Proposal Report: WHY SHOULD WE HELP? - Africa Village Project

Proposal Report

Article Index
Proposal Report
SUMMARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
* Why Africa?
WHY SHOULD WE HELP?
* It`s their own fault if they are poor
* Jared Diamond and western (cargo)
* Muhammad Yunus and microcredit
* Ineffective aid
* Unscrupulous people
* The system
* Grameen Bank
* It doesn`t affect us, so why should we care?
* The poor will always be with us
* There is no point in giving aid
* Where does all the money go?
* Africa`s onerous challenges
* Africa`s extreme poverty
* Corruption and poor governance
* Lack of modern values and free market economies
* A population explosion?
* Why not leave it to the United Nations and the world
* The UN
* The governments of the world
* Grassroots movements
THE BENEFITS
THE VENTURE ITSELF
* Adopt a village
* What is needed
* Adopt an educational institute
* How students could be involved
* Forming partnerships and getting funding
* The Earth Institute at Columbia University
* Other partnerships
HOW TO AVOID THE MARIE ANTOINETTE SYNDROME
THE ACTION PLAN
CONCLUSION
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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2.0 WHY SHOULD WE HELP?

It all sounds very edifying, but why on earth should we at BCIT consider starting a project that would help Africa? There are, in fact, a number of arguments why we should not help. Some of these arguments are discussed in this section.

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