Poverty And Its Effects On African Nation

Poverty is the biggest problem of all in Africa. In addition, it is limiting the blood supply in Africa. Next, because of low blood supply they are not able to help people with the AIDS disease.

Modern African states have various problems ranging from corruption, to armed conflict, to stunted structural development. Africa’s ongoing political instability and economic crisis have hindered the improvement of Africa. Thus, the lack of money, advancement in technology, and climate has hampered economic development. Despite European mistreatment and oppression African’s have endured hardships that have encouraged economy, education, and political

Nigeria is a very big country with very diverse culture. There are 36 states in Nigeria,

Africa is a continent that attracted European countries decades ago, who colonized various countries in Africa in search of gold, iron, zinc, diamond and especially crude oil. It is sad that most of these countries with natural resources still suffer immensely from lack of basic things such as clean water, light, cooking gas, good schools, roads, good health care etc.

Poverty is a very big issue in Africa, North of South America and Asia. This is because these countries in these continents are less economically developed (LEDC). Due to this the people are more vulnerable to catching diseases and dying. Africa has the highest amount of poverty leading to 91% of death to be cause by malaria. The reason for these deaths is because the government is finding it difficult to come up with the money to buy the correct medicine. Countries around the Sub Saharan region spend 40% of its health budget on Malaria. The area of that has the highest amount of death due to malaria and poverty is the Middle East with 38,000 annually, closely followed by Asia with 36,000.

The economy of Africa is a main reason of Africa’s poverty. The economy is corrupt meaning that the people controlling the money are being dishonest. The government is also in a lot of debt. For example South Africa is in 137,681,168,206 dollars in debt. This is just one of all the African countries that are in debt. Fifty percent of working people in Africa make an astonishing $1.25 a day. In total fifty percent of people in Africa

Sub-Saharan countries received their independence at various times during the 20th century with approximately $1 trillion dollars being transferred in the form of aid to the African continent. The African content is huge, where its size is equivalent to combining China, Mexico, Western and Eastern Europe, United States, Japan and Iberia (refer to Exhibit 1). The aid that has been provided to the sub-Saharan nation has always seemed to be a band aid approach to helping Africans by giving them food, water, medicine along with other basic essentials needed to survive. Where if you look at the money that has been spent on those developed nations towards getting them to be self-sustaining, a trillion dollar in foreign aid to Africa seems to

Malaka Gharib confirms that, Africa uses less than three percent of the world’s energy, despite having thirteen percent of the world's population. Poverty is a socio- economic issue that has become a major global crisis for many people across the world with limited resources. For the underdevelopment countries like the continent of Africa as well as developed countries like the U.S., the majority of it inhabitants are in deep poverty. In today’s modern era, poor people are facing with multiple social issues which affects their everyday lives. The purpose of the research is to address the main points of the causes and effects poverty have on the population of Africa and the U.S., who this people survive throughout this catastrophic situation

Many think that Africa is in need because they do things to the contrary of the U.S. Every country has their differences, but because Africa has many variations does not mean that they are struggling. Africa might be poor but that is their way of life and they have learned to live this way. Being poor actually

Nigeria’s population is about 173.6 million people, this is on a survey carried out by the World Bank (World Bank data bank 2013). The average population density according to (UNDP, 2012 Revision) is approximately 173 persons per square kilometre, making Nigeria one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Though Lagos the former capital is the smallest state in Nigeria in terms of land mass with an area of 356,861 hectares but currently, it possesses the highest population which is over 17.5million as at 2006 census, (this is from parallel count conducted by the state during the national population census). With a projected growth rate of about 3.2%, the population of Lagos could be said to be over 21 million. (Population- Lagos State Government, 2014)

Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been poured into Sub-Saharan Africa over the past century in an effort to propel development, Africa remains by far the poorest continent in the world. Failure has arisen from the problematic nature of the administration of the aid. Traditionally, aid has come in the form of military aid, and large international financial transactions. Although these forms of aid have overall failing track records, targeted developmental assistance has been historically successful. In order to pull Africa out of poverty, the international community should focus on targeted developmental assistance.

Poverty and the effect it has on our society, and our students are an uncomfortable topic for some people to approach. We as a culture sometimes like to assume that this is an unfortunate phenomenon that occurs outside of the United States, far removed from our first world resources. In reality we are surrounded by poverty, wether or not we realize that truth is determined by our perception of others around us. In the book “Teaching with Poverty in Mind” by Eric Jensen, we are forced to learn about this topic and are confronted with the reality and harsh nature this status forces upon our students and community members.

Looking back to the late 19th century, when almost the entire continent of Africa was colonized by the European powers, I cannot help but think of dehumanization and disgrace. For the past 15 decades, poverty has been an issue for millions of Africans affecting their lives miserably. The word poverty itself identifies lack of money and an inadequate financial state, meaning needs of people suffering of poverty cannot be met, and wants are not even an option of thought. This is due to their major problems in getting basic supplies such as food, clean water and safe shelter. Besides the affect poverty has had on hunger and living conditions, it has had a significant impact on education too; children are forced to supply food for their families

Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon. Poverty is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. It means not having enough to feed and clothe a family, not having a school or clinic to go to; not having the land on which to grow one’s food or a job to earn one’s living, not having access to credit. It means insecurity, powerlessness and exclusion of individuals, households and communities. It means susceptibility to violence, and it often implies living on marginal or fragile environments, without access to clean water or sanitation. It has risen in Nigeria with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 a day, despite economic growth, statistics have shown. The ethical theory associated with this is the egoism theory which I picked as in place of the Nigerian leaders who only look out for their families. Comparing this economy and government to that of Dubai is overwhelming as everyone knows Dubai for its vast expense of riches and brilliant government.

Africa is plagued with more life-threatening diseases than any others continent, such as HIV AIDS, Ebola and malaria to name a few. With huge numbers of people dying from those diseases every year and millions of its citizens affected by HIV. And healthcare has affected due to the increase of poverty. Many African families cannot afford health insurance because of low income. People end up selling their properties to pay medical treatments, those families always end up in an extreme poverty.