Why We Should Help Africa?

Instead of giving handouts, the U.S. should allow poor countries figure things out for themselves. “The American way” doesn’t work for everyone and countries, without help, should figure out what kind of system works best for them. Meanwhile, the United can use the money that is given as foreign aid on itself.

Splash! The water rocked the boat back and forth. That was the third boat that was on its way to Africa since the Europeans have colonized the continent. That boat would soon be filled with many African people taken as slaves and some of Africa’s natural resources as well. There are many reasons why Europeans colonized Africa. There were some reasons for this like Europeans wanted slaves and they also had economic reasons for colonizing Africa too. However, these also caused many different problems in Africa like, many African people were mistreated and this also caused the population in Africa to decrease. This also affected Africa because Europeans used too many of Africa’s resources, causing anyone who still lived in Africa without many raw materials to use.

aid can be used to protect the United States from threats from other nations. Beyond humanitarian aid, there is a more complex interpretation of what U.S. foreign aid is and what it does both for the recipient country and America. For example, building democratic governments in other countries is one strategy for fighting terrorism. The United States has long had the reputation of using its military forces for good, such as during World War II when American soldiers helped to defeat Hitler’s Nazism. When dealing with a repressive regime which does not want to engage in democracy military force may be necessary. I am convinced that the United States can provide a healthy dose of overwhelming firepower if that is what it

People could argue that since we are donating such a low percent of our GDP it would make sense for the US to increase aid levels. This would also be an argument for anyone that has certain religious beliefs. In the article A Call To Virtue, the author, Jeffrey Sachs shares one of the Pope’s various messages, “The urgent core of Francis’ message, which is the message of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, challenges this American idea by proclaiming that the path to happiness lies not solely or mainly through the defense of rights but through the exercise of virtues, most notably justice and charity.” In some religions people believe it is morally right to help through charity to find happiness. Some people also argue that foreign aid levels should decrease because of the economic crisis that the US is in. The United States current debt is over eighteen trillion dollars right now according to usdebtclock.org. People believe that by decreasing foreign aid levels it will take away some debt. If the levels were to maintain there would not be worry about creating more debt by increasing levels and the US would also not have to worry about pulling out and not giving enough. Another argument is that aid should be unconditional and should be given to whoever needs it in time of crisis no matter

The United States is known for the “American Dream”, the material items, our breakthroughs in medicine, our employment opportunities, etc. These are just some of the things the United States has to offer, but the United States also has a downfall to all of the “good” things in life: we think our way of life is better than everyone else’s, and we often judge other countries, especially Africa, for their way of living. We often ask the questions, “What if we go to help them?” or “How can we help them?” when the real question is: “What can we learn from them”?

Ever had that one friend? The one who tries to help, but no matter how hard he tries, he just aggravates the situation. This friend, Steve, insists he is helping, and those around, too, would support that he is indeed helping. But Steve is actually worsening the circumstances. He is like countries who provide foreign aid to less developed countries. Foreign aid, defined as “the international transfer of capital, goods, or services from a country or international organization for the benefit of the recipient country or its population,” can be military, economic, or humanitarian (“Foreign”). It is often granted to less developed countries in order to evoke government reforms or to stimulate economic growth. However, foreign aid neither elicits government reform, nor does it consistently and reliably stimulate economic growth; therefore, the United States should discontinue providing foreign economic aid.

One of the top ten problems there is endless conflict, and things there always seem to result in death. There are constant acts of violence, deaths from various diseases such as Ebola, and numerous other issues. There was an attack in early 2015 that left over 2,000 people in a village named Doron Baga dead. No one seemed to care much about this. In fact, in a map that displays the most locations facing violence in Africa, it shows Nigeria as the most, at 11,529 people. Another graph shows that as the years go on, so do the number of deaths from political violence, and it isn’t even referring to Darfur. While, yes, what’s going on is a tragedy, there are also many other terrible events occurring in Africa as

This money is never seen by African civilians, only corrupt government officials. By giving them money, they have become dependent since they realize that even though there are still wars and poverty and hunger, we will continue to shovel in billions of dollars even if the cause is not defined (Doc 9). There are no penalties if long-term problems do not get solved. This gives the government no incentive to solve long-lasting problems. The Wakandan ambassador himself stated that he does not want assistance from the West, as we have “already done enough damage." With that said, the best thing we can do is send in United Nations peacekeepers to reinstate the ceasefire for as long as possible, until we can think of a better plan, but this is only a temporary solution. Foreign aid from the United States may be one of the main causes for both corrupt governments and continuous fighting, poverty, and disease (Doc 9, Doc 12). Africa has become dependent on the kind of aid we provide—financial. What we need is to support them with opportunities of peace. Not only can the West reduce financial aid, we can open markets in Africa for agricultural goods as well as minerals. This would be helping local citizens directly and also open opportunities for our own

Should America be morally obligated to give foreign aid with such problems within its own borders? According to www.state.gov under the foreign assistance budget tab, the United States is slotted in 2015 for $46.2 billion. That is 1% of the budget. That aid goes to assisting world hunger, helping governments form a democratic government, as well military training and weapons. In a quote by Secretary Kerry (Apr. 8): "When you consider that the American people pay just one penny of every tax dollar for the 46.2 billion in this request ... when it comes to the State Department and USAID, taxpayers are getting an extraordinary return on their investment.” Is it wrong to assist mankind? No. Should we focus first on our own people with the statistics given previously? Yes. Imagine what the citizens of the United States could give to the world if we were well fed leading to better health, formally educated, and had the food security to benefit others across the

The central point that I acquired from this article by Teju Cole is that We as Americans should focus on making a difference from closer to home. Cole interlaces his background into many ideas that he presents throughout the article, and it helps the readers understand a different point of view, especially with the specificities of foreign policy. Cole mentions that people who want to modify Africa should start by using their power to establish and dominate theories that are already put into place. For instance, as Nigeria being one of the oil suppliers, during the events of Kony2012, as Cole mentions, the government only cared about the supply of oil rather than Nigeria protest.

Human population in general in the whole world is an expanding issue. Overpopulation occurs if the number of people in the world exceeds the carrying capacity of the region. Education, modern contraception, economy, fertility rates, poverty, technology and environmental sustainability all are everyday issues that come in account to population. James K. Arinaitwe, young man from Uganda personally experienced the harsh life growing up living each and every day working hard labor only to feed himself and avoid getting shot and killed. According to the article written by James, America is eager to form an ally with East Africa. James’ opinion in the article is that America is funding too much money to the government and fighting the L.R.A. Africa has many other more important issues, like education for example. The country would not have so many issues with rebels and and

The United States should increase foreign aid in Malawi; we have the resources and capital, the medical technology needed for assistance, as well as knowledge to

1- If you or your religious group are going to Africa to help them just because you think that they are poor, I'm sure that there are poor people in your neighborhood too, you don't need to spend thousands of money just to go to Africa when you can get a car and help people in the same way.

Misused Money, Over $500 billion (U.S.) has been sent to African nations in the form of direct aid. The consensus is that the money has had little long term effect. In addition, most African nations have borrowed substantial sums of money. However, a large percentage of the money was either been invested in weapons (money that was spent back in developed nations and

Food aid is hard to summarize succinctly due to many related issues, but in general it is about providing food and related assistance to tackle hunger, either in emergency situations, or to help with deeper, longer term hunger alleviation and achieve food security (where people do not have to live in hunger or in fear of starvation). Food aid constituted over 20% of global aid flows in the 1960s, but is now less than 5%. Yet, it is still important because of the prevalence of world hunger and the increase in food emergencies in the past decade. The decline of food aid, as well as the way in which it is delivered and used, are therefore of importance. Food aid started off in the 1950s with the US and together with Canada accounted for over 90% of global food aid until the 1970s when the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) became a major player.