"Senegal to house 160 Haitian youngsters" (dap @ yok)

 Great initiative by President Wade of Senegal. No doubt some will criticize him with complaints of "charity starts at home," just as Ghanaians criticized Nkrumah roughly 50 year ago for bailing out Mali. But Wade has a big vision. We should support this pan-African effort vigorously while simultaneously shoring up domestic policies to stamp out poverty. GI  

Source: Africagoodnews

Over the course of the next few days, 160 young Haitians (85 boys and 75 girls) will land in Dakar, their flights paid for by the Senegalese government. A few days after the earthquake that devastated Haiti and killed 200 thousand people, the Senegalese president said: “It hurts to see the African diaspora continuously struck by natural disasters.”

Senegal will house 160 Haitian youngsters. The president, Abdoulaye Wade, is offering them a university programme as well. The idea is to provide them with specialized, professional training to give them the skills and expertise needed to stimulate the economic, social and cultural recovery of Haiti. The plans were revealed by the minister for Humanitarian and International Affairs, Mamodou Lamine Ba, during a press conference held in Dakar.

Read entire story @ Afronline 

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