"A Long Walk To Water is a really entetaining and thrilling novel," have you read the book? Mrs. E

I personally liked reading this article and doing so lowered my doubts of Ebola getitng cured.

Who wrote this?

Mrs. E

    The solution to helping these villages gain independence is through various materials. We give the struggling African villages things like high-yield seeds and fertilizer to improve their agriculture. We provide drinking wells and medicine to prevent and cure illness. We give materials to build a school for all the boys and girls. We have to pay for all of these things that we give to poverty ridden people. It is estimated to be $120 a person each year. There are 500,000 people involved in the Millennium Villages Project! Half of the money comes from the MVP intuitive. The other half comes from NGOs, the national government, and the community. The budgeting is based on basic needs for people. This lines up with the official development assistance (ODA) rich countries have made

    The Millennium Villages Project also wants to improve business development. They give men and women the oppritunity to establish their own buisness, something outside of agriculture. To participate in the MVP, a community must all have an agreement. People are appointed to be part of the commite and officals are appointed.  Once officals are choosen, they must decide on the most appropriate and affective projects fo the community. The government is also involved.

    The Millennium Villages Project is a succesful project to help the rural areas of Africa. The Article I read takes me into the various problems of Africa, and how we are helping.

In the article “Children of Africa”, it explains how many of Africa’s children are leading horrible lives in poverty. Although some children are happy doing chores for their family, others may not have a family or any money. Some children are forced to provide income for their family or work away from them.

Many low-cost steps are being taken to improve African children’s health. Some examples include distributing insectide-soaked mosquito nets around Africa and creating immunization programs to help cure diseases such as measles and polio. Charities and NGOs are also working on improving the availablilty of clean water in Africa.

There is also the problem of Children’s rights. In 1999, the African Union adopted the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. The charter is put over any custom, tradition, or practice that doesn’t fit with what is stated in the charter. So, practices like child marriage and using children to beg are legally prohibited.

Poverty is what most of Africa’s population live in, so many children suffer from things such as family break up from poverty, lack of clean water, and lack of sanitation and means of waste disposal. Most of the countries with the highest child mortality rates, meaning the number of children not born alive, are located in Africa. In some parts of Africa, many children don’t live to their fifth birthday.

Poverty is very common in Africa, and the effects of it can majorly impact the children in Africa. Poverty can cause family break up's, a lack of clean water, little access to health care, lack of waste disposal, and poor nutrition.

To improve the quality of life for the children of Africa, most Africa has been working to try to keep children healthy and set out the rights for the children of Africa. To improve children's health they have gotten nets to protect against malaria, they have also gotten more access to rehydration mixtures, and much more to help children stay healthier. The Children's Charter sets out all the rights a child in Africa should get. Over all Africa is working hard to help children in Africa stay healthy and live a longer happier life.

One thing that is very common in Africa is Poverty. It effects the children in Africa huge by causing their families to separate and lack of any clean water. Also, barely any access to healthcare nor nutrition.

The ways that people in Africa are improving  the

Unfortunately, most children in Africa don't lead a happy life. In some cultures you must be a certain age or hierarchy to participate in certain tasks.

When adults cant find farm or hard work, or suffer from a life concerning illness,  children often become the main income-earners. Some steal goods or beg on  the streets, some find items to sell from dumps or work in the  fields. They may be sent to relatives or non-related adults, to work as  domestic or farm servants. Adults may treat them kindly or abuse them, in which case children often have little prospected help.

Most African countries are taking big steps to improve the basic health of children.

In 1999, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child was adopted by the African Union( also known as the Organization for African Unity).

Called the Children’s Charter, this document sets out the rights of children in all aspects of life. Examples include  civil, political, economic, social and cultural.

Countries signed up to the charter report to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.  This body oversees development progress. It also has the power to investigate issues relating to the charter in a member.

Overall, depending on which culture or country in Africa you may live in may be the determination of a happy or healthy life.