Posts Tagged ‘Africa’

23
Aug

Whoâ??s Killing All the Parents, Kids Ask?

Joseph is 26 years old and lives in Windhoek, Namibia. At the age of 21, he has unexpectedly become the father and mother of his 4 young brothers and 2 sisters, when his most loving mother, Hileni, a school teacher and city councilwoman, the only provider...
22
Aug

A Protest Letter To The Governments And Politicians In Africa

  There are many of you that we have not chosen or asked to lead us yet are carrying themselves as our leaders. Such people we demand should retire and allow elections to take place immediately. We demand an end to torture in Egypt and starvation in...
16
Aug

An Age Old Tyrant

One, two, three, DEAD. One, two, three, DEAD. According to the ONE organization, every three seconds a child dies due to aspects relevant of extreme poverty. Let’s get this straight, every three seconds, a child dies, is gone, done, fin. Kind...
31
Jul

Nairobi Africa – Flower-lined Streets Next to Crime, Corruption, Filth and Poverty

Nairobi is best characterised by the variety of locally-given descriptive names, representative of the city’s contrasting images – of wealthy spacious suburbs, charming flower-lined streets and a refreshing climate, alongside crime, corruption,...
26
Jul

Poverty, the Scourge of Africa

The most probable reason poverty exists, is insufficient work opportunities in combination with a lack of basic education and skills training, or is it? In Africa, drought is tabled as the most common cause of poverty, assisted often by a war here and...