Q1. Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ireland, United Kingdom, Norway, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Malaysia, Philippines. Back to QUIZ

Q2. Her husband had many debts and many people asked for these to be repaid.
Q3. She was grieving for her husband and did not know how she would be able to feed her family and pay her children's school fees.
Q4. Three of her children were unable to go to school because she could not afford the fees.
Q5. This is an association of women coming together to put small savings into a bank account. From these savings the women will give loans to their members according to agreed rules. Any woman taking out a loan will pay back the loan plus interest over an agreed period of time into the Co-operative account. Back to QUIZ

Q6. She:
(i) took a loan and paid her children's school fees and started a small business selling cooked food,
(ii) sold the eucalyptus wood from the trees felled on her land,
(iii) grew crops on the land where the eucalyptus were felled.
Q7. Because he was not able to care properly for his existing family, yet alone take on more responsibilities.
Q8. In their co-operative shop the group was able to use its share capital to buy crops immediately after harvest and sell only towards the beginning of the new farming season when there is a better price for food items.
Their sales of maize gave them a total profit of about 1,600,000frs (£1,600).
Q9. The Eucalyptus Replacement Project. Back to QUIZ

Q10. The project was located in the area around Kumbo in the NW Province of the Cameroon (65 miles north of Bamenda)
Q11. Because they provided extra income and fuelwood. The increased rate of planting was because of a severe drop in the price of coffee, one of the main sources of income.
Q12. The eucalyptus have reduced crop yields and encroached onto agricultural land and water catchments where they have caused the water table to drop during the dry season. This has meant that women have had to walk very long distances to find new farming areas and fetch water.
Q13. Because they will be able to farm near to their own homes. The group leader was Theresia Wirkom.
Q14. Partly because the project was located in an area where Britain was the colonial power (Anglophile), whereas the central government was established within the area where France was the colonial power (Frankophile). Also most of the government politicians are Muslim, whereas people from the Anglophile region are predominantly Catholic Christian.
Q15. The three experiences:
(i) An encounter with monkeys who were damaging the crops.
(ii) He caught the head of a viper while cutting grass.
(iii) He encountered a python and was given the skin when it was killed. Back to QUIZ