WHAT PROBLEM WOULD YOU SOLVE IF YOU COULD ONLY PICK ONE? TOGETHER, WE CAN FIX IT: ONE PROBLEM AT A TIME.
Africa is the world's second largest continent after Asia. It has a total surface area of 30.3 million km2, including several islands, and an estimated total population of 888 million (2005, UN). The vast Sahara Desert, covering an area greater than that of the continental United States, divides Northern Africa from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Poverty in Africa is predominantly rural. More than 70 per cent of the continent’s poor people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for food and livelihood, yet development assistance to agriculture is decreasing. In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 218 million people live in extreme poverty. Among them are rural poor people in Eastern and Southern Africa, an area that has one of the world’s highest concentrations of poor people. The incidence of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing faster than the population. Overall, the pace of poverty reduction in most of Africa has slowed since the 1970s.
Rural poverty in many areas of Africa has its roots in the colonial system and the policy and institutional restraints that it imposed on poor people. In recent decades, economic policies and institutional structures have been modified to close the income gap. Structural adjustments have dismantled existing rural systems, but have not always built new ones. In many transitional economies, the rural situation is marked by continuing stagnation, poor production, low incomes and the rising vulnerability of poor people. Lack of access to markets is a problem for many small-scale enterprises in Africa. The rural population is poorly organized and often isolated, beyond the reach of social safety nets and poverty programmes. Increasingly, government policies and investments in poverty reduction tend to favour urban over rural areas.
HIV/AIDS is changing the profile of rural poverty in Africa. It puts an unbearable strain on poor rural households, where labour is the primary income-earning asset. About two thirds of the 34 million people in the world with HIV/AIDS live on the African continent.
Africa is the world's second largest continent after Asia. It has a total surface area of 30.3 million km2, including several islands, and an estimated total population of 888 million (2005, UN). The vast Sahara Desert, covering an area greater than that of the continental United States, divides Northern Africa from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Poverty in Africa is predominantly rural. More than 70 per cent of the continent’s poor people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for food and livelihood, yet development assistance to agriculture is decreasing. In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 218 million people live in extreme poverty. Among them are rural poor people in Eastern and Southern Africa, an area that has one of the world’s highest concentrations of poor people. The incidence of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing faster than the population. Overall, the pace of poverty reduction in most of Africa has slowed since the 1970s.
Rural poverty in many areas of Africa has its roots in the colonial system and the policy and institutional restraints that it imposed on poor people. In recent decades, economic policies and institutional structures have been modified to close the income gap. Structural adjustments have dismantled existing rural systems, but have not always built new ones. In many transitional economies, the rural situation is marked by continuing stagnation, poor production, low incomes and the rising vulnerability of poor people. Lack of access to markets is a problem for many small-scale enterprises in Africa. The rural population is poorly organized and often isolated, beyond the reach of social safety nets and poverty programmes. Increasingly, government policies and investments in poverty reduction tend to favour urban over rural areas.
HIV/AIDS is changing the profile of rural poverty in Africa. It puts an unbearable strain on poor rural households, where labour is the primary income-earning asset. About two thirds of the 34 million people in the world with HIV/AIDS live on the African continent.
CONTINENT NOIR - CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
Share the joy of Christmas with 500 less fortunate children in a charity event on Saturday 20th December 2014.
Every year the CONTINENT NOIR FOUNDATION together with businesses and partners in and out of Johannesburg, South Africa host a Christmas party for over 500 disadvantaged children. We are looking for assistants to help us at the event and brighten the lives of young children and share joy in the festive season. At the “Christmas Fun Day” to be held at one of the local charities home, the children will get special presents from the guests and funds raised will be inducted in projects to help disadvantaged families in South Africa. The chosen charities for this year will be revealed before the actual event. Thank you for your support to the children and our foundation. |
CONTINENT NOIR - JOURNEES DE NOEL POUR LES ENFANTS DEMUNIS.
Continent Noir Foundation organise des fêtes de Noël pour les enfants Africains, Européens, Américains et Asiatiques sans distinction de couleurs au mois de Décembre.
A cet effet, nous collectons livres, jouets, vêtements, fonds et autres pour la réalisation de ces Journées de Noël. Ensemble, nous sommes en mesure d'offri un repas, un cadeau et un sourire à ces enfants du monde qui ne vivent pas forcement pas dans de bonnes conditions. |