He was so poor that he did not dig a well, and traveled dozens of miles for a drink of dirty water. Speaking of Africa, what do you think? Some people say: poor and lazy! Lazy to the extreme. I was so poor that I didn't eat or drink, I was hungry five times in three days. This is how most people think of Africa, so are they really that poor? As early as 1956, China has launched aid to Africa. During the nearly 60-plus years of aid to Africa, Africans are still so poor. Could it be that they are really unable to support the wall?

Water is a big problem in Africa

Many people may think that Africans are poor because they are too lazy to create, too lazy to work, or even too lazy to move.

In the past two years, we have seen some videos about the living conditions of African people on domestic social networking sites. These records show that water use in Africa is a major problem that plagues ordinary people. Because of the difficulty of using water, African residents all pick up rainwater, drink dirty water from the roadside, run dozens of kilometers away to fetch water, and even share water resources with wild animals. This makes the living environment of the entire African people can be described as dirty and messy.

Can't dig a well?

With this question in mind, let's first understand the regional characteristics of Africa.

We all know that Africa is hot all year round, with less precipitation and serious land desertification. For example, the world's largest Sahara desert is located in northern Africa. This African nail household has an area of ​​9.32 million square kilometers , even including all of China's territory.

Just ask how many people dare to dig a well in the desert area to get water. It is normal to have no water. If the well collapses when halfway through, the whole village will eat.

So why not dig wells in other locations?

The answer is yes, as long as the viscosity of the soil layer is large enough and the stability is strong enough, it will be a matter of time before water is dug. It is reported that the groundwater resources in Africa are very rich, even 100 times higher than the surface water resources. In particular, the Sahara Desert has the highest groundwater reserves.

However, compared to digging down 20 meters in China to produce water, in Africa, you need to dig down 80-100 meters to see the water , and the water output is not very large. This has brought greater problems to Africa, which is already poor, because artificial wells cannot be so deep, but they do not have more funds to import more advanced equipment from abroad.

So poverty is the root of all evil!

Speaking of which, I have to mention that the most developed country in Africa: South Africa. South Africa is now one of the most economically developed countries in Africa. In fact, South Africa used to be a colony before liberation. The colonists regarded the whole of South Africa as their own territory and did their best to develop and dig wells to get water.

However , with the massive exploitation and excessive use of groundwater resources, the geology of the entire South Africa has undergone tremendous changes, followed by subsidence of the ground and frequent occurrence of geological disasters. This has also sounded the alarm for leaders, who are also very cautious in the decision-making of mining groundwater resources.

So, if you don't dig wells, there will still be rivers. Can't you divert water from the south to the north like China, and divert the water from the west to the east?

In fact, Africa is very large, and the soil in some areas is seriously desertified. It is no less difficult to do a project similar to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project than laying tiles on the Great Wall.

Here, the bacteria also want to say that if their ancestors dared to think and act like their ancestors in China, and left behind wonderful works such as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, they would not be like this today. Embarrassing situation.

Closer to home, most of the other parts of Africa are savannah areas. The biggest feature of this area is the extreme weather . If there is a heavy rainfall this month, your home will be washed away; next month, it will be like the urinary system is malfunctioning. , the ticking will only give you a few drops of rain, in short, it will not let you have a good weather.

Having said that, someone may want to point out that the nomadic people in northern China also follow the natural climate to herd? Can't Africans do it?

It does.

But in such a natural environment, it also gives wild animals more opportunities to thrive. The problem is that some of the only water in Africa is used by humans and wildlife. Imagine if a group of lions lived near your house, would you dare to sleep at night? Or when you are going to fetch water to cook, and you find wild zebras excreting in the water, can you still eat them?

In fact, compared with the domestic grasslands , the wild animals on the African grasslands are in groups. If you really want to practice grazing, it is equivalent to sending rations to the African lions in person . In addition, there are other wild animals. Such as cheetahs, elephants, rhinos, crocodiles, poisonous snakes. Let's talk about these kinds of ferocious animals, which one can you beat?

Of course, under such harsh conditions, the sharing of water resources between wild animals and people will also lead to the spread of bacterial diseases.

In Africa, where medical conditions are backward, even buying a bottle of antibiotics has to go to a hospital dozens of kilometers away to buy it. As for the price, of course, it cannot be compared with the domestic civilian price, and some families even need to spend a month . living expenses to buy medicines.

To sum up, in this extremely harsh environment, the concepts and habits that lead to poverty and laziness have been deeply ingrained in the brains of Africans. They are poor and resigned to their fate. If life is difficult, then they will be rotten. Anyway, it can't be worse than this.

When the Chinese arrived in Africa, they launched a series of aid programs, including drilling wells where feasible, opening factories, helping Africans to work and increasing their income. In fact, this series of aid to Africa has been successful, at least fundamentally changing the concept of some Africans, letting them know that they should use their own hands to create wealth.

This is not difficult to see from the video images sent back by many bloggers from Africa. The quality of life of Africans has indeed improved a lot. But this way of giving a man a fish cannot save most Africans after all. Among some indigenous Africans and tribes, laziness is still deeply ingrained in their concepts. Perhaps the concept that Chinese people create wealth with their hands will take longer and longer to spread. To completely change the concept of African laziness, it must be done subtly and gradually.

Here, the bacteria still eloquently put forward that today in Africa is in fact the tomorrow of the earth. If we do not take care of the environment, the giant desert beast will continue to devour our homeland. It is still the same sentence: take care of the environment, everyone It is our responsibility to leave an extra blue sky for our children and grandchildren.