Your Parents Were Right About People Starving In Africa
The picture of a scrawny child left in the middle dusty road whose eyes are bulging out emphasizing his head that looks more like a skull is what you might see on some ads that urges one to help those dying from hunger in Africa. This image has not been deleted from the world that talks of abundance and advancement in technology. Your parents were right with their sermons about people starving in Africa when you refuse to finish the delectable platter of M&Ms served at the table.
Starvation in Africa is brought about by food shortages which has two reasons. The first is with natural reason, the second one is man made, or political. Famine caused by droughts have long crippled Africa and left a lot of people hungry, and eventually dead. It is estimated that 11 million Africans are in need of aides in order to survive, and sad to say that as much as 4.5 million has already left the world due to extreme starvation.
One of the reason for droughts in Africa is with its geographical location, which puts it near the equator giving it more than enough heat for lively vegetation, and in the end scorching the plains where plants and animals once dwelt in abundance. Another reason for it is the poor farming practice, which African farmers prized livestock over any thing else, leaving them to graze in plant rich area, leaving no room for vegetables to grow in. Ask any African live scribe and he will tell you the same thing.
Perhaps the best reason that is now seen as the main fuse for the starvation in Africa is the political arena that controls most of the poorer countries of the land. According to the Harvard Business Review, Presidents and leaders of these countries are in conflict with the different NGOs that aim to help the starving citizens. Leaders who do not seem to care about their constituents and only focuses on their own gains.
Your parents were definitely right about the starving people in Africa, and whats more shocking is that it is still happening today, right this moment, at this very instance. To be certain, nobody in Africa is in need of the Medifast diet. So the next time you try to shove off food off your plate, think it through, because there are a lot of people in Africa that are without constant contact of food for weeks.