The High rate of poverty in Africa
By docsammy
@docsammy (93)
Nigeria
March 13, 2007 10:18am CST
I was watching a documentory program in Oparah Show this morning and I was trilled by the rate of poverty in some countries in Africa. I am African but havent experienced this kind before, honestly never experienced any sort of it and thats why I am so concerned about this. The documentory program was centered on people in Tanzania. The families there find it very hard to eat and feed their children. Most of their children die out of starvation and malnutrition. I cried when I saw little children trying their best to stay alive but can't, and here we are enjoying life, go to school, have fun, have access to the internet, own a computer and most of us here dont even believe that their are peeps in this world that are so poor that they cant afford to eat once in a week.
What exactly is the united nation doing to eradicate this kind of poverty among these people or are they folding their hands to watch them die in poverty?
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2 responses
@Dolcerina (3376)
• Hungary
15 Mar 07
Hi,
Well I saw a documentary about nigeria too. And it showed, that there is not electricity, water in pipes (I can not translate it well) in the most area, even not in abuja, which is the capital. The EU made a 13km long electricity line through the city, but that is all. People have no works even . I forgot the name the dictator who ruined the country. I heard that it was a flowering country till the eihgties, but since then it can go ahead, just back. The prime member of the police is a teacher, who has not any experiences about directation, though she has very good intend. Just because Mrs Bush asked the nigerian goverment to place her to the head of police.
The EU, and Unesco helps Nigeria to improve.
SO I think, that Tanzania is not in the worst situation. There are difficulties in Etiopia too for example, and many african countries.
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
13 Mar 07
This is not the only country where this happens. The people have to stand up and be counted as wanting to do better. We could deliver food for a long time before they might have the idea they could do for themselves. We have the opposite problem here, our kids are too heavy. We too have poverty and problems here in the States.
