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Rosy Turcios Ms. Kelly Lepsig English lV 31 March 2015 Should U.S help Africa? Aren’t you scared of Ebola? Or the fact diseases can be brought towards our family? Even though helping Africa would be great knowing the facts many other countries could use a hand also. Plus Africa is full of bunch of diseases that could kill us and separate us. I believe money cannot buy happiness, but can buy food, shelter but can buy the opportunity for those who can not find themselves a chance at something better

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS eases suffering and provides assistance to people in penury in 93 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. They are programmed touch nearly 100 million lives. CRS has been helping people in need for more than 70 years. HISTORY Catholic Relief Services (CRS) established by The Roman Catholic Bishops of the United States, in 1943 during Wold War II

“Diamonds are forever” it is often said. “But lives are not”, says Martin Chungong Ayafor, Chairman of the Sierra Leone Panel of Experts, “We must spare people the ordeal of war, mutilations and death for the sake of conflict diamonds.” (United Nations 2). This is a very powerful quote from someone who has and is experiencing (Gerund) firsthand the gruesome terror of the conflict over diamonds in Africa. This war has started because of the greed for money and power in the abundant diamond industry

Over the past few months I took the opportunity presented to me in this class to choose a memoir and write a piece about it later on in the semester. I decided to choose a story that really stood out to me ever since I first picked it up off of the bookshelf and read its introduction. The book is called A Long Way Gone, written by Ishmael Beah. Ishmael Beah is an escaped soldier from the civil war that took place in Sierra Leone in the mid to late 90’s. In A Long Way Gone, Beah reflects upon his

Many african countries practice traditional medicine. Many countries in Africa lack hospitals and well educated doctors and nurses. They have people using native medicine instead of proven medicine, and many children in Africa die daily because of diseases that are easily cured. Africa has a poor healthcare system which for explains why the death rate increases frequently. For example the country of west africa sierra leone has faced life and death events in the past year, from Ebola to a flood killing

There are a lot of problems in Africa today but one of the more serious ones is Child labor and trafficking. African child traffickers put the future of Africa at risk by taking them out of school to work on cocoa farms (DocumFeed). Children from the ages of 11-16 are the main targets because that is when these kids start to feel the need to help their parents make a living and they are easier for the child traffickers to lure over the Ivory Coast. Most kids who get forced into child labor in africa

Child Labor and Trafficking in Africa There are a lot of problems in Africa today, but one of the more serious ones is child labor and trafficking. African child traffickers put the future of the continent at risk by taking them out of school to work on cocoa farms (DocumFeed). Children from the ages of 11-16 are the main targets, because that is when these kids start to feel the need to help their parents make a living. That makes them easy prey for the child traffickers who want to take over

The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid Patricia Dean Strayer University SOC 200 Professor Gwendolyn.Royal-Smith May 5, 2014 Abstract This paper assess the positive and negative effects that peace and war, respectively, have on the distribution of foreign aid in the developing country Sierra Leone. Next I will analyze the specific actions that the leadership of the selected Sierra Leone has taken, through the use of its foreign aid from donor nations and international lending institutions

Faith plays an important role in the Mende’s road to freedom. When the word “faith” comes to mind, it is one that concerns a belief in some power and requires perseverance in that belief. The Mende people certainly showed faith in more ways than one, but an example that is true to the definition mentioned before is one where Cinque and one of his fellow Mende look over the Bible. After examining the pictures, the Mende man pieces together the story of Jesus Christ despite knowing very little English

West Africa By: West Africa is know for its rich trading empire, natural landmarks, for their beautifully designed cloth, and jewelry. To begin with, West Africa is known for its interesting land features, landforms, and its gradually changing climate. For example, Lake Chad is one of West Africa's well known features. Lake Chad is one of Africa's largest freshwater lake, and is know for its shrinking over time in