I remember being a kid who was a picky eater and my mom would give me the line "Eat your food! There are starving people in Africa who don't have any food!" Little did I know the very sad truth to what she said. We definitely take the availability of food here in America for granted, don't we? But something about photos like these below tug at our hearts.
Millions of children in Africa live on just one meal a day. Some are forced to eat grass, roots and seeds for survival. Many will die of starvation. One out of every two people in southern Africa is ill due to poor diet.
Poverty:
Africa is home to some of the poorest countries in the world. In Malawi, seven out of ten people live in poverty. Poverty not only impacts whether a person can eat, but also where they live and if they can get an education. Food, shelter, and education are all things we often take for granted, not readily available to Africans.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some families who are poor accuse their children of being "witches" and exile them to the streets to live in the slums so they don't have another mouth to feed. They accuse these children of causing everything from poverty to deaths in the family. This has resulted in many children living in slums after being kicked out of their homes as "witches". (See story HERE.)
(photo from article)
