The war caused Sierra Leone to become a country with the highest rate of infants' death. Many of infants and children suffer from malnutrition. The annihilated bridges and constructed roads majorly contribute to starvation by delaying the food transportation. The clinics throughout the country are having hard time distributing the food because there are simply not enough foods. Sierra Leoneans struggle to live with one meal a day, while we waste our food every meal. They not only starve to death, but they also die from food itself. Even though, many suffer from severe diarrhea and vomiting, people are reluctant to ask for help, because they are embarrassed; a woman who did not get proper help in the clinic due to her embarrassment eventually died from diarrhea. Mothers beg to not to discharge their children from clinics where meager amount of food is provided for children with malnutrition.
The 40 percent of children under age of 5 die from Malaria. Even though, the cause of the malaria is widely known, people have no money to pay for insect repellent or mosquito net.The infants who die during their births are buried with cardboard coffins. I wonder what I can do to help those in Sierra Leone. I could give donation, but who knows where it goes? There is no way for me to make sure my donation helps those who are in need of it. I recall South Koreans' effort to help the poor in North Korea ended up helping Kim Jung Il. What could we truly do to help our neighbors?
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I wonder if there are any foundations specifically set up to help the clinics? This situation is so sad-I can't believe they only have one meal a day, and we have 3+.
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