AFRICAN ANTIPOVERY SETBACK
December 21, 2005 | Read Time: 1 minute
In October, Bruce Wilkinson, a wealthy Georgia preacher, resigned as head of Dream for Africa, a charity in founded in 2002, and abandoned his ambitious plan to help children in the kingdom of Swaziland, reports The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Wilkinson had said his humanitarian effort would become one of the largest in the world, but after running into diiffculties with Swaziland’s leaders, he left the country. Critics there told the newspaper his departure left many local people further convinced that the wealthy Americans who come to aid Africa often quit when Africans resist their plans. (A paid subscription is required to view this article.)
