I need Africa more than Africa needs me (final)

I need Africa more than Africa needs me is a difficult concept which I believe can be explored two ways. On one hand we can look at it from the physical and literal standpoint on who needs the most immediate help, but also the topic can be viewed form a more spiritual and holistic standpoint of what kind of help is really needed.
As for the first approach there are people starving and dying all over the world. No continent, however, has a more widespread epidemic of war, disease and starvation than Africa does. We see it almost daily on the news and in the papers that tragedies are occurring in that part of the world at an alarming rate. As a privileged western society it is our duty to help those less fortunate and there is no better place than Africa to fulfill that duty. So in that sense the need is really focused on that continent.
If we view the topic from a spiritual standpoint things are reversed. I once heard that the Christian church was spreading at a faster rate in Africa than any other place in the world. There are miraculous acts of faith demonstrated by people throughout various African nations despite the great hardships constantly being faced. This is something that is being lost in western Christianity because we do not face the type of tests that those who live through severe life trials do. Even if you are not a religious person you can see that those of us who do live privileged lives have lost a sense of perspective about what really matters in life and we do not know how to truly be thankful for the little pleasures and even necessities of life. Seeing how the African people respond to the dire circumstances they face can offer new perspective to a society jaded by the trappings of opulent wealth and that is something infinitely difficult to put a price tag on.