AFRO-NETS> How do people in Africa want to die? (3)

[Alhaji Jawneh <alhajij@yahoo.com>]

How do people in Africa want to die? (3)
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I'm with you Peter that resources ought to be used in the best way to 
make become useful for the intended purposes. I do however believe 
that resources are not always directed or channeled in the right man-
ner or perhaps only a tiny fraction reaches the grassroots or in-
tended beneficiaries, which is so minimal to make any impact. 
 
It is a fact that over 60% of a lot of the development budget goes 
into administration of the development effort rather than the imple-
mentation of programmes. Also to compound to the problem, development 
activities are not conceived with the involvement of the people for 
which they are intended. 
 
There are new ways of actively engaging communities in the conception 
and development of community action plans, which if properly employed 
can avert the myriad problems of the failure of development initia-
tives. I think we have been putting blame for far too long on the 
poor people for their poverty, but I think the causes are deep-rooted 
and we must start from them in order to find lasting solutions. Solu-
tions that come from the top will never become successful! 
 
Thank you for reading
 
Alhaji Jawneh
3 Bleecker Terrace, 101
Albany, NY 12206, USA
Tel. +1-518-453-9739
mailto:alhajij@yahoo.com
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