Quote Originally Posted by Rex Brynen View Post
Despite the magnitude of the AIDS crisis, extended family networks have proven remarkably resilient in providing support for the children of AIDS suffers and victims, and (appropriately, I think) the current thrust is to empower current care givers with individual and community resources--not to rip children away from their village or other support systems.
I take your point. Yes, my previous post was harsh - however, the reality is that while these efforts seem to do well on individual levels, I'm not sure they enact the kind of sweeping, societal-level change that seems necessary for things to go from "crisis to crisis" to where Africa as a continent isn't written off.

I don't think we'll ever see Africa as a rich continent, but I do think most would be happy if it were sort of middling, not constantly at the bottom of the list.