| Most people think they are not in a position to help | | | | etc. These people have been displaced by different |
| poverty victims. I strongly believe that any one can | | | | reasons but the common denominator is that all of |
| lend a helping hand and it does not always have to | | | | them are homeless. |
| be through offering some money. Let me share | | | | Education |
| briefly about how to help poverty victims in Africa. | | | | I strongly believe that one of the ways to fight |
| Food | | | | poverty and to cut the chain of poverty is through |
| Food is one of the basic necessities for any human | | | | education. If a member of poverty stricken family is |
| being. Food has become scarce in the continent | | | | given access to education it is believed he/she would |
| because of the decline in food production brought | | | | generate income and take care of his/her siblings as |
| about by numerous factors. Droughts, famine, lack of | | | | dependants their lives would not be the same. |
| resource, deaths are one of the factors that have | | | | Different reasons deprive African children of |
| made food scarce. More and more the African | | | | education and which they much need to change their |
| depends on hand outs to feed its population and | | | | lives. |
| people are dying of hunger. Help in the form of food | | | | Self -sustaining projects |
| can make a huge difference. | | | | This my last point about how to help poverty victims |
| Health care | | | | in Africa. |
| Health care is another way to help poverty victims in | | | | It may be hard to always be donating to people but |
| Africa. Almost every homestead has been affected | | | | if they also try to move from their poverty |
| by the limitation or shortage of adequate access to | | | | situations it becomes a lesser burden. In some parts |
| health care in the continent (UN, worldhealth.org). The | | | | of the continent the people only need mealie-meal |
| reality is, Africans are challenged when it comes to | | | | but they are able to make a living by growing |
| health, besides their beliefs in their own traditional | | | | vegetables to feed themselves and sell the surplus. It |
| medicines. Some deaths are caused by the lack of | | | | is encouraging to see the people trying to help |
| health care as some of the diseases like AIDS are | | | | themselves than solely relying on hand outs. Helping |
| manageable but people die earlier than they should. | | | | Africans to start their self-sustaining projects |
| Shelter | | | | especially in food production is one way one would |
| There is a growing population of the homeless in the | | | | help to fight poverty in Africa and Africans can also |
| continent who can no longer be ignored. Almost | | | | help themselves. They may be poor and hungry but |
| every city has people who stay there, sleep in pipes | | | | they had workers. |