Fight for survival

            In reading some of the online news, I ran across an article that caught my interest. The article correlated with some of the readings and chapters in our course book “State of the world.” The location of the story occurs in the Kenya area on the African continent. Currently the area is experiencing the worst drought since the 1950’s which is largely created due to human hands. Many of the animals are competing with humans for water and other small quantities of natural resources. The article depicts a depleted area of resources as the carcasses of 27 cattle and 1 giraffe are counted within a three hour period all due the inability of the land to sustain them. Some local believe these poor conditions are due to the lack of rain which can also be a contributor from the global warming effect. The article offers a more in-depth analyzes which adds the influence from humans hands through the means of war. It is through war that many of the resources become scarce and prices are driven up out of common people reach. The support of AID agencies also seems to have little impact as both the growing population and continuous war activities are dwindling the impact these organizations are having on the local people. It is documented that the targeted goals of donated AID for one organization is around $80 million to help support about 12 million people who are fighting for survival. There are so many variables that need to be controlled and changed for this area to progress in a positive direction. Many of the cultures also thrive on the creation of large families as it is a cultural belief that large families create more successful families. The older generations anticipate the younger generations to prosper and actively support the parents when grownup. This cultural belief greatly helps increase the dependency of mouths in need of the aid. The issue of war existing on African soil has remain present since my younger days. With lack of progress in their efforts to extinguish these efforts my believe lack optimism that this issues will be resolved in my lifetime.

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/07/7031757-worst-drought-in-60-years-12-million-africans-face-fight-for-survival