## East Africa Famine the reality

Post by vantran » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:22 am

http://www.owen.org/blog/4818
So, the usual chant by some (usually anti-aid activists) is that the famine in Africa will not be solved by aid and that it is the fault of overpopulation--"they don't do birth control!"
Owen Barder gives an excellent rebuttal to these claims

### Re: East Africa Famine the reality

Post by Chris12 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:44 am

Saying that its the fault of overpopulation is rubish especially if you consider half of that population dies so its necessary to have lots of kids
I don't think this famine will lead to much donations. The avarage citizen of the west probably won't even get its that serious because in their eyes Africa is always hungry(which to be fair is kinda true) and there is a very deep distrust toward the goverment of those countries, with good reasons

### Re: East Africa Famine the reality

Post by Chris12 » Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:34 pm

I know but that's the general idea people have of Africa