"Executive Summary on Africa."

On our planet it is obvious that we have enough to make sure, easily that people aren't dying of poverty. Jeffrey Sachs says there are millions of people dying every year for the reason that they are poor. The truth is that for less than a percent of the income of the rich world nobody has to die because of poverty on the planet. If we just gave a little, maybe part of your lunch money each day, or skip a day without your coffee we could save a life. Most of the kids in Africa die of malaria. Things lead into other things, like one day a child that has been bitten by a mosquito will fall into a malaria coma, get a fever, then convulsions where they will never get out of and soon die. By giving up your coffee you could buy a mosquito net that would save lives. Jeffrey Sachs talked to a village in Africa where they were using the nets over their beds, and the village had a great response. They told Sachs that the cases of malaria had decreased by two-thirds. Jeffrey approaches alleviating poverty as it were a rigorous scientific experiment allocating about 110 per person each year for 5 years to implement a basic intervention such as fetilizer, clean, water, and health. I believe you have two options, either you decide to leave people to die, or you help. Disease has hit Africa hard. It only takes 5 cents to get an immunization for a child so they won't die. 5 cents! All it takes is for one person to donate 5 cents to help this children. Many people don't want to help because the history of international development because of its failure. Too many people in the field are complacent, incompete, or don't want to be in charge of other peoples lives. If you think poverty is a big deal in Africa picture this. Without electrical power, how do you provide standard medical treatment to people who are dying? Without running water how do you sterilize surgical tools to wash blood? With an annual investment of $66 billion, the report states, we could be saving eight million lives a year, and generating economic benefits worth $360 billion a year. As a community here at Saint Mary's we could send money to organizations that help poverty in Africa. A little change in youre pocket would make a huge deal and even save a life.