Why Africa Is the Poorest Continent

Africa The Poorest Continent in the World By Haile Hamlett You have plainly been kidnapped and the war lord has gotten you so addicted to drugs youll do anything for him to land them. Or you nookyt go to school because you have to stay home and take care of your siblings because you parents died of AIDS. This is just some of the things the citizens of the slimyest continent in the world go through either day. Thirty six percentof bulk in Africa are living on less than a dollar a day.Sixty nine percent of the world in Africa is living with human immunodeficiency virus. A nonher very overlooked originator is that in that respect isnt enough clean wate r. Those are just a few of the reasons that Africa has become the poorest continent in the world. The learning in Africa is very poor, which leads to some of the problems in Africa. Only 52% of kids are enrolled in primary tuition and the percent goes polish up as they get older. The largest reason for poor education in Afric a is because there isnt many places fit to be a school or mess to employ as teachers.Most people who do receive an education are in big cities or go overseas to get their education people who live in country-bred areas find it harder to get a proper education. The poor education leads to issues conclusion jobs that could provide much(prenominal) money. If there was a better educational carcass there would be more job opportunities and more money world offered. Out of the estimated 31. 6 people who have AIDS/HIV worldwide, 21. 6 million of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa. One main reason its so high in Africa is because its transmitted more often.This is because people dont have enough money to get the medication they need, and have kids or pass it on, therefore infecting yet another(prenominal) person. Of course, AIDS isnt caused by poverty itself, but caused by HIV. exclusively poverty quarter be the reason that could make somebody more eligible to get it. Poverty faeces make it hard for people to get information on AIDS/HIV or how to mighty prevent it. Also when you dont have the money you cant get tested so you could be living with HIV and not even know it. ______ has reported that about one meg people in Africa dont have access to clean, arctic drinking water. Without water you cannot grow crops which could help you feed your family or you could dispense them for money to get other necessities. Without water you cannot stay hydrated trance working tedious hours in the fields or out hunting. oftentimes the nearest water source is miles away and you have to bring a jug and fill it with, often dirty, water, and carry it back to where you live. The water can create a healthier place and help slow down the spread of diseases.Although Africa is the poorest continent it could be considered rich with all the natural resources that can be found throughout Africa. Africa has a lot of natural resources including oil, diamonds, gold, coal, petroleum, a nd tropic fruits, and because its population is so spread out many of them have not even been touched. Africa is also rich with culture, even though many of the people are below poverty line they still find a way to have fun and live life. Africa may be poor in some slipway but is rich in ways that cant be taken from them.