Chaos
My sister is a great example of someone growing up in a chaotic environment and achieving success despite the unstable living conditions. Being the oldest of six kids came with a lot of responsibility. She was responsible for caring my twin brother and I while still trying to achieve her personal goals. Along with my five siblings my grandparents also took in my aunt and her two kids. These living arrangements made it hard to live a structured life. My Sister Anita Alston-Ellis fought against all the statistics and became an academic success. She has received her Ph.D. in Public Health and is now a published author of the book “Abandonment to Abundance,” where she explains how she overcame her chaotic lifestyle.
Hunger in Africa
Hunger in America is one of the greatest problems that the continent faces in the 21st-century over 6 million children die each year from malnutrition according to Cozay organization. Poverty is the principal cause of hunger in Africa. The Population is going up 3.5% a year, food is going down 2.5% a year. (Scribid 2014)The people in Africa just do not have enough income to purchase the food that they need. Only 8% of children who are hungry are victims of emergency situation or famine the remaining 92% suffer from long time now nutrition as well as general deficiency of nutrients (Ehow 2014). There are several reason Africa is suffering from hunger as a whole for example, much of Africa is covered by desert and there is not enough rainfall to keep crops healthy. Also, there little understanding of modern technology and much of Africa’s farming is still done by hand on small plots.
Here is an example of a child in Africa suffering from Hunger and malnutrition.
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Hi Alysia,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the story of your sister’s triumph over the chaos in her life and the picture of her success. It is stories like your sister’s that encourage us to have hope for the future of the children we serve that are living with chaos every day of their lives. Thank you also for sharing the information about the impact of poverty in Africa. The picture of the hungry African child illustrates the suffering that poverty creates and helps to make the effects of living in poverty evident to all of us. Our readings this week pointed out the problems of overfeeding and overeating in many parts of the world, while you have shown us the other side of the equation – the problems of malnutrition and undernourishment that also exist in the world. It is my hope that the global community can find a way to balance these two extremes and provide every child with enough food so as not to be undernourished but not so much food so as to be overweight.