Stressors

I had a friend in the 9^th grade who lived in low income apartments and would come to school hungry all the time and was too embarrassed to eat the free lunch  that she was eligible for so I would bring extra food a few times a week to share with her . Since I received an allowance I would buy candy ,sodas for her. Her mom stayed in the clubs and my friend was responsible for her two younger brothers. She  grew up fast with all of the responsibilities that she had along with going to school. Christine coped with this situation by having an abusive boyfriend who gave her money, but at a cost.

Children and young teens in Africa have poverty ,hunger ,disease. There is a shortage of food and a great percentage of the children live on their own having the responsibility of caring for their siblings with AIDS throughout the country .Between 12 and 16 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Vision

Faces of poverty in Africa - children

Although people of all ages suffer from extreme poverty and hunger, children suffer the most in Africa especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. In other words, poverty carries the faces of innocent little children in these parts of the world. The problem gets even worse as you move from the big cities and towns to the poor villages where teenage pregnancy is on the rise

LACK OF GOOD DRINKING WATER A MAJOR PROBLEM IN AFRICA TODAY

Lack of good drinking water is a major problem in almost all African villages especially in desert countries like Niger, Sudan and Mali. Water is very scarce

and lack of good drinking water is a major problem in Ethiopia and surrounding countries where most people and farm animals share same water sources. Children walk miles upon miles everyday to nearby streams to fetch water.

Although there are many rivers and streams in the Western, Central, and Southern parts of Africa, good drinking water is a major problem in these areas. Most of the water sources in these areas are infested with water related diseases such as bilharzia, sleeping sickness, river blindness, guinea worm disease

As long as Africa’s government remain the same and not care about the constant and ongoing problems, and the United States don’t step in , Africa will remain the same.

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