South Africa s hunger problem is turning into a major health crisis modernghana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from modernghana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, last published in 2014, found that a large part of South Africa’s population is not only food insecure, but also lacks dietary diversity and is nutrient deficient. Is it a case of availability and accessibility to basic nutritional informa.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, founder of the Aliko Dangote Foundation. [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter @Glaziang]
Since this Foundation debuted, it has not only blazed a trail in the annals of philanthropy cum charity, it has redefined the standard and become a benchmark for a committed passion for philanthropic gestures and charity outreaches. Alhaji Aliko Dangote has always risen to the occasion whenever needs of philanthropic interventions arise…
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal”. Albert Pike
We were all born human. We ascend the Olympian height of humanity when we transcend from just being humans to humanitarians. And humanitarianism is a passionate idealism rooted in a keen sense of empathy, because compassion is the springboard of altruism. Life becomes literally meaningless when humanity is sacrificed at the altar of cupidity and avarice.