What can we do to improve the quality of life in Africa ?

[Laura H]

What can we do to improve the quality of life in Africa ? ?
What are three key things which would improve the quality of life in Africa ?

What steps would you take to meet each of the three needs ?

[nigel v]

1. we can't do anything to help Africa, they have to do it for themself.

2. the USA has given more financial aid to Africa than can be counted.
but the problem never seems to get any better.

3. Just like the USA, Africa's "leaders" are at fault for the poor condition of there country. We both need NEW leadership

[Dave W]

Just like in USA, Africans need to have economic, social, and political freedoms to make choices, to be able to own land, to get an education, to move about freely, without fear.

Unfortunately, Africa is still cursed with tribalism and factions, that keeps one group separated from another.

Let's hope our "Red State" and "Blue State" and Conservative v. Liberal bias and hatreds in USA do not develop into same cancer as it is in Africa.

With more education, Africans may more easily free themselves of such "regionalism" and tribalism, that keeps them fearful, and weaker.

In the short run, we can provide some aid to help Africans to buy seeds, plant them, and harvest them, including providing markets for their goods. Africans have a long history of being great business people, and they love the independence of running their own businesses or farms.

Some charities are not just providing Africans with food and medicine, but grants of a couple hundred dollars so Africans can start their own business, making "cottage" products to sell to tourists or small shop-keepers.

This is the way to go, lift individual Africans up, with providing them some capital along with the food and medicines to most needy.

After the Civil War in the USA, freed slaves were promised 40 acres and a mule, so the freedmen could support themselves. They never got this capital, or aid. Hence over 100 years of economic poverty and dependence on others was the result.

We should learn these mistakes from history, it would help Africa too, which still hasn't recovered from a hundred years of terrible colonialism and exploitation.
Just my two cents of advice