With war comes destruction so distrubuting foreign aid is important for any country,but what aid are we sending should be a question.Peace and war has always been around in africa. With the Foregin aid it has pro’s and con’s for the country. Africa is a rich land but the country is so poor. The government is crupeted,so the people have to suffer.
There is an article in the wallstreet journal on “why foreign aid is hurting africa”. They did a insight on Kibera,Africa. kibera is one of the largest slum in africa, but ironicly the the united nation for human settlement is located right in Kibera.The agency recieves millions of dollars. That money is mandated to promote socially and enviromentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal to provide adequate shelters for all. In a curupt country with a war going on within it’s community /government money is being sent to aid the people but they are not receiving it. It is sort of like the poor gets poorer and the growth gets slower. One of the former President Frederick Chiluba was charged with theft of state funds. Throughout the african government history they have had several president that has been stealing from the people’s aid. As the government steals money it does not only grease they’re pockets but it harms the people. They lose medical care,education,food supplies and etc. people in africa are sick with no care or hope to get care so they just die slow and painful(at times). They life spand weaknend. With the people not seeing the aid they also loses education kids are not learnings,schools are not progressing. People are trying to aid the area but it seems to get interuppted with the greed of indivuals that do not think or care to what will happen to they’re people. With a constant stream of free money it will keep a bad government in power and aslong as free money is floating the government does not need