1. Poverty in Africa By Rameez Syed

2. The inequities that exist in most of the ‘third world nations Around 80 percent population lives in poverty without proper access to clean water, basic food, health care, education, clothing and houses. These people survive on minimum wages because of the policies of the government and multinational companies in order to keep people poor and continuously marginalized. There are several reasons for the cause of poverty in Africa, a few of which are listed below: Most Africans work on farmlands owned by rich landlords, who pay them minimum salary. Corrupt governments make policies to keep the poor marginalized. Armed militia/forces destroy homes and remove people from their land of birth

3. Some unemployment African rates are over 70% and most people live on less than $1 per day.

4. Poor sewage in the slum areas, causes fresh river waters to become polluted

5. Absolutely no availability of clean drinkable water

6. The social imbalance that predominates such societies

7. Lack of proper educational institutions, often facilities are created but no teachers show up

8. Often the most vulnerable group to be affected are the children of such communities

9. The currency has no value in the open market: which is one of the reason why the businesses flop

10. Massive migrations result in loss of precious homeland, leading to starvation and death for many

11. Armed militia plunder and rape poor villagers

12. The search for a better life never ends, and continuous migrations become the norm

13. Starvation becomes the prime killer; With children being the most susceptible

14. Among situation of adversity, one can always find pockets of hope

15. Most of the funds end up in the hands of corrupt policy makers Over $500 billion (US) has been sent to African nations as aid but even this has provided little relief to the extreme conditions in which the poor people are living. Because most of the funds end up in the hands of corrupt governments, who in turn invest in weapons and spend very little on eliminating poverty through good educational institutions or setting up basic health care units. Most of the time, people don’t have any access to clean water so disease and grief are very common. Money from other sources such as private charities also ends up in the pocket of corrupt officials.

16. Farming with minimum resources, often on land owned by someone else

17. Contrast of 2 totally different communities living side by side

18. Children have to pay for their desk and benches because school are so poor.

19. Basic health care units are overloaded and are unable to meet the need of everyone

20. Aid agencies doing their ‘little bit’ to make the situations better

21. Is someone out there watching us?