This essay I typed up might be more explanatory.
Sweat drips off the woman’s face while she saves the dying onions on her family’s plot of land. The broiling hot months of the summer are here. She does tedious work for hours on end. Otherwise, there would be no food, and she and her family would starve. Suddenly, the honk of the water truck sounds. If there was no truck to bring water to the village where the woman and her family live, then everyone would die of thirst, diseases, and heat. As she trudges toward the water truck, the woman worries that the meager dollars they aquired from her husband would not be enough to support her family. She feels trapped. Her and most of Africa needs help. We must rescue the dying community.
You may think the Africans can care for themselves. Or maybe you think it’s their problem, not yours. If so, you are very incorrect. They are in desperate need of our help. Here are some examples of why Africa needs our help. First of all, they don’t have enough water in the summers. They need truck carrying water to arrive so they can have barely enough water to drink, cook, bathe in, cool off in, and wash their clothes with. Second, in many cases, the men of the family need to move far away to find jobs to buy tools, clothing,etc,. The yearly pay for the average African is one-hundred thirty-seven dollars. That is way less than what anyone in America is paid. Third, food is really hard to collect. They usually grow their own food, but sometimes, they have no choice but to buy some. Third, unless they live in the city, Africans have cheap iron or mud houses. The iron houses are hot in the summer and freezing in the winter. The mud houses are cool in the summer and warm in the winter, but whenever it rains, it starts to crumble, and it is very hard to keep fixing it. Last of the examples, but not least, is that many Africans don’t obtain the privilege of an education. As you can see, Africans need to our care to help them survive.
We need money, food, and water ourselves. We also need to take care of poverty in our own nation, too. We are too “busy” to do anything about Africa. Do you recognize how selfish that sounds? We are way better off than Africa. We have many privileges, such as electricity, air conditioning, and running water. America also has schools and money. The majority of this country has the three most basic and most important things, food, water, and shelter. Most of the population of African doesn’t have that. Unfortunately, they don’t have much electricity, money, food, water, and shelter.
Many people claim the bible isn’t the word of God. They suggest that it is just a book. They declare we shouldn’t believe it. Well, what the bible states is true. It tells us we are to help people in need, such as the widows, and to love one another as yourself. It also proclaims that we should share what we have willingly. That means no excuses. Since God the father, the son, and the holy spirit want us to help, we will do so.
How can I help? Is there really any way? There are countless ways you could help Africa. Plenty of organizations help Africans in many ways. One of the things you can do is sponsor a child through CI. All you do is send money to the family, or the school that they attend, and you can even write letters back and forth! Another way you can help is buy someone an animal, such as a goat or a chicken, something they can gain food out of. Yet another thing you can do is Operation Christmas Child, which is filling a shoebox with toys, maybe a toothbrush, and maybe some bottled water or canned food. Although, the box you filled may not be received by an Africa, it still will make a child happy somewhere. And if you would prefer to attempt something extreme, there are plenty of places where you could train so you can help build houses in Africa or be a missionary. The ways you can help are numerous.
Afterwards, I did work to memorize all of the countries in Africa. It took about three weeks of hard studying, but I finally did it. Below is a screenshot of getting 100 percent on my test.
Next what I did is I planned and hosted a traditional African dinner. The dishes were: Quick Moroccan Chicken, Green Banana Fries, Beghrir(Moroccan Pancakes), and Puff-Puffs. Here are links to the different dishes, In case you want to try any of them.
Finally, these are some pics my mom and I took of the dinner:
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