no education, men work/women stay home with family
How has the pot-in-pot helped people's health?
3 reasons
Reduces chances of illness, they spend less money on doctors , and more time to work on farms
What happened in 1973?
Price of soybeans tripled and many farmres chose to plant them
What were the houses made out of? 4 things
Loofah, corn, palm husks, and plastic
Insulation
Natural resource that keeps things warm
What do many homes not have in Nigeria?
How has the pot-in-pot improved children's lives?
They spend less time helping to sell food and more time at school
Who was Elsa Zaldivar?
Community worker who helped women earn income
What did panels help reduce in the community?
Waste in landfills
Subsistence Farmers
Grow only enough crops for their family
Teacher who invented the pot-in-pot
How does the invention help farmers?
2 reasons
Farmers make more money and have fresh food to eat
What did Elsa grow and use it as?
Give me 3 examples.
Loofah: eaten as a vegetable, sponge for cleaning pots, used to scrub skin, mats, slippers, insoles for shoes
The panels were melted down and more husks and loofah were added to make more houses
Cooperative
Run/Organized and owned by its members
Describe how the pot-in-pot works.
Who else uses the pot-in-pot?
The Ministry of Women's Affairs
What other two ways do housing panels help the community?
They can build houses themselves instead of paying for builder, the house panels are light which causes less damage and injury if house falls over in storm
How did Elsa help women?
They sold products which made them more independent and gave them more money
Minga
Traditional farming system where nieghbors/family members work on each other's farms at busy times