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Why Does Africa
Need CART's Help?
Caring folk do not wait for governments to
agree or sign documents, they act out of compassion. CART's
mission of service is demanded by the following facts:
- 68% of the least developed countries are in Africa.
- 220 million Africans live in absolute poverty.
- Africa is the only world region where poverty is
expected to increase in the coming decade.
- 3 million children face death every year through
malnutrition, respiratory infections, diarrhoea, malaria and
measles. There are 8220 child deaths a day.
- AIDS is rampant - 72% of the known HIV+ infected people
live in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Over 50% of the population lacks safe drinking water.
70% are without proper sanitation.
- Over 50% of African adults are illiterate.
- Africa's debt burden is bigger that that of any other
region, equal to 234% of their export income.
"Most of the villages have no fresh
running water. They get water from rivers, pools and open
wells which are not safe. Many die of bilharzia, hookworm,
malaria, typhoid, measles and diarrhoea."
Malawi
"Meat, chicken and eggs are rarely eaten.
These are too expensive. Bread is a luxury and just for
special occasions ....because of this problems of malnutrition
especially in children and pregnant women are common."
Uganda
"The kind of houses we live in is not so
good. We use dried grass as our roofs. We build the walls with
wood and mud with no windows and no partitions. In such houses
a whole family sleeps in a single room."
Tanzania
"These houses have no electricity. People
use small lamps made of tins and bottles. Others get light
from grass or by burning rubber tyres. The mud and thatched
houses are likely to fall down if there is too much
rain."
Malawi
"They are desperately sick without money
to buy the drugs which are very expensive here."
Cameroon
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