Kendall,
"When we send food to starving people all we are doing is postponing the inevitable, and insuring that in the long run, even more will starve. They have to work on the problem, not the symptom."

Watched on TV recently - about where some of the worst famines have occurred in Africa - the guy walked out of the big one in the 1970's - now back in his "home" he can grow about enough food for 5 months of the year - the rest of the year is Aid handouts. And the Govt want to shift him - but he and his family now won't move - "cause that's where his family has always lived" - and (insert civil rights stuff about being carted off land etc) - so more kids are born in an area that cannot produce enough food for the family - even in a "good' year...

Robin