DocJon wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/01...ref=mpstoryview
Some people will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century. Yes, I know it's now the 21st century, but if they were even a hundred years behind the civilized world, this shit wouldn't happen.
Education is the first thing that will bring a change.
Need skilled social workers who inform the women first about their body functions. This will help against ancient and senseless practices.
A slow process but it works when they see that they r gaining health and life quality.
But it is not the only.
Watersupply is esential.
Folks there need to have stable economics. Rising food prices on the intl. markets r leading to more starving.
Economical instability leads to more corruption i.e.
What is better for their ppl is to have a "Clan" like system and not a political party system based on our western models. As experience shows it is more efficient and more accessable to their way of thinking, also more effective concerning corruption.
Organisations like Amnesty Intl., UNICEF, Medicssinfrontiers and a lot of the small private foundations r playing a key role to understand what is happening on site. Each tribe comes with its own culture.
Geographically seen I am living in Africa only with +or- western standards.
In summer time each week are arriving about 50 immigrants (alone on the island where I live). Almost always they bring some dehidrated and or close to dead ppl with them. This is a forum, were I could go much more into details, but no its nothing that depresses or outrages me. I was living for a short while in Johannesburg and I know that Africa is diferent. In the same time the most beautiful place I have ever been to.