[neo_ny_23]

I agree with Rachel. Clean up your own home first before supporting some one else. We gotta be self-sufficient first before supporting some one else.

Another thing Aqeel - Poverty is NOT the reason for terrorism. Most of the terrorists are eithe from rich and affluent families or atleast middle class families. The major reasons of terrorism are: 1) Wrong and corrobated (check the spelling.. am not sure about it) education leading to Jehad or Gitmo and Abu Ghraib tortures 2) Wrong and short sighted foreign policies of different countries, and 3) Lack of diversity and globalisation in the middle eastern and many muslim nations around the world.

About eradicating poverty one thing each country can do is to 0) Stable and strong central government and regional governments 1) stop corruption in their own governments and NGOs (Non Government Organizations) 2) better education 3) strengthening economy on the basis of the rich natural resources the country has and 4) better communication. Communication doesnt only mean just phones or stuff like that. By better communication I mean, better phone facilities, better electricity, better roads, setting up better internet and computer facilities, opening your own country to the whole world so that your people will know whats happening outside your country and others will know whats happening in your country and whats the scope of employement and investment there. It broadens everyone's mind.

Building better roads, means more employment to poor people and by building better roads, u not only solve the problem of communication but also provide hard money to the poor people. When they have money, they send their kids to schools. When they send their kids to schools, their kids and eventually the families get education (not Islamic Jehad studies but realistic studies which are practical in today's world). When you get education, you have the power of knowledge. With better internet facilities, you come across various fields and scopes all around the world, which opens up your mind.

But, there is always a but! Countries around the world can successfully end poverty by ending corruption in their own offices and NGOs. As long as corruption is there, nothing I said above is gonna work. And again, the only mean of ending corruption is proper ethical education. Goverment officials should take the leads in anti-corruption campaigns and should be the ones to clean up first.


Thats all I can think of right now.