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It
is hard to imagine. Absolute poverty. Living on less than a dollar
a day. The sufferings of the most underprivileged people.In Africa,
there still are about 4.17million refugees living with the destruction
of war, about 40 million people suffering from hunger, and around
30 million people with AIDS/HIV. As a result, families are broken
apart and children are left behind. That is the reality. Did you know
that roughly half the population in Sub-Saharan
Africa suffers from absolute poverty? How can they regain hope
again? What should be done? First, they need to take charge toward
cultivating their own future. Then, we, as their friends, need to
think of their problems as our own and to provide full support they
desperately need. That is our objective, the premise of the Tokyo
International Conference on African Development originating in 1993.
Toward the future, together with the Africans. TICAD marks its 10-year-anniversary
in 2003. For African development in the 21st century, Japan takes
action, together with the world.
Sub-Saharan Africa refers
to the African countries located south of the Sahara. 48 countries,
including Sudan, of the 53 countries in the African Continent belong
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The
population suffering from absolute poverty, who is forced to
live on less than a dollar a day. |
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Among the entire population in Sub-Saharan
Africa.
(Data according to UNDP Human Development Report 2003) |
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