Dorothee
Germany
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On Tuesday the news show “Tagesschau” reported about the humanitarian aid organization “Habitat For Humanity International”. As implied by the name they build homes in poor areas in countries all over the world not making a difference between industrial countries, developing countries and least developed countries. In Lesotho for example – where they also build save and hygienic small huts for the poor – 68% of the population is considered as poor AND living under unhealthy conditions. Due to an unusually high number of people dying of AIDS many underage people are left as orphans and street children and as homeless people they often end up spending their time in unhygienic (dirty streets), unhealthy (gas stations, dumping lots etc.) or even dangerous (girls being forced to earn their money as prostitutes in a brothel, boys joining criminal gangs and getting involved in criminal actions) places. Another big issue that makes citizens of Lesotho lose their home according to “Habitat For Humanity International” is land-grabbing. Big companies from the EU and the North of America buy huge areas from developing countries to grow soy and other products there that are then used as food in feeding-lots from industrial nations all over the world. However the population of Lesotho does not cease growing and seeing how they can’t use the areas that are already property of these foreign companies it only makes sense that sooner or later there isn’t any more space left for citizens to live there. As I already implied this aid-organizations builds small, but save and clean huts for people who have been homeless or residing under intolerable conditions for…let’s say not just a short period of time.
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