What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa - Page 5

WendyB4 · 02-21-2006, 07:35 AM

What comes to my mind when I think about Africa? Pain and immense poverty in the midst of beauty. I belong to an organization called women for women. I sponsor a lady in Rwanda. She is raising two children of her own and three relatives who were orphaned by the war

. I believe that the world is capable of saving the African people. In Canada we probably waste enough food on a daily basis to feed a few thousand. When I throw out something now I think of who that could have fed somehwere else that wouldn't turn their nose up at it just cause they didn't feel like eating leftovers. Africa has been a troubled continent since I can remember but governments dealing with governments is like

I hope that someday soon a solution can be found.

ElphabatheCurious · 10-11-2006, 04:32 PM

When I hear the word Africa, I think of all of the above and then AIDS.

I have family in South Africa, I worry for their safety. And,mostly, I am sad that so many suffer because of a few.

Elphaba

Lulu2 · 10-11-2006, 07:28 PM

When I think of Africa, I think of the sunrise over the Masai Mara or the Okovongo Delta. When I think of Africa, I think of the many lovely people I've met there. I've been seven times, to eight countries and will always be planning my next visit.

Yes, there are dreadful social problems and it's not easy to live in many areas. But I have hope that diseases will be conquered, children will be educated, women will achieve equality and the vervet monkeys will always play in the trees and the grass.

Nomad · 10-20-2006, 08:55 AM

What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa

flies
flies and man eating tigers

Lulu2 · 10-20-2006, 03:45 PM

(ummmm...Nomad, dear.....there are no man-eating tigers in Africa. There aren't ANY tigers in Africa. Flies, yes. Tigers, no. So--want to go on my next trip?)

RedGlitter · 10-20-2006, 04:10 PM

My first thought is vast open land, with strange trees and wild animals everywhere. Elephants!! I think of a true wilderness. Maybe this is from having watched too much "Wild Kingdom" as a kid but that's what I think of.

02-21-2006, 07:35 AM	#41 (permalink)
WendyB4 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 28	Re: What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa What comes to my mind when I think about Africa? Pain and immense poverty in the midst of beauty. I belong to an organization called women for women. I sponsor a lady in Rwanda. She is raising two children of her own and three relatives who were orphaned by the war . I believe that the world is capable of saving the African people. In Canada we probably waste enough food on a daily basis to feed a few thousand. When I throw out something now I think of who that could have fed somehwere else that wouldn't turn their nose up at it just cause they didn't feel like eating leftovers. Africa has been a troubled continent since I can remember but governments dealing with governments is like I hope that someday soon a solution can be found.
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10-11-2006, 04:32 PM	#42 (permalink)
ElphabatheCurious Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 5	Re: What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa When I hear the word Africa, I think of all of the above and then AIDS. I have family in South Africa, I worry for their safety. And,mostly, I am sad that so many suffer because of a few. Elphaba
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10-11-2006, 07:28 PM	#43 (permalink)
Lulu2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 6,051	Re: What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa When I think of Africa, I think of the sunrise over the Masai Mara or the Okovongo Delta. When I think of Africa, I think of the many lovely people I've met there. I've been seven times, to eight countries and will always be planning my next visit. Yes, there are dreadful social problems and it's not easy to live in many areas. But I have hope that diseases will be conquered, children will be educated, women will achieve equality and the vervet monkeys will always play in the trees and the grass. __________________ My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
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10-20-2006, 08:55 AM	#44 (permalink)
Nomad LIFE IS SHORT...LIVE HARD Supporting Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: LOOK BEHIND YOU Posts: 25,054	Re: What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa flies flies and man eating tigers __________________
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10-20-2006, 03:45 PM	#45 (permalink)
Lulu2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: So. Calif. Posts: 6,051	Re: What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa (ummmm...Nomad, dear.....there are no man-eating tigers in Africa. There aren't ANY tigers in Africa. Flies, yes. Tigers, no. So--want to go on my next trip?) __________________ My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
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10-20-2006, 04:10 PM	#46 (permalink)
RedGlitter Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In the middle of the Arizona desert Posts: 15,953	Re: What Comes To Your Mind When You Hear The Word Africa My first thought is vast open land, with strange trees and wild animals everywhere. Elephants!! I think of a true wilderness. Maybe this is from having watched too much "Wild Kingdom" as a kid but that's what I think of.
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