Africans need to help themselves, with a little boost from us

While I agree with the general concept of by Jean-Claude Shanda Tonme's article that Africa need internal reform and not outside money, I do believe that us citizens of the 1st world need to help. It is true that Africans can do this alone, but at the cost of how many lives due to disease, war, and hunger? Helping to alleviate suffering by funding NGOs, and not the African governments, can help expedite the process.