Hi britex, I am from Ethiopia, and i closely watched these problems, the main cause is
- civil war, political issues which most of the world dont' know, there are more than 80 tribes in Ethiopia, none of them can live and work together, and this is caused by the government, inorder to rule for a long term....
- as u said over population is also the main problem
- literacy, only 15% is literate
and abt NGO, there are a lot of them there but not all NGO work agains poverty.. some work for health, education, environment etc.