Unfortunately, there are still many regions in the world that need aid in order to be able to develop themselves or even exist. Some regions like the Pacific, with its small island nations, constantly receives foreign aid, as these nations do not have the resources to sustain themselves. Other regions, like sub-Saharan Africa, are very poor, so there's constantly big foreign aid towards it, in order just to help the people to survive. Some regions, like the Balkan Peninsula, are in not such a terrible conditions, but in general the nations are not powerful economically, so the developed nations very often provide aid for them in order to improve their infrastructure in order to be able to develop further.
According to the State Department, the majority of United States aid money goes to the Middle East (34%), followed closely by Africa (29%), and South Asia (17%). The Middle East’s high rate of aid is a result of funding reconstruction efforts in America’s two current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Africa’s monies are used primarily to help combat poverty and diseases such as AIDS and malaria. Although the United States gives the most money overall in aid, if measured per capita (the amount of money given per person), the United States only ranks 17th in the world
By 1957, the NAACP had registered nine black students to attend the previously all-white Little Rock Central High, selected on the criteria of excellent grades and attendance. Called the "Little Rock Nine", they were Ernest Green (b. 1941), Elizabeth Eckford (b. 1941), Jefferson Thomas (1942–2010), Terrence Roberts (b.
