Africa

The presentation given by our mates was centred in the explanation of the continent as a whole and they stablish the importance of the continent  within the world wide escene.

they talked, among others about its population, area, density, lenguage diversity for instance: there are more than 1,000 indigenous African languages.

Trying to generalize about the continent is not just a fail but also unjust because the cultural richness offered by the region is huge despite there are some countries with problems. The generalization only express a deep lack of knowledge of cultures 

The question:

Are there advances in projects to fight against the poverty in Africa?

"Witnessing the extreme poverty in remote parts of Africa can make you feel sad and powerless until you realize how little it takes to change these people's lives fundamentally in sustainable ways."

As little as a $10 donation could protect the hundreds of thousands of African kids who die from malaria, Mr. Legend said. A $10 bed net for everyone and $2 for medicine are among the more important things needed, he said.

"We have all heard a lot about poverty in Africa to the point where it might seem like a clich? for another celebrity to visit and preach about how it has changed his or her life," Mr. Legend said.

"But what I've seen on my trips is just how close we are to them. These are kids just like you and me when we were kids. All they want is to grow up and learn without having to walk miles for clean water.

"They don't want to have to sit through a school day without a square meal. These problems are solvable."

it only evidence the poor actions by the governments against the poverty and for the rights of people arround the world

Reference:

Brown, S. (2009, January 19). John Legend's anti-poverty project showing results. Times-Tribune, The (Scranton, PA), Retrieved May 19, 2009, from Newspaper Source database.