SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- The number of children enrolled
in primary schools throughout African countries is among the
lowest in the world. Limited funds and a lack of resources --
combined with a lack of adequate numbers of teachers, properly
equipped classrooms, and not enough learning materials -- have
created an environment that has made educating young children
throughout many African countries a nearly impossible task. Read More>>
A Cry for Water!
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- At this moment, approximately
1.2 billion people around the world lack access to safe drinking
water and 2.6 billion lack proper sanitation (adequate sewage
disposal). “As a result of the current water crisis, the world’s
dwindling supply of clean water is blamed for the deaths of 1.8
million children,” a recent United Nation's Human Development
Report explained. “In essence,” one newspaper detailed, “nearly
5,000 children under five years of age die every day.” Many of
those affected most by the crisis live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read More>>
EAST AFRICA -- As Western countries continue to focus on
the needs of men, women and children trapped in the web of
Africa’s poverty, more and more people are asking what it means
to be poor?
For those struggling to survive in dozens of nations
across the African continent, being poor means being hungry. Being poor means not
being able to pay the school fees required for a formal education --
and therefore, not knowing how to read or write. Being poor
means and being fearful of the future . . . Read More>>
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- In Africa, 28,000,000 people are
infected with diseases such as AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis -- and the number is growing. A recent U.S. Government report states that at the current pace, life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa would decline to levels not seen in more than 100 years. Already in some countries more people are dying than are being born. Read More>>
Dying of Thirst: East Africa's Drought and Suffering (Spring 2007)
EAST AFRICA - As long-term drought continues to ravage
most of East Africa, an estimated 11 million people in the region
are facing critical food shortages. Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia
are some of the countries being affected most by the crisis. Relief
agencies are working to provide assistance in the Kenya, Ethiopia
and Somali regions, but the crisis continues. Read More>>
During the summer of 2003, television
cameras broadcast images of horror as reporters and
commentators described the carnage and terror affecting
those whose family members had been brutally murdered
and whose homes and entire villages had been completely
burned and destroyed. "Janjaweed" militia backed by the
Sudanese government were on the rampage. More than
30,000 innocent men, women and children died. Over two
million residents of the region of Sudan known as Darfur
have been driven from their homes. Read More>>
With diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis continuing to claim the lives of millions of Africa's poorest adults, millions more children are being left homeless and orphaned.
"Africa needs more than one billion dollars each year to care for the millions of orphans on the continent," an official spokesman for the United Nations recently stated. Read More>>
Why are so many Africans dying so young? (Spring 2006)
When officials speak of disease in
Africa, most people automatically think of the AIDS epidemic that
continues to ravage most of this vast continent. Nevertheless, each year
more than a million young Africans are succumbing -- not only to AIDS
-- but to other diseases such as malaria, cholera, meningitis and
tuberculosis. At a time when Western Nations are hailing the defeat of
nearly all childhood diseases, why do so many Africans continue to die? Read More>>
The impacts of drought, famine, diseases such as AIDS,
malaria and tuberculosis have combined to threaten most men, women
and children throughout Malawi's rural areas. In a recent report from the
United Nations officials called
on nations from around the world to help provide as much emergency
relief as possible to those who are most at risk. Read More>>
With a more concentrated focus on reaching out to
those Africans who are starving -- as demonstrated at the G8 Summit held
in Edinburgh, Scotland, this past summer as well as the Live 8
international music concerts -- for the first time, many people are gaining a
new awareness of the poverty, hunger and disease that have gripped the
African continent for far too long. Read More>>
More than 10 million people face hunger
and even death by starvation in Southern Africa. The worst drought in
more than 10 years -- combined with the devastating impact of diseases
such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis -- has caused incredible food
shortages. In East Africa, more than 14 million are at risk of starvation due
to a prolonged drought. Read More>>
Up to 3.3 million Kenyans are facing starvation after severe drought stunted crops in
much of their country. A severe lack of adequate rainfall, resulting in a complete breakdown of harvests
and food production, is threatening to claim the lives of the country's
poorest men, women and children. Especially vulnerable are those
who have already been weakened by the AIDS crisis that is ravaging
this region of Africa. Read More>>
Armed militia groups have forced nearly two
million men, women and children from their homes and villages
throughout western Sudan. These brutal attacks have claimed the lives of
at least 30,000 people in recent months and many more will likely die
unless they find immediate asylum and refuge. The victims are innocent
men, women and children -- mostly farming
families -- with no means to defend
themselves and no police force to ensure their
safety. Read More>>
