Life and Opinions of an Artist ; "A Time For Dreamers"

comment:  Education is the only solution for changing a mentality that finds comfort in creating big families ! More Now generation Global development Interview The African youth boom: what's worrying Bill Gates Polly Toynbee The philanthropist warns that stability in Africa makes a huge difference to the world, and that investing in the health and education of its young people is vital Tue 18 Sep 2018 05.01 BST Last modified on Fri 21 Sep 2018 10.51 BST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Shares 1,193 1193 Play Video 4:48 Bill Gates: 'Trump is open-minded' – video W hat worries Bill Gates most? The booming population of Africa looms over his foundation’s latest global survey . By the end of this century there will be 4 billion more people on Earth – and 3 billion of these extra souls will be born in Africa. The challenge, he...

comment:   My grandfather had more than eight children at the begining of the century .  Later on he would complain that he didnt know the modern contraception methods and had he known  the solutions which modern birth contrôle offers people , he would have liked to have fewer children. Today no one has the excuse to have a big family because many people have heard of the methods and the devices  .... but we are still getting  a world population increase which is to say the least worrying!   The Chinese have put aside "the one child Policy" and the third world countries  continue to have a mentality and attitude towards having numerous children.  This is a real and tangiable issue.  An article and interview with Bill Gates about Africa (in The Guardian) , tells us that the future of the world is pretty much dependant on the population of the African continent.  ...