A Visit With a Person of High Strangeness Ethiopian children seek answers

Ethiopian children seek answers

Half of Africa's population are children and young people. They are often the hardest hit by the continent's poverty, so they are also part of the solutions.

Half of Africa’s population are children and young people. They are often the hardest hit by the continent’s poverty, so they are also part of the solutions.

BBC Africa Live found Ethiopian children to put their questions to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa which is examining how to pull the continent out of poverty.

Zerehun: 18, teenage leader
“Where does the money go?”

Abraham: 11, student
“Will the Commission help farmers?”

Leya: 13, aspiring journalist
“Give us back our treasures.”

Zeleke: 13, aspiring pilot
“Why can’t all children go to school?”

Linda: 16, aspiring writer
“Help rural girls get an education.”

Helina: 15, student
“Stop spoon-feeding governments.”

Zerehun: I am an orphan. I had to fend for myself from when I was young. I used to shine shoes on the streets of Addis Ababa until the United Nations children’s fund (Unicef) helped me to go to school. I am now 18 and I head the Ethiopian Teenager’s Forum.

Developed countries donate a lot of money to Africa for issues like HIV and Aids. But sometimes we do not know where the money goes. How will the Commission for Africa make sure the money goes where it is supposed to?

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