The Lord's Resistance Army and Joseph Kony

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...and how do you plan to get schools and teachers into the Sudan?

I don't. I hope that the education being delivered already will grow into something sustainable. The people in refugee camps quite often make it their first order of business to start a school. They provide their own teachers. It seems I'm not the only person who thinks that education is important in a war torn country.

If you can't get food, clean water, medicine and doctors past their governments, you're not going to get schools and teachers past them either.

See above.

You don't think those things could be dealt with through proper education? It may not happen tomorrow, but it would happen in the next generation, which is better than the outlook now... I think I prefer education.

...before or after they starve to death, or die from disease? I don't think that they can wait until tommorrow or beyond.

It's rather evident that we can't stop them from dying. Our efforts only make a small difference as it is. However, many cultures have survived disease and famine and become successful members of the global community. It is possible for this to happen in Africa. The first step is for people in Africa to realize this is possible. Then they will have a real reason to make a change.

I don't believe you're going to have much luck getting schools built in a war torn country either.

Schools don't need to be built. They need to be organized, which can be done from within.

Listen, I'm not saying let's bust into Africa and start forcing people to build schools. What I am saying is that once the quality of education improves, you will see an increased quality of life. Huge changes will happen. Rice and band-aids don't do that. We should still send aid when and where we can, but you would be remiss in thinking it is making any difference for the future, imo.