African Americans Without Foreign Aid

36% of Africans live on less than a dollar a day. 20% of the population is undernourished. However, people in foreign countries can help the poorer people by donating to trustworthy charities, and giving aid to the poor Africans who need it the most. Critics of aid say that giving aid to Africans creates stereotypes and doesn’t focus on creating a good economy of government. But it is more important to keep people alive than to create a good government and economy. You need able, healthy citizens to create a good workforce for a country, which is extremely difficult in Sub-Saharan Africa without foreign aid. Aid is needed in Africa because many people would die, it helps to get better death rates and accessible healthcare, and giving aid to keep people alive is more important that improving government.
In Thanks Bono, but No Thanks, Jamie Drummond talks about how good aid is beneficial to African countries. “Good aid, what he calls ‘smart aid,’ which helps people build businesses and take care of their own children—is not only beneficial, it's necessary. Without it, people would die.” In that quote, he explains how good aid that keeps people alive and well is necessary in poor regions of Africa. People living in situations like in South African slums or selling secondhand clothing in Zambia usually have an extremely hard time taking care of children and starting businesses up. Good aid gives them a boost, not money to leech off of, so they can start up a better life. If aid is donated to a responsible organization that will make sure the money gets to people who need it and will put it towards growth, then aid will work in poor African