I have written a number of articles begging everyone to stop sending aid to Africa, that such so-called 'help' actually robs Africa of its future, that despite decades of food aid there are now more Africans starving than 25 years ago, that most of the money supposedly for food instead goes to purchase weapons which has caused the death of millions more Africans.

And don't take my word for it, Dambisa Moyo, a former economist at Goldman Sachs and author, tells us that aid to Africa is an unmitigated disaster.

A few days ago I received an email from a reader asking me that if we shouldn't send money, medicine, or food, what can be done to help.

The best thing would be to do nothing. Allow Africans to re-learn how to grow their own food and become independent.

Sadly there will be those that feel that they must do something, that they cannot just close their eyes to the hunger, disease and misery. They cannot face the fact that the reason there is so much hunger, disease and misery in Africa is precisely due to their constant help.

A few years ago I denigrated the work of a group called FOKO whose goal was to help the Malagasy people improve their quality of life. I wrote that unless they changed their goal from empowering women to sterilizing them, they were doomed to failure. And fail they did - the group stopped their efforts late in 2009.

But there are still those who think they can help by interfering. Here is another effort doomed to failure: