Have charities done a lot to help people in Africa?

Question

I can remember charity events as far back as the 1980s trying to raise money to help the people in Africa. Has this made a difference at all? I still hear Africa being in horrible conditions.

Answer 1

somewhat....as in: some people and orgs are doing some good....but as people are born into the world each day and need 1 meal per day just to survive....things could be a lot better. 35,000 die each day from a lack of clean food and water. While there are people helping, there are also people standing in the way....sometimes government leaders, sometimes militants....sometimes charities. The easiest answer is: the money makes a great difference for some....but overpopulation, lack of resources and infrastructure, and land locked status, along with corruption, means there will always be millions of people suffering and dying from poverty. I started my volunteerism with the "We are the World" campaign for Africa...many years ago when I was a little girl.

<<aid worker

Answer 2

if you really think about it, africa is a rich continent with an abundant of resources. oil, diamonds, gold etc... but thhey are controlled by the brits, france, and netherlands. interesitng i think

Answer 3

.Africa is a bottom less pit.Charities have been pouring aid to Africa long before the 80s.If you help the Churches the politicians are upset .If you help the politicians the warlords are upset.Everyone on the top needs a slice of the charity and before it really reaches the bottom there are only crumbs left .That is why I say it is an bottom less pit .There are some good results when the churches, politicians and warlords are not involved.There is too much party politics.

Answer 4

Yes, charities have done a great deal in Africa. Those events back in the 1980s focused on Ethiopia, for instance, and that country has made great progress since then. Rwanda is recovering amazingly from its genocide and instability. Ghana has become a high tech leader in Africa (many American institutions outsource work there). The lives of many black Africans in South African has improved dramatically since the 80s and the downfall of apartheid. Many countries in Africa are major tourist destinations.

Indeed, there are still problems. You have corrupt dictators like Mugabe ruining Zimbabwe, the former bread basket of Africa. You have the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda, working to distabilize the country and create a state based on the Old Testament. You have widespread corruption in Nigeria that keeps it from benefiting from its massive oil reserves. Arms are flooding Congo and Sudan. And on and on. And then there's HIV/AIDS and other diseases. So, indeed, there's more to be done.