New Posts For Thread: So what can be done about Africa?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa"The state of Africa is a scar on the conscience of the world. But if the world as a community focused on it, we could heal it. And if we don't, it will become deeper and angrier" - Tony Blair, 2 October 2001. Of course Our Tone lost interest in AfriIf we send aid then maybe our troops should be the ones dispersing the goods rather than the local government where most of it seems to disappear.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541902925#541902925If we send aid then maybe our troops should be the ones dispersing the goods rather than the local government where most of it seems to disappear.Sat, 18 Oct 2014 05:26:46 -0500I hate to say this , but people have been banging on about helping Africa since I was a young kid at school in the 70's , nothing's changed , despite the ENORMOUS amounts of Money in the civilised World today , Nobody Cares , Nobody ever has , or elshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541900397#541900397I hate to say this , but people have been banging on about helping Africa since I was a young kid at school in the 70's , nothing's changed , despite the ENORMOUS amounts of Money in the civilised World today , Nobody Cares , Nobody ever has , or elsFri, 17 Oct 2014 20:12:00 -0500ebulGery, South Saharan Africa is a basket case. It is clear that after 50 or so years that there is no solution that the west can provide; it has to come from the indigenous people. I do not believe that the west wants everyone to be like us; we knohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541900287#541900287ebulGery, South Saharan Africa is a basket case. It is clear that after 50 or so years that there is no solution that the west can provide; it has to come from the indigenous people. I do not believe that the west wants everyone to be like us; we knoFri, 17 Oct 2014 19:51:26 -0500This is the mistake the West makestrying to change everybody to be like ushttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541884617#541884617This is the mistake the West makestrying to change everybody to be like usThu, 16 Oct 2014 15:42:42 -0500change of mindset????????? injerayes but this is not easy for them, this is Africa not Europethis is a completely different culture..change will be slowand as for populationanybody who thinks this World needs more people is mad in my opiniowe need ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541884589#541884589change of mindset????????? injerayes but this is not easy for them, this is Africa not Europethis is a completely different culture..change will be slowand as for populationanybody who thinks this World needs more people is mad in my opiniowe need aThu, 16 Oct 2014 15:41:25 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541884239#541884239Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:17:01 -0500but how easy is it for us to eat our dinner, knowing somebody else in this world is starving to deathNo problem, for me.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541883829#541883829but how easy is it for us to eat our dinner, knowing somebody else in this world is starving to deathNo problem, for me.Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:49:20 -0500Without a change of mindset it doesn't matter whether the population of an Africa country is 5 or 20 million.It's irrelevant.People who are 7 hours away from here in west africa live in mud huts with straw roofs. They rely on NGOs to dig wells for thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541883817#541883817Without a change of mindset it doesn't matter whether the population of an Africa country is 5 or 20 million.It's irrelevant.People who are 7 hours away from here in west africa live in mud huts with straw roofs. They rely on NGOs to dig wells for thThu, 16 Oct 2014 14:48:43 -0500I accept this annual aid is probably distorting their economies..but how easy is it for us to eat our dinner, knowing somebody else in this world is starving to deathI believe Communism is the answer for Africa, but at the moment the West and free mahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541883693#541883693I accept this annual aid is probably distorting their economies..but how easy is it for us to eat our dinner, knowing somebody else in this world is starving to deathI believe Communism is the answer for Africa, but at the moment the West and free maThu, 16 Oct 2014 14:42:05 -0500Fack this thread.I layed the fav in the 8-30 at 2.88, but missed the race because I was typing. It went to 9 in running. Fack it, starve'emhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30366987/so-what-can-be-done-about-africa?post_id=541883653#541883653Fack this thread.I layed the fav in the 8-30 at 2.88, but missed the race because I was typing. It went to 9 in running. Fack it, starve'emThu, 16 Oct 2014 14:38:42 -0500