Congo+Video+Notes+Page

table ||< Jack- I didn't know we get chocolate from the congo, and I was suprised at how the people are taken advantage of to get the chocolate. Jill - I knew people were taken advantage of, but I didn't know how sick some of the people were... Pedro-... Ashly-... Jack-... Jill-... Pedro... Ashly... || John Carlos- i find it sad how the we have all of these diffrent kinds of technology and we are still unhappy. Where one the other side of the world, there are people who have little to no technology but they are still happy. When the men showed up they were all happy and amused to see them, like when the guy showed them the phone, they were all amazed and couldnt belive it. Its as they have never seen one before, but you can see that most of them are still happy. THey have alot bad things going on but they are still ahppy. For example they have a really corruted government but they still stay strong and fight back. They have basically no portection, they people have to get together and themselves fightback. We should help them out in return for there valuable minearl they have. We need the mineral and they need help. We could work something out.
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PATRICK- PAtrick- I can not believe that they have literally no technology in the Congo. It amazes me how people survive without daily appliances that we use, and its very amazing that we are so used to living with this sort of technology, yet there are people in other places without any technology at all. 

[|�1��69�] || I was shocked when I first heard about the discussion going on around about Congo. People have no piece of technology what so ever, here we use technology almost every hour. The children’s were fascinated when they saw the man showing them I Phone. People don’t have any means of electronic device; they use fire for light at night when it's dark. There are soldier everywhere with guns, but they are inexperienced and corrupted. The government that they got there seems so corrupt. The government doesn’t help their people instead takes stuff away from them. We need this mineral name “Colton” from them for the technology we use, they work so hard and they don’t even get to see the technology that comes out of it. People of Congo have to work in such poor conditions, and sometimes they are hold at gunpoint for their money. There you have no security at all, the government is no use, people work had and still starve. We should help Congo instead of wasting money over Afghanistan and Iraq for so called war.
 * < Table 2 ||< Hardik Patel-

Ariana Anclam- Everyday drill for armed attack Slaughtered wildlife Rangers keep pop alive Number of apes dwindling 2/3 wiped out Repels killing animals for food Coltan in new technology iPods fueling war Armed groups extort money from minors Outsiders brought misery Belgium set up colony brought destruction 1994 genocide Hutu wanted to take out Tootsie Children suffering people wounded from fire set at random Hills of eastern Congo some of the richest mineral deposits in the world Coltan providing money to fuel war

Alex Elizalde- I think that this video is a eye opener becasue it shows how wars can be started over little things.The technology we use today is so much more advanced then they have and that dissapoints me becasue instead of letting them fight out things by themselves we should go over and help their sociey advance in the world and there should help iin the war between clans and countries. Even the very essentails in life thhey dont have like we can take in granted a clock to wake up on bu the people over there dont even have one to see what time it is. hopefully the children over there will not make the same mistakes their parents made and will try to help their country by advanceing in technology and advancing even more. || Silviu Pavel- I think its sad how we have all this technology and we don't even otice it while poeple in other countrys suffer everyday from intence heat and cold and eat at least once a day while people here in the U.S throw left overs away or little kids who are real picky about what they eat. The video was sad and i think we should help people who don't have it as well as we do. When the video said that the people of Congo had to pay for the protection from the Soilders it got me angry and irritaed becau

 Congo. To be put to work at gun point would be frightening and I don't even know what I would do. This is disgusting. I know that mining is a way for them to make money as a country, but why work so hard if people lives are in danger through more ways than one. The U.S. knows about these problems and are not doing anything to help. We do have our own problems going on right now but if we keep ignoring this situation, it will only get worse. We should step in and at least try to help out the innocent people, because by ignoring it, we are also contributing to more violence. How can we as people sit around and what? Play video games all day and as teenagers not learn to care about other people. We are so focused on getting new iPods and Xboxes that we don’t even know about real world circumstances going on around us. We need to stop sitting around and doing nothing, and pay attention to the real problems in other places BESIDES our country.
 * < Table 3 ||< Jessica Berk

Adriana Lukovic- richest eco systems in Africa. Ranger protect the animals and keep them safe. 2/3s of guerillas have been wiped out since the war began. Ever since Europeans came, Africa has been the place to plunge. Oustiders brought misery. Our technology should really be used to help the Africans since they are not as technologically advanced as we are. A million people were massacred during the Rwanda massacre. They used civilians as bargain chips. The rebels burned more than 250 houses. Children suffering, people are dying from dehydration. The miners have to pay in order to work in the mine. The mine is owned by a Congo senator.

Megna Harford- Notes on Congo video The journalist just walks around the jungle with the rangers. These rangers protect the Kahuzi- Biega gorillas that are becoming extinct. One of the richest ecosystems in South America. Rangers keep the gorillas alive. Colton is the mineral found in Congo and the people there mine a lot of it. The mineral is in a lot of electronics, ex. Iphone, television remotes, etc. Rebels killed and injured many, young and old. There are many people who mine the Colton in Congo. The journalist showed them what it is used for. Many big companies, like Apple, don’t want to buy Colton from African miners. Used for mobile phones and computers mostly. Rebels destroyed a lot of villages for no reason. ||
 * < Table 4 ||< ​ Ryan Serpa- I am sad to hear that these people in these countries are suffering and we do not really care aboout it. We have so much technology that we are used to it and don't appreciate that much when these other people do not have anything. I don't think its right that they have to pay soldiers just to protect them from any danger that may happen when they are still in danger from the soldiers themselves. They are put in dangerous conditions to work in and are even put to gunpoint!

Kevork Boyadjian- In America we have the most technology in the world, but in Congo they are far behind they have nothing. Its the things like Cultan and other materials that makes our technology so advanced. I never knew that The Congo Government strived the minerals of the land. The government is so corrupt its very sad also how they have to pay off soilders for protection. We should appreciate what we have in life because these people in Congo dont even have the needs to survive  ||  ||  ||<   ||<  ||   ||<   ||<  ||   ||
 * < Table 5 ||< Sumi Cha- Each and every one of us is contributing to the war that's going on in Congo... I couldn't believe that when I heard it. We sit in our high tech house with AC fired up when we don't even need it. Then there are the people who are happy that they had half a meal today... It's sick. Never knew minerals were the key to most of our technoligue we use every day and our demands for technology is prolonging the war. It made me really angry when I heard the citizens say that they pay the soldiers for protection... Are you joking me? The one's they need protect from is the soldiers. One, two, couple hundred people deciding not to buy an Xbox 360 or Play Sation 3 isn't going to change anything. The government has to do something. Why is it that the U.S. is so focused on Iraq when there are other problems out there as well? This video made me upset, angry, and gulity... We are the problem. We are the one causing these disasters and kids, families in Africa are paying the price.... It's disgusting.

Alfred - Im surprised by the fact that the miners in Congo are sometimes put to work at gunpoint. Also, I didn't know that Congo's government depended so much on minerals. The minerals, however, arent the cause of conflict according to http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/57941/2009/03/21-092321-1.htm. They say that disrupting the trade wont help stop the instability in the East. I believe them because I dont have any information proving otherwise.

eoanna - i was not aware that workeers in congo had to to work under crutial surcumstances. i didnt knwo that had to be put to work whenever the superviser decided. i was very shocked to find out that the women of congo where crutailly beaten. also i could not believe the epople of congo. they have no techoligy updates like we do. honestly people complain when their internet is too slow while others in congo have barely food to eat and sweat all day due to the weather.

Joana ;i cant believe how people are treated in their own landnumber of apes being killed 2/3 wipped out b/c of war i believe that what they are trying to show is a good thing they are trying to show us how it really is in the world and how other people are being treated people shouldnt keep fighting for minearls they are killing animals; hurting people emotionally and physically i believe they should just try and work out a plan to share minerals rather then taking what doesnt belong to them i think they should just work together iphones and computers made from these minerals 20 women each week more then 5 million died due to war ||
 * < Table 6 ||< Cassidy Burns- Its insane how we sit at home with the heater or air conditioner on when we dont need it and there are people who are happy eating atleast once a day. It's sad how the U.S. is only focusing on war and terrorism in Iraq when other countries like Congo need are help more then ever. Those people should not have to pay for protection, they shouldnt even fear the soldiers like they do. It breaks my heart seeing those people who where burned because of the mineral war that they are going through. The government needs to do something to stop this. To see these young children suffer because the rebels believe hurting them will do something is sick and disturbing.

Rita Baturin- Minerals (cultan) basically help us with our technology today. That's how we get our iphones and such to be smaller but the rebels in Congo use it for other things such as killing these animals.Jason was spending around 8 years investigating the war and he said Congo is one of the worst areas of war. You can say that all of this started when the british were there.Mabutu was in power for about 30 years and eventually collapsed. People including children have to work in such poor conditions and the workers only get paid half of what the rebels make.The sad thing is without those mines, many people would actually starve. To hear that a woman lost her children is devistating. To see all of these people have conflict over minerals and even kill makes me think some problems we have here are nothing compared to what's going on in Congo.

Ivan Marin- This is a real sad idea to think that there are people out there that get small children to do all their work. They are not right mentally if they are using other peoplein the first place but to use children just to save some money is really sad. Those children are put throughhorrible conditions and are being starved while children here in the United States complain and start crying because they can't always have what they want.The rebles should not be doing that why wont they do it them selfs.Ithink us here should be very greatfull that we have what we have and have the rights we have as people in this great nation. Rebles in Congo are using the minerals for war which is very bad for the innocent people around the war. ||