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Vocabulary
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What two countries does the story discuss?

Nigeria and Paraguay 

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Finish the sentence: 

The pot-in-pot created new _____________ for people and allowed people to earn more ______________. 

jobs, money

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What were the jobs of children in Paraguay?

They help with the family farm instead of going to school

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What did Elsa and the women use left over loofah for?

Building house panels to keep houses warm 

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Infrastructure

Man made: bridges, roads, buildings 
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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

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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 

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What happened in 1973?

Price of soybeans tripled and many farmres chose to plant them 

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What were the houses made out of? 4 things 

Loofah, corn, palm husks, and plastic 

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Insulation

Natural resource that keeps things warm 

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What do many homes not have in Nigeria?

Electicity, refrigeration, lights, tv, stove, oven 
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How has the pot-in-pot improved children's lives?

They spend less time helping to sell food and more time at school 

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Who was Elsa Zaldivar?

Community worker who helped women earn income

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What did panels help reduce in the community?

Waste in landfills 

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Subsistence Farmers

Grow only enough crops for their family 

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Who was Mohammed Aba? 

Teacher who invented the pot-in-pot

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How does the invention help farmers? 

2 reasons

Farmers make more money and have fresh food to eat 

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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 

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What happened to the houses that were abandonded or ruined from bad weather?

The panels were melted down and more husks and loofah were added to make more houses 

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Cooperative

Run/Organized and owned by its members 

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Describe how the pot-in-pot works. 

Little pot sits inside big pot with wet sand between it. The water from the sand evaporates and keeps the pot cold 
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Who else uses the pot-in-pot?

The Ministry of Women's Affairs 

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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 

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How did Elsa help women?

They sold products which made them more independent and gave them more money 

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Minga

Traditional farming system where nieghbors/family members work on each other's farms at busy times