POVERTY IS STINKING IN AFRICA[UGANDA]

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 85- 90 POPULATION IN AFRICA PARTICULARLY UGANDA ARE BELOW POVERTY LINES. THIS MEANS THAT  SUCH KIND OF PEOPLE CAN NOT AFFRORD TWO MEALS OR GOES OUT OR MISSES OR DONOT GET SOMETHING TO EAT ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE SITUATION IS ALARMING AND DANGEROUS. YOU FIND A FAMILY OF 7-10 PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING FOOD AND WATER. PEOPLE DONOT HAVE HOUSES TO SLEEP IN AND IF THEY HAVE THEY SLEEP IN GRASS THATCHED OLD HOUSES WITH HOLES IN THEM ON A BARE GROUND WITHOUT MATTERESSESS AND BLANKETS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELDERLY YOU SHED TEARS, YOU CAN FIND AN ELDER AT THE AGE OF 75 AND ABOVE WITH GRAND CHILDREN WITH NO ONE HELPING BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS DIED OF HIV/ AIDS.

THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS ESPECIALLY IN GIRLS BECAUSE IN SOME AREAS PARENTS THINK THAT GIRLS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND THIS HAS LED TO HIGHER LEVELS OF POVERTY ESPECIALLY AMONG THE GIRLS – WOMEN.

MOST OF THE LAND HA BEEN SOLD BY THE YOUTH PARTICULARY THE MALES AND HAVE ABANDONED THE VILLAGES AND HAVE STAYED IN TOWNS SURVIVING ON MOTOR- BIKES AS A SOURCE OF INCOME LEADING TO FAMINE AND POOR STANDARDS OF LIVING BECAUSE THERE IS NO LABOUR FORCE IN THE RURAL AREAS.

ALOT TO DISCUSS BUT FEW TO MENTION , THE ABOVE HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED BY POOR SYSTEM OF GORVERNANCE IN THE WAY THAT MOST OF OUR GOVERMENTS ARE BASED ON DICTATORSHIP. YOU FIND A PRESIDENT RULING A COUNTRY FOR OVER 30 YRS WITHOUT CREATING A ROOM OF DEVELOPMENT IN THAT COUNTRY.

SECONDLY IS CORRUPTION, MOST OF THE GOVERMENTS ARE CORRUPT ALL THE MONEY THEY SEND TO AFRICA IS EMBEZZELED AND MIS APPROPREATED AND THE CITIZENS ENDS IN TOTAL POVERTY.

WARS HAVE A LSO DONE MUCH TO DITTER DEVELPMENT IN AFRICA ESPECIALLY CIVIL WARS WHERE THE LIVES OF MANY HAVE PERISHED.

STIGMIZATION. MARGINALIZATION AND ALIENATION HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO POVERTY IN AFRICA.

AFTER REALIZING THE ABOVE WE CAME UP WITH FOCUS ON MOST VULNERABLE IN COMMUNITIES, WHERE WE ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN, ELDERLY,  WOMEN, DIS- ABLED, GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FIGHT AGAINST AIDS/ HIV, POVERTY, DISAEAS AND SICKNESSESS, AGRICULTURE, EVANGELISM, MISSIONS,WORK SHOPS,EDUCATION, CHILD TRAFFICKING ETC.

YOU CAN VIEW US AT www.fmvcuganda.org or our face book page ;focus on most vulnerable in communities.

KINDLY SHOW US FAVOR AS YOU DONATE TO US AS WE REACH DOWN THE MASSWHO ARE BOUND WITH THE YOKE OF POVERTY ALOT SHOULD BE DONE AGAIN TO HELP AFRICA DEAR FRIENDS YOU CAN WRITE TO US OR VISIT US AND SEE WHAT ACTUALLY WE ARE DOING YOUR PRAYERS ARE NEEDED AND SUPPORT

GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU RISE UP TO END/ ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN UGANDA.

YOU CAN EMAIL US AT; [email protected] or at P.O BOX 987MUKONO UGANDA EAST AFRICA.