Aid to Africa?

Stopping all aid to Africa will not help end poverty because starving is one of the biggest problems of Africa. But it can't be denied that sending only aid is not sufficient in order to end poverty. Actually, we should ask ourselves "What do we understand from aid?". We only realize that if we send aid to Africa, there is no hungry people so there is no problem for Africa. This is actually wrong. Of course, providing basic needs to Africans is very important and we should start from this step if we really want to see developed Africa but we also take some steps to help the development of Africa because they aren't doing anythinh while they are getting food. In other words, they don't produce anything. For that reason, we should provide some fields for people's enterprise. For instance, if Africa moves from substence agriculture to commercial farming and by implementing a programme of industrial development, they can develop. For all of these reasons, we should be aware of what Africa actually needs and we should see the whole picture. We should think not only short-term help but also long-term help. Chinese proverb tells everything "you shouldn't give the fish, you should teach how to catch the fish."