Zambia

 

ActionAid plans to provide relief to nine districts in Zambia through food relief, temporary shelter (tents), treated mosquito nets, warm clothes, drugs to health centres to treat malaria and diarrhoeal disease and tablets to treat dirty water.

ActionAid also aims to improve roads and rebuild people's homes and livelihoods, aiming for sustainable solutions and viable income-generating activities.

Essential Stats

ZambiaAustralia
Population 12.75 million (2009) 21.5 million (2009)
Area 752,618 km2 7,703,581 km2
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) $16.7 billion (2009) $970.6 billion (2009)
GDP per capita $1,311 (2009) $44,598 (2009)
Human Development Index 0.434 (2009) 0.965 (2009)
Life Expectancy (male/female) 42/42 (2005-2010) 79/84 (2005-2010)
Adult Literacy % 68 (1995-2005) 99 (1995-2005)

SOURCES: IMF, UN Data, HDI, UN Statistics



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