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| A starving child is covered with flies at the pediatric malnutrition ward at the Lilongwe Central Hospital in Malawi.(file photo) |
I'm willing to submit,yes,for ages,many African
nations have been ravaged by diseases like Malaria,Cholera,HIV/AIDS,Ebola,you name them.Poverty and hunger, yet oftenly, there haven't been a lasting solution
offered for these menace.However, I must concur that indeed,there has been a lot of
significant improvements in the continent in recent years generally, although
most of these have been viewed from a short-term spectrum. A very evident
instance has been with the relief aid to the hunger-stricken areas.
Yes,emergency issues need to be adherently addressed but have we thought about
the future of this great continent? I do not desire my children and their
children's children to be at the mercy of well-wishers and 'Aid to Africa' like
portrayed in the Western world or in the Mass media.The mere thought that we are
a begging continent,one never on its feet is absurd and untrue and the more we
continue encouraging Aid,the more stagnant the continent shall remain. It is upto us to look for a way foward,to emancipate ourselves from neo-colonialism,The acceptance that a person of colour and and African heritage can as well bring food to the table,just like the white man.But is
there a way out?I ponder.Is there a long term solution?
Yes there is,in my opinion, and for my advisable solution to this peril,I came up with a main and consequent Sub-hypotheses .The first and the most important one is education. For a country's stability, the arrogation of education by a people is very essential.An educated society is a step forward towards the eradication of hunger in Africa.Education is a prerequisite to almost every change required. When a people is educated, mostly, it gets easier to seek job opportunities.If not, there still will be room for self-employment.Due to education and possibly rationalism,most citizens will be aware that it is their responsibility to fight for their rights and hold political leaders accountable for bad governance, by either demanding, for their resignation and/or electing competent leaders during the elections.Good governance equals to fair allocation and accountability of funds.These funds can used to create,get children from poor backgrounds to school, jobs,to support agriculture,dig boreholes in the arid and semi-arid areas for instance. It may take a while,even generations,that's for sure,for the implementation depending on the willingness of the people in the country, however, once accomplished, everything will flow.The country's stability will mean more families will be financially stable hence less malnutrition deficits since there will be affordability of a balanced diet for children.
Another very crucial aspect is the education of the girl child.The attainment of this leads to the emancipation of women.They play a major role in a country's stability and eradication of poverty and hunger,so when they're educated,they will know the importance of family planning and nutrition. They will also not view themselves as only objects of child production[sic]but empower themselves, create/get jobs and this in turn will boost the economy of a nation. In the end,hunger will be a soon-forgotten thing.
Yes there is,in my opinion, and for my advisable solution to this peril,I came up with a main and consequent Sub-hypotheses .The first and the most important one is education. For a country's stability, the arrogation of education by a people is very essential.An educated society is a step forward towards the eradication of hunger in Africa.Education is a prerequisite to almost every change required. When a people is educated, mostly, it gets easier to seek job opportunities.If not, there still will be room for self-employment.Due to education and possibly rationalism,most citizens will be aware that it is their responsibility to fight for their rights and hold political leaders accountable for bad governance, by either demanding, for their resignation and/or electing competent leaders during the elections.Good governance equals to fair allocation and accountability of funds.These funds can used to create,get children from poor backgrounds to school, jobs,to support agriculture,dig boreholes in the arid and semi-arid areas for instance. It may take a while,even generations,that's for sure,for the implementation depending on the willingness of the people in the country, however, once accomplished, everything will flow.The country's stability will mean more families will be financially stable hence less malnutrition deficits since there will be affordability of a balanced diet for children.
Another very crucial aspect is the education of the girl child.The attainment of this leads to the emancipation of women.They play a major role in a country's stability and eradication of poverty and hunger,so when they're educated,they will know the importance of family planning and nutrition. They will also not view themselves as only objects of child production[sic]but empower themselves, create/get jobs and this in turn will boost the economy of a nation. In the end,hunger will be a soon-forgotten thing.
Lastly, in most cases,campaigns against all these threats mentioned and for education hardly reach the villages where most needed.Most villagers
especially the elderly lack basic education, therefore concluding that most of
these problems are due to curses, and there is no solution. Information of this
aspect is very important and generally to everyone in the affected nations.In
my view, when these issues are heard and efficiently implemented, we will be on
our way to eradicating hunger and all our apparent curses in Africa completely.Like Steve Jobs put it,stay Hungry,Stay Foolish!
