South+America

=South America - Argentina= ===//Our Proposal: We are going to team up with LifeStraw. LifeStraw filters 99.99% of bacteria, parasites, and viruses that are in water. these straws can filter over 1000 liters of water. That is enough to supply a person with clean water for an entire year. In Argentina, 58 percent of the children in this country of 40 million – are at risk of illness because of a lack of sanitation and piped water.//===

Core Standards:
-Understand competition for and conflict over natural resources. -- they need water (natural resource) and they don't have access to it. -Understand population issues. -- out of the 40 million people in Argentina, 58% of the children don't have access to clean, usable water.

Teaming Up with LifeStraw
Our team decided we would team up with the LifeStraw business. LifeStraw is a 25 cm long, 29 mm diameter, plastic pipe filter. It purifies any kind of water. LifeStraw was designed to be used by one person to filter any kind of water so that they may safely drink it. It filters a maximum of 1000 liters of water, which is enough for one person for a year. It removes 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria, 99.99% of viruses, and 99.9% of parasites. LifeStraw costs about $2.00. The way it works is, water is drawn up through the straw and it first passes through hollow fibers that filter water particles down to 15 microns across. The entire process is powered by suction, similar to using a conventional drinking straw. To begin our journey with LifeStraw we are going to be flying to Argentina. We will be staying in local towns along the river. The river we are going to move along will be the Uruguay River. We will stop at towns near the river to show people how to use the LifeStraw, and how it will impact the way they have been living. While traveling to Argentina, we will need a few supplies. We would have to take boxes upon boxes of life straw equipment. They will provide us with a shelter and food in return of helping them out. We would have to pack a variety of clothes and utensils. We may pack a few goods on our own for us to snack on. We will market The LifeStraw for their company. We can buy their product at 2$ per unit. We target outdoors man who look to filter their own water. We will also retail them to other corporation who will distribute the product to countries such as Africa. WE will sell the product at 4$ per unit. Every time we sell a unit we will make enough for 2 LifeStraws. We will then give one away to our targeted group which is Argentina