One of my professors told a story about some rich person who misguidedly tried to help starvation in Africa.
Did a mass purchase of toaster-ovens and sent them.
Many barely had electricity to plug in toaster-ovens.
People's response was, "Why do we want to burn bread?"
Send FOOD, butthead!!!
Did a mass purchase of toaster-ovens and sent them.
Many barely had electricity to plug in toaster-ovens.
People's response was, "Why do we want to burn bread?"
Send FOOD, butthead!!!
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And stop backing White colonialism in Africa.
Because the wars over whether to be White colonies and climate change are the biggest causes of starvation in Africa
That being said, that same professor who told the story was from Africa and pointed out that the biggest problems in Africa were not getting food to Africa, or to produce food, but corrupt leaders that steal the food (and food donations) to sell on the black market.
It’s a cruelty kink & tax write off
A willingness to help is awesome, but there needs to be some forethought to make it worthwhile to recipients.
Addressing these issues is rarely successfully done with a cookie-cutter approach. In the case of material donations, due care must be applied to assure they are safe (this starts a whole other discussion).
Corruption exists everywhere in the world, so due diligence must be applied to assure things get to those in need.
Still, there is NO cookie-cutter approach that works for everything.
That same professor that I mentioned had also pointed out that in general, Africa produces more food than they need, but they do not fully understand food preservation and storage, so a lot of what is produced goes bad before it can be used.
That same professor mentioned earlier also went on to say that the biggest problem in Africa is that government leaders are often mob-like, and when food is shipped in (like from the U.S.), these so called leaders will steal it to sell it.
The aid will end, but their economies won't.