| rsquo;t uncommon to hear someone say, Children | | | | while over a million die each year due to unsafe |
| are our future, but they are also our future | | | | drinking water and terrible sanitation. |
| leaders, future caretakers and also the elders of | | | | AIDS in Africa |
| generations to come. | | | | The ongoing AIDS pandemic has claimed countless |
| While feeding African children, or making a donation | | | | lives in Africa alone, while an estimated 12 to 15 million |
| to a charity which helps to feed the children of | | | | starving African children are left orphaned, unable to |
| Africa, can save many lives; nutrition is only helping | | | | fend for themselves - a figure which isn’t set |
| their first step in the competitive human race. | | | | to decrease any time soon. |
| How else can we help? | | | | The loss of their parents, sole providers and care |
| The Shocking Facts | | | | takers, coupled with the trauma of the loss, can |
| It is estimated that there are 2.2 billion children in the | | | | have detrimental effects on the African children. |
| world, while one out of every two of these 2.2 billion | | | | Education |
| faces the daily strain of living in an environment | | | | It was estimated that in 2005, over 72 million children |
| stricken with poverty which affects their nutrition, | | | | under the age of 13 in developing countries where |
| education, health and life expectancy. | | | | not enrolled in any form of school due to financial and |
| The seven lowest life expectancy countries in the | | | | social problems — while a sixth of the |
| world are all located in sub-Saharan Africa. The overall | | | | world’s population here unable to read or |
| expectancy of sub-Saharan Africa has decreased | | | | write at the dawn of the new millennium. |
| significantly in the past decade due to the many | | | | Skills Development |
| adversities of a life of poverty, including the | | | | The old adage of teach a man to fish and |
| rampancy of AIDS playing a major role in the culling | | | | he’ll never go hungry’ rings true, |
| of potential life and slashing of expectancy figures. | | | | especially in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, where |
| Studies also show that progress over the past 20 | | | | a simple skill such as fishing, painting, sewing or |
| yeas has not necessarily been fruitless, but it has | | | | money management can create an opportunity for |
| been in the decline. In fact, one fourth of the world | | | | hope. |
| lives without the luxury of electricity, while over 80% | | | | A lack of infrastructure and information means a lack |
| of people on earth are said to live in countries in | | | | of opportunity — millions are living on the |
| which the gap between the poor and the rich is said | | | | wrong side of the breadline, and they do not have |
| to be ever increasing. | | | | the opportunity to earn what we would refer to as |
| Food and Nutrition | | | | minimum wage. African starvation alleviation is simply |
| Not only lack of food, but lack of utensils and basic | | | | not an option without at least a minimum income. |
| knowledge of nutrition are weaknesses of starving | | | | This powerful knowledge gained through kind |
| African children. Malnutrition can have lasting effects | | | | donations to skill development projects can be |
| on the body, can stunt growth and cripple any | | | | passed on, or exchanged for other knowledge in an |
| chance of a normal adult life by rendering the | | | | effort to create intellectual knowhow and a helping |
| malnourished disabled in years to come — | | | | hand. |
| that’s if the African children manage to fight | | | | Charities Helping Africa |
| starvation. | | | | There are numerous non-profit African charities |
| In fact, over 25% of the children living in developing | | | | operating online and receiving donations from users |
| countries (mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South | | | | across the globe. |
| Asia) are said to be malnourished and underweight, | | | | |