"The horses of Famine have come"

"A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer"

-Nikolai Gogol


CNN and the UN are screaming about the famine in Niger

without providing some history to this nation!

I hope my blog artilce

can at least present some historical context!

Of course CNN has sent preety faced Aaron Cooper's to "investigate"!

Cooper's who keeps a splended head of gray hair, but manages to convey

a face right out of the womb, left a week ago to this afar nation!

My suggestion to Arron would be to" stay home and watch tv with his boyfreind

the situation in Niger is beyond CNN, or the world communites ability to handle"

Yes, bringing attention to this crisis, will no doubt feed thousands,

but this "AID money" will only perpetrate corruption, which will in time

leads to more hunger, and more "AID"

What are the saftey checks of all this cash going into a corrupt system?

Enough can never be done. While agencies are helping out a tremendous amount by supplying food, I am afraid that countries may become dependent on goods from these agencies.

I admit, it is extremely hard and difficult to see these malnourished children. Agencies must provide a self sufficient way of living for these people.

Of course If you really want Niger to survive, the answer is 'water' for the long term.

Food aid is just a short-term solution.

If the people of Niger had an artificial freshwater lake and were taught about agriculture, supplied with the solar energy to operate the greenhouse technology they could grow their own foods. No water, no economic growth.

If the corrupt leaders of Africa do not change their ways, they will very soon have no populace to rule over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Niger - " A short history of Niger 4 my blog reader's"

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ng.html - CIA Fact Shett on NIGER