USA must be doing a thing different from AU that makes the former unique and excellent in many fronts .
For instance....... According to a Unicef report on the
BBC, 33% of children
(one child in three) are subjected to child labor in Sub-Saharan Africa with numerous
children , victims of trafficking, labor or sexual exploitation, mainly in
markets, quarries or fields", according to a UN News report.
America may not be a perfect place, but their children
are not forced into child marriage because of privation. It is a crime in America to subject a 6-year
old to domestic labor. In Africa, it is a matter of survival.
In America, government programs like WIC and Food Stamps
serve as a safety net for poor children to get basic nutrition, not to mention
the support from churches and local charities.
Everything that cannot be allowed to happen
to a child in America happens to children in Africa.
They beg for food. They go
to bed hungry. They starve to death. They drop out of school to fend for
themselves. I can name dozens of
children who are starving in my village; who are smart, but who are forced to
drop out of school because of hunger.
America has children's hospitals
everywhere. Even children from poor
families are guaranteed basic medical treatment. They don't have to die from
preventable diseases. In my hometown, on
the other hand, countless numbers of children have died from easily preventable
diseases for lack of medical facilities.
