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I wake up early. I live about an hour from town so that’s one less hour of sleep. I have no idea where I derive the energy but I do it. I get ready and count my shillings to make sure I have enough fare, then I get out.

MY LIFE:  A CALL AND A JOURNEY

Life is a succession of steps that help us to better understand the fundamentals principles of the mysterious God’s creation. It is going from failures to failures and never lose hope and courage because those failures help to gain more experiences. Life starts somewhere and finishes somewhere which can be at the same place or not but things change daily.

Volunteering is a substantial resource for developing countries in Africa. It is through a workforce of volunteers that thousands of projects to improve the quality of life are completed every year. The good news is that this is set to continue, as a recent study by Marriott Rewards found that 84% of millennials would be happy to travel abroad for volunteering opportunities. Is it really helping the developing countries though? And are the opportunities available actually ethical?

The sub-Saharan region of Africa has more undernourished citizens than any other geographic region in the world, with 60 million extremely malnourished people facing the threat of famine. The question is, why?

Recently I saw an article shared by someone on Facebook about the Mall of Africa— the 1.4 million square foot mall that opened last month in Waterfall City, South Africa. Construction began in this conveniently located suburb of Johannesburg in 2012, and the final cost to completion came in at around $330 million (US).

Although African nations do not have nearly as many factories, cars and farms as more industrially developed nations like the US and China, climate change impacts Africa potentially more than any other continent on Earth.

Living in a fast-food-filled Western society, diabetes isn’t necessarily a condition that one would immediately correlate with African nations. Surprisingly, diabetes is “on the rise everywhere and now most common in developing countries” according to Dr. Margaret Chan of the World Health Organization (WHO).^[1] Although Type 2 diabetes can be caused by “unhealthy eating and lack of physical activity,”^[1] it is a condition more broadly rooted in malnutrition, an issue far too familiar in African nations like The Gambia.

When some first picture Africa, they tend to think of a continent plagued with poverty and corruption, or a barren wasteland filled with starving citizens. Much of western media coverage surrounding Africa tends to focus on negative attributes or problems. Despite the existence of modern life and developed cities with running water and electricity in Africa, stories that depict a continent in ruins are run in favor of those involving solutions or uplifting articles that depict African citizens in a positive light.