Why are they still poor and dying?

Question

I bet a lot of people in in the world know there's a lot of people starving in Africa. But with all this knowledge why are they still poor and dying of starvation? Isn't there people helping them?

Answer 1

Ask people like David Beckham, Bill Gates etc with their twenty bedroom houses fifty five sports cars, twenty eight ships, ten helicopters and sixty private jets. They know.

Answer 2

This has been going on for thousands of years. There are over 800 million people in the world who live in absolute poverty. Africa ? How about the US ? There's thousands of people who go to bed hungry.

Answer 3

It's not as simple as feeding them. Their leaders have gotten hundreds of millions of dollars from the U.S. ,the UN and other nations over the decades. Their leaders steal the food, sell it for arms and wage war against their enemies. There are also cultural issues, like women not having any say about their bodies. They are made to marry at very early ages and have kids before they're able to understand what's happening to their bodies. Women can't own land, a business, or vote. Some countries still practice female genital mutilation. Most times the only way a woman or girl can feed herself is to sell her body. From this comes AIDS, starvation and many many unplanned children. Africa is a very complex continent. I must admit the Chinese seem to be making headway these days in their bid to acquire oil. BTW Nigeria has the most oil of any nation on earth.  

Answer 4

And Jesus said, "lo the poor shall be with you, always".