AFRICA: PROBLEMS FACING CHILDREN IN SLUMS

-By Development Network-

About 40 percent of the African population live in slums. From the outskirts of Johannesburg in South Africa to the Interior of Kibera (Africa's largest and worst slum) in Kenya, life is a living hell for most African slum residents.

Slum houses in Africa are mostly self-built mud houses roofed with rusty corrugated sheets and wooden boards. Slum houses have little or no planning at all.

POOR BASIC SANITATION AND POOR BASIC SERVICES.
THERE ARE OPEN DUMPS AND OPEN SEWAGE.

Most slums have no electricity and no pipe borne water. Fires are very common in African slums. There are no hospitals and no good schools. Most children in African slums do not go to school and most get no medical attention when needed. There are just few chemist shops around most of which sell cheap but expired drugs.

Majority of the children in African slums have lost either one or both parents. Because of the high illiteracy rate, HIV/AIDS kills in record numbers in African slums mostly women and children.

African slums are mostly lawless areas with no security and no protection at all and violence is very common in these areas. Unnecessary deaths are very common in African slums. Because of poor sanitation in African slums, diseases like malaria and cholera are very common in these areas.

Because of poor sanitation mosquitoes are very common and Malaria kills in record numbers in African slums. The cost of a mosquito net is less than $1 but only few people can afford mosquito nets in African slums.

"Food-insecure people are defined as those consuming less than the nutritional target of 2,100 calories per day per person."

In Africa are millions of people on the brink of extreme poverty, the people of sub-Saharan Africa remain the most vulnerable.More than eighty million people have become at-risk population due to food shortages throughout the year as a result of the crisis caused by the drought.

According to the ERS study of the USDA, a worsening situation is anticipated in 2013 where the at-risk population could reach 833 million people.

People are suffering in African slums especially women and children.

"HELP...SAVE THE POOR CHILDREN IN AFRICA SLUMS, Collaborating with the organizations that are promoting campaigns to save Africa, PLEASE."


By: Chiara Marlene

-For More Articles and Information: http://www.developmentnetwork.co.nr/

Snaptu: African economies up to the global challenge

Two foreign shoe sellers were once sent to Africa in search of new customers. At the sight of locals marching barefoot, the first retreated in despair. The second rejoiced at the untapped market. He ordered thousands of shoes, sold them to locals and…

Click here to read the full story

--
This email was sent to you from Snaptu mobile application.

Snaptu: How do I stop being so damn lazy?

Perhaps our generation's greatest failing is how lazy we are. How many of my readers have sent me emails talking about how they want to change…how they want to improve their finances, or earn more, or get healthier…or even READ my book (which is…

Click here to read the full story

--
This email was sent to you from Snaptu mobile application.

New Information in the Diary Submission Received

You received a New Information in the Diary submission from Community Network:
 

Subject	Items added to the UN report.
Description	Items added to the UN report. Subheading in the Millennium Development Goals agenda of the World Rehabilitation Organization (WRO) underprivileged around the world and the world to foster the welfare of the disabled are included. · 66th September 2011, UN General Assembly. Establishment of the UN World Rehabilitation Organization. · Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger · Achieve Universal Primary Education · Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women · Reduce Child Mortality · Improve Maternal Health · Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases · Ensure Environmental Sustainability · Promote Global Partnership for Development The United Nations reports have insisted that many countries and communities in Africa may not achieve these goals by 2015 unless some extra-ordinary measures are taken urgently to inspire local actions and commitments by the people under a conducive environment by the government. This makes the initiative for the 2011 Millennium Development Ambassadors summit on Building a Culture of Peace and the Millennium Development Goals in Accra, Ghana critical and most timely. Please attend.
Full Name	World Rehabilitation Organization
Email Address	wro5@wro5.com

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You received this form submission from your site powered by Yola.com.
If you need help with your form, please contact customer support.

Snaptu: Business Briefing | BANKING: F.D.I.C. Closes Banks in Georgia, Florida and Arizona

Federal regulators on Friday closed two small banks in Georgia and one in Florida, lifting to 54 the number of bank failures this year.

Click here to read the full story

--
This email was sent to you from Snaptu mobile application.