The Rural People

Needs of Rural Dwellers The diverse nature of rural communities indicates that their information needs are many and multidimensional. It is very important to determine the totality of their information needs. In Nigeria, there is no comprehensive document on the information needs of rural inhabitants. This is a case of neglect. Attempts have been made to explore the needs of individual rural communities for the purpose of research. Alegbeleye and Aina (1985: 13) have quoted Ogunsheye who provided information needs categories of Nigerian rural communities, which include: The neighborhood: information needs in the neighborhood include problems of water supply, electricity supply, Environmental sanitation, refuse disposal, road maintenance and drought. Health information on how individuals can, prevent different diseases that affect them, and awareness of available healthcare delivery and what it costs. Agriculture and allied occupations: the grea...

Depopulation, where more people are actually moving out leaving the area with even fewer people. The migration of young people, which can leave the area in question with an ageing population which can in fact harm the area because the area can deteriorate without the input of new generations. In many rural areas, there is a very high dependence of agriculture. Most of the inhabitants depend on farms as their main source of income and this can also be attributed to the low level of basic and manufacturing industry. Finally, a very important problem facing rural communities is the lack of investment being put into these areas. Without investment many farms and businesses can die and this would leave the town or community in an even worse state. You might think that these problems are irrelevant to young people but it is these areas that the rural young people are being brought up in. It is these areas that these young people expect to live and spend the rest of their lives in...

A Graduate of the SOS International College in Ghana, Africa

ORPHANS WHO ACHIEVED FAME FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE ORPHANS OR FOSTER-CHILDREN This is an alphabetical list of over 700 famous or influential people, with information about their lives and guides to further reading. Each person here was either formally adopted or fostered, lived in an orphanage or children's home, or for some reason was raised for a significant period during childhood by people other than his or her birth parents. At the end are included a number of indexes of different kinds: ethnic group, nationality, profession, historical period, age at placement, transracial adoptees, type of placement, contact with birth family, etc. Click here: FAMOUS ORPHANS & FOSTER CHILDREN GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR Ancient Roman society institutionalized...