P Is For Poverty in Africa.

When I think of Africa I think of large trees swaying in the wind, sand, grass and lots of exotic animals. But what I didn't know are some of the awfull things that happen to such a sweet Innocent country like Africa. Africa includes some of the poorest countries in the world. They have to live with harsh climate and to make things worse they have to fight for them self's to stay alive. It is common for kids in Africa to take care of there family because usually there parents die at a very young age. About 120,000 African children are participating in armed conflicts. Some are as young as 7 years old. Refuges from the army come into small African villages every day and take young boys from there home and expect them to kill other people. The refugees trick the kids in thinking that they care about them and that this is were they should be.

Lesotho is a very small country in Africa and chances are not everyone knows about it. It is located in the south but just because its small doesn't mean its not in poverty. Lesotho is defiantly one of the poorest countries in Africa. One in six African children die before the age of 4 and about 30 000 die every day. That is a very sad amount but what is even worse is that there are only 5 Canadians who die every day. You can defiantly see the difference between one of the richest country's to the poorest Continent. HIV/AIDS is one of the most common disease in Africa and almost always leads to death. They don't have any of the resources, money or median that we do so that's why it means so much to donate money. There are about 15 million HIV Aids orphans living in Africa because there parents would die and there would probably be no one to care for them. Most kids in Africa die due to malnutrition, no clean water, or mostly disease .more than 15 million children have already been orphaned as a result of the epidemic. Another 1 million children are currently infected with Aids.

How we can help. Canadians do a lot for Africa already. Out of all the countries in the world Canada donates the most money to Africa, but is it enough. Studies show that if we keep sending money to Africa more and more every year they will receive more medicine and clean drinking water. Sponsor children are great because you send a dollar a day and that money can go along way for them. When we think of a dollar here its just you know a dollar but in Africa that's what they might make for a hole day of hard labour.There is poverty in Africa and there is hunger everywhere. HIV/AIDS continues to kill Africans in record numbers. Africa is poor and there is no doubt but if we all do our part to help this developing country we will save millions of lives and maby some day they will help us if we need it. I hope you learned alot from my blog and I hope you understand that this topic means alot to me. Thank you.