Misgana,
Have you seen that New Zealand woman eat this "nutricious supplement" a.k.a 'dog-food' on t.v? I'm not having that story, untill she mixes the powder with water and eat it on t.v, i won't believe she has good intentions. It seems like a cheap marketing stunt to me, she gives food in good faith and sales will automatically go up. As for giving the money of the dog food to existing charity organisations, i'm not having that one either. Time and time again it has been proven that these organisations don't achieve as much as what they say on paper. If these organisations had good intentions, why do their workers live lavish lifestyles in these poor countries, where do they get the money from?
That's one of the reason's i don't give money to any of those organizations, had a bad experience with one. They took my money and disappeared with it. Not that it matters because i gave it in good faith, but it hurt me to see how evilous some people can be. The problem isn't feeding them, it's letting them remove themselves from that cycle which WE (yes all of us) in the west put them in the first place.
It shows exactly how some white people view black people. Regarding the comment better to eat dog food than die. I'm thinking how much of you actually went hungry in your life. In the caribbean dog-food is an insult, it's even worse than cat-food. And ofcourse that father will say better to eat it than die, but he's only thinking about the small picture. Eating this imported food will only make the situation worse, the local produce won't be sold. I don't know how much of you know about economics and market. But sadly enough some will have to die in order for the majority to stay alive, but Africa was so foolish to accept all the aid it can possibly get and didn't know to protect their market. I'm not disputing that in some cases they needed all the help they can get. But in most of the cases the UN knew that there was a massive starvation on the way and they never took the necessary steps to insure that it doesn't exceed the the goverment's capability of handling the situation.