The Starvation Thats Eating Africa

Africa is a country that has been affected by grave problems, one of which is the massive problem of starvation in Africa. One of the main causes of this starvation is due to the extreme severity of drought that Africa faces. A recent study conducted upon the living conditions prevalent across Africa show that over one billion of its people unfortunately have no access to clean and hygienic water, which is necessary in order to give and sustain the needs which are basic to humans. It is due to this drought and a lack of clean water that approximately 2500 children die each day due to starvation in Africa. Food cannot be cooked if there is no water or the water is so dirty that the children die due to the germs and bacteria present in it. When a human has been driven to the point of extreme thirst then he will consume even the dirtiest and murkiest water, in order to satiate this extreme thirst. However, what happens afterwards is the risk of contracting an infection due to the water.

The consumption of drinking water which is unsafe is dangerous primarily because it has pathogens and disease carrying bacteria which causes diseases like dengue, schistosomiasis, trypanosomiasis, malaria and intestinal worm infections to name a few. Severe diarrhea can also result from drinking unsafe water, as well as dysentery and cholera which gravely affects children as well as pregnant women. Another effect of unhygienic water is due to the extreme dearth of vegetation that results due to a lack of water. This is why around 14 million people suffer from the risk of dying due to malnutrition and starvation in Africa. This has been shown by a plethora of studies conducted in Africa which have all shown this. The eastern side has been affected more gravely than any other part of Africa, or the Horn of Africa as it is frequently called. The season of rain takes place during February to June. During the rest of the year, the rain fall is extremely scanty and dispersed. Many of the crops, especially the staple crops, die out or wither away, these crops being corn or sorghum etc.

Harvests have been extremely poor during the last three years which has greatly reduced the surplus of food as well as the incomes of farmers etc. in Africa. A lack of income has caused people to not be able to afford food, as the prices of food have soared due to inflation. Africa currently needs around 270,000 metric tons of food currently. Ethiopia is the place that is gravely affected and where the death rate due to starvation in Africais pretty high. Other African countries to be affected by starvation are Uganda as well as Sudan. Great amounts of funding are required for all African nations as the problem of starvation in Africa is acute and immediate action is required, for millions of lives are at stake and need foreign aid as well as assistance.