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"Mr President, we have all been deeply distressed by the harrowing images and suffering as a result of the famine in East Africa. While it is right that we bring aid to countries in crisis – and I commend those charities and aid agencies that coordinate this life-saving work – I think this House should remember that the problems we see in Africa will not be solved in the medium to long term solely through short-term measures.
We all want to change lives and we all want to create stable communities in East Africa. To do this, in conjunction with providing relief now, we have to look at how we implement long-term measures in terms of quality education, water and health promotion projects, in order to make life better.
One Northern Ireland-based organisation called Fields of Life is currently engaged in these fundamental building blocks in several African countries. I feel that we should be supporting this work, allowing this delivery to expand, and putting in the vital infrastructure that Africa needs."@en1
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