Central Africa is the Region That Should Recieve the Most Help

The title was a misnomer, I guess. At the beginning, I believe I said: "Many people will disagree and say that a different region of Africa needs help." I was hoping you'd kind of pick up on the fact that I'm talking about Central out of all of the other REGIONS in Africa. "I think as a whole, when somebody says Africa most think of the Sergengeti or deserts. Only a few who know of these conditions and the truths of Africa actually think of the continent as a land of hardships and troubles." These days, Africa is constantly in the spotlight for corruption, economic failure, HIV/AIDS, malnutrition and other negative things. If you go to a news website, such as http://www.cnn.com... you will see that practically everything when you click on "Africa" is negative. Africa's conditions are widely publicized, so many people will be aware of the bad things. "All of Africa is suffering. We should help ALL of Africa. Not just one region." Who's to say I'm against this? If I say Central Africa is the Region that Should Recieve the Most Help, even if it is a misnomer, you should be able to pick up on the fact that this is a region-versus-region thing; not really a region-verus-the whole continent of Africa. What I mean is that Central Africa is the region that stands out for the most help out of every other INDIVIDUAL region. "Your position in this debate is the same as saying, this homeless person should recieve the most help and more help than those 4 over there becuase somebody is already helping them." This makes perfect sense. Every other homeless person would have already recieved some help. What about the neglected one? So the one other person should receive more help than the neglected one? "I don't believe that one region deserves more help than another, but they should recieve help based on their conditions and problems." http://www.cnn.com... http://www.alertnet.org... Judging from a recent articles, there ARE conditions and problems in Central Africa. Also, judging from the list of articles (basically problems) from the website, (http://www.cnn.com...) there aren't that many articles recognizing Central Africa. "From just looking at the two countries above (Democratic Republic of the Congo which you brought up in your argument and Sudan, where Darfur is located) you are able to see that The DRC has more natural resources and is NOT land-locked, Now, let us compare that to Sudan. Sudan has less natural resources and IS land-locked." Just because the DRC has more natural resources does NOT mean it has had access to these resources. Also, Sudan is not landlocked. It has access to the Red Sea, which has access to the ocean. http://www.kwathabeng.co.za... landï¿½locked adj. Entirely or almost entirely surrounded by land: a landlocked country. Confined to inland waters, as certain salmon. landï¿½locked [land-lokt] –adjective 1. shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay. 2. having no direct access to the sea: a landlocked country. 3. living in waters shut off from the sea, as some fish. Source: http://www.dictionary.com... The DRC is landlocked. It is almost completely surrounded by land except for the small area of land that has access to the ocean. "Also, my opponent needs to define "help." Help could mean anywhere from volunteer work to a complete renovation of a country." Anything at this point could assist Africa. "Also, Central Africa is a poor region and does need help, but should we really be focusing on which region recieves the most "help" instead of the important things such as how we can help them?" This debate is about which region should recieve the most help in Africa. I am for Central Africa. How to help Africa is an entirely different matter. Right now, we are debating on which region SHOULD recieve the most help. "My opponent has failed to support her position of 'Central Africa is the Region That Should Recieve the Most Help'" I believe all I have been able to post so far is an opening statement. _______________________________________________________________________________ I do not think my opponent understands what we are debating about. You are trying to prove to me why Central Africa should NOT receive the most help out of the other regions in Africa. I am trying to prove to you why it SHOULD. Therefore, I will restate and add some reasons. *Central Africa is not recognized as one of the top regions in Africa that need help *The Southern region has a good economy compared to other regions. The Northern region has more education. The Eastern and Western region have many resources and access to the coast. *http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk... You can see that most of the countries losing growing stock are in the Central region. *http://www.globalchange.umich.edu... Lots of Central Africa is covered in rainforest. *You can also see from the link above that Central Africa is on the equator. This means since it is tropical, there will be lots of Malaria, which is fatal, and many people do not have mosquito nets and such to protect themselves. *http://www.alertnet.org...