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Essay by 24 • March 22, 2011 • 356 Words (2 Pages) • 979 Views
Sustainable Development
Securing food for the millions in poverty is arguably the world's most pressing issue today. Countries should do all they can to wipe out the horrible presence of poverty in African nations most prominently. Access to drinkable water is another haunting issue that many impoverished countries face. Instant relief does no good on the long run. If you feed a man once he will be hungry tomorrow, if you give you secure food for him he will survive for long periods of time. If you give a man a fish he will be hungry tomorrow, if you give him a fishing rod he will never be hungry. Humans have basic instincts and of these instincts is compassion. Humans in the international community are compassionate when it comes to their fellow humans dieing of thirst and hunger.
Prominent countries such as the United States and the U.K. constantly reach out to impoverished nations. Decreasing poverty is one of the U.N.'s more important resolutions. Food and clothing is sent to impoverished nations yearly. Many different organizations such as the World Bank and the IMF make enormous contributions to improve of the situation of world-hunger. The United Nations constantly strives along with the IMF and the World Bank to decelerate this accelerating, disgusting epidemic that is haunting each and every soul in this world today.
- (Praadel) the Guinean government's rural agricultural aid program.
- Article from the UNCDF
- Afrol News
- CIA world fact book
- Wikipedia
- History Central (Nation by Nation)
Guinea Conakry has a 40% poverty rate in its own lands; therefore its attention to world poverty is limited. Locally, it has instated programs to aid agriculture
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