Why should I help provide access to education for poor Nigerian children, when there are poor children in the United States?
There are poor children all over the world. All children should get our attention and all children in need deserve to be helped. All children deserve a quality education. We continue to learn that the world is a global village and that countries can no longer be perceived as independent and disconnected as we once thought them to be. What happens in one country affects what happens in another. In the United States, despite the need, many structures are already built into the system to assist those in need and numerous organizations exist that focus on alleviating poverty among children. Literacy is high and all children readily receive an education. On the other hand, in Nigeria where the literacy rate is currently less than 50 %, there are incredibly few structures that exist and/or that function effectively to ensure that poor people are provided for. Social conditions are extremely harsh and the wave of poverty, coupled with illiteracy is so far reaching and devastating that a middl
