Shift in Thinking

We often think we need to save Africa, but honestly I think we are the ones that need saving. They have not a lot of monetary possessions however they value relationships and community. They have a lower mental illness rate, lower depression, because they care for each other over everything. 

Why is it as white people we feel like we need to give all our old stuff to Africa? We use things and then when we are done with it we think we need to send it to Africa like it is helping. It is not helping anyone. It is making us feel like we are a higher power, higher authority and it is not helping them at all. They need to have ownership, to help themselves, to have a sustainable skill. 

My views and opinions of the world and Africa have changed a lot. As Americans we are very naive about the world. We think we know what is going on but we really have no idea and we stick our nose where it doesn’t belong in order to make ourselves feel better. Like we helped the less fortunate but really we have just made things much much worse in order to boost our own self esteem. 

We think we have everything figured out but actually we have so  so much to learn.