Poverty Alleviation-As an African I was very proud & happy when Sir Bob Geldof & my fav. Bono of U2 fronted it

Question

Well my point basically is i think the loans given to us Africans should not be given to our various governments,instead the donors should ask us what we need most and provide them to us and then our people will manage them.What i see from where i come from is the money given to our government is normally used in building roads which doesn't benifit the poor in soceity.I think what we need as Africans in Africa are hospitals,schools and good drinking water.And also if pregnant women can have free health care and children vaccinations can be free.

Answer 1

You make some very good points! I think Bob Geldolf and Bono have their hearts in the right place, but their brains need to catch up. You tell 'em! As an American, I am often offended by fundraisers here who try to make me feel guilty and compel me to donate to charities that send my money directly to your government. I only give to those charities who have someone in Africa to get the aid directly to the people. Our government already sends way too much of our money to your various governments where graft is rampant and money is wasted on useless projects like you mention. I hope I hear more of your countrymen speaking out like you, and I hope more of us here will listen.