A couple weeks ago I read an article for class about Ghana and other West African countries combating hunger. This article discusses the fifteen West African countries forming the Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition program. Having recently met in Accra, these countries intend to halve extreme hunger and poverty in West Africa by 2015.
Honestly I was amazed when I read this article. Growing up in America, we are often bombarded with stories of other Americans helping out the needy, and we often hear accounts of wealthy people going and helping out the less-fortunate. Even on a country-wide scale, we always hear about American and European initiatives to cut down on world hunger and poverty. However, we hardly ever hear stories of the countries in need tackling their own problems that they face.
This article was the first time I had ever heard of African countries uniting to end hunger and poverty on their own soil. I think we often hear about America and well-off European initiatives to help
Africa, but we are never shown Africa's own initiatives to help Africans. This whole new view shows that Africa is not a dependent land, and that its people are strong and able to unite to solve problems.
http://www.modernghana.com/news/375752/1/alliance-against-hunger-launched.html
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