Overall Reflection

To say that the process of writing this paper was eye opening is an understatement. I chose the topic of government in Sudan because government is a topic that I am very interested in and I hope to possibly study government (law and politics) with my further education. Sudan was the perfect country to focus my study on because of the ongoing corruption within the government and harsh scarcity in food security. Sudan is, I am convinced based on my research, overall the most struggling country on Earth. With so much corruption in the Federal Government and such a high rate of malnutrition, Sudanese people have a lower quality of life than we as Americans can even imagine. My initial solution was to tackle the issues within the Federal Government. After conferencing with my AP Lang teacher, Ms. Lange, I decided to tackle local government instead. Since so much effort is currently being made (and has been made in the past) to alter Sudan's Federal government for the better, the evidence is ever against that strategy's success. I then chose the three most struggling regions within Sudan and chose to focus on implementing, small, strong, successful governments in those areas instead. I focused on three main things to fix the poor harvest in Sudan. Water, education, and livestock. Water is extremely scarce because of drought and unpredictable rainfall, and I believe if farmers were educated they could potentially create more sustainable and successful farms of which to feed themselves and their families with. Many Sudanese farmers own livestock but they are unaware of the full benefits, and information required to get exceptional use from them. This information (and livestock vaccination) would heavily assist with that. I then offered other possibilities of the intervention of multiple nations to assist in improving Sudan. I learned much about myself and how lucky I am as a privileged American, much about government and food security, and much about the struggling nation of Sudan. In the end, this opportunity was very successful and I am grateful that I was presented with the opportunity to further my knowledge on the current world that I inhabit.