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POVERTY IN PUNE

WHAT IS POVERTY?• Poverty is general scarcity or dearth, or the state of

one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions Fundamentally, poverty is the inability of getting choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity.

• It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society.

• It means not having enough to feed and clothe a family, not having a school or clinic to go to, not having the land on which to grow one’s food or a job to earn one’s living, not having access to credit.

DEFINATION -

• It means insecurity, powerlessness and exclusion of individuals, households and communities.

• It means susceptibility to violence, and it often implies living in marginal or fragile environments, without access to clean water or sanitation , or money.

Poverty Line In PUNE

• Pune is a large city with around 3 million inhabitants.

• This highlights the very large gap between the 2 percent of households that are designated as poor by applying the official poverty line in Pune and the 40 percent who ‘live in poor conditions’.

Urban Poverty And Digital Exclusion In Pune

• The Centre for Communication and Development Studies (CCDS) seeks applications for the positions of Senior Researcher and Junior Researcher for a two-year research project that will map the extent of digital exclusion of the poor in Pune city and advocate for universal broadband access.

Urban poor make 50% of city's population

• Pune's growing slum population also shows how cities will edge out rural areas in numbers of people.

• The civic body's figures put an estimated 40 per cent of Pune's population, about 14 lakh people, as living in slums.

32.5% population of city lives in slums

• PUNE: Nearly 32.5 per cent of the population of Pune lives in slums, a recent study has revealed. The study also found that the 477 slum pockets in the city lie on just about 2.34 per cent of the total land area of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

CAUSES OF POVERTY

Illiteracy Unemployment

Urbanization

Corruption

Poverty

Illiteracy

• Illiteracy is not being able to read or write.

• People who are illiterate are often called uneducated.

• This can be caused by lack of proper education

Unemployment

• Unemployment is the state of not having a job or employment.

• In the United States, the unemployment rate is currently around ten percent.

Urbanization

• Urbanization is the process in which the number of people living in the cities increases compared to the rural population.

Corruption

• Corruption means having no integrity. Officials on a government of corruption steal from its people.

• Instead of helping the country, they get what they can from government funds for their personal use.

Create a clear path to higher education Reduce the high costs

of being poor and increase access to financial services.

Address food insecurity and nutrition-related

health problems Address the many issues connected with incarceration and its

effects on communities

Ways to reduce poverty

12 Ways to Fight Poverty in Your Community

•There are so many different ways in which we can fight poverty in our community. Here are just a few suggestions of both long-term and short-term solutions that you can implement in your area.

1. Educate YourselfA nationwide lack of affordable housing, sad state of public education, lack of public transportation systems linking commercial and residential neighborhoods, racial injustice, domestic violence, and policies restricting contraception all contribute to an endless cycle of poverty that pervades every state in this country. By reading and education yourself, you can strengthen your understanding of anti-poverty aspects of workers' rights, immigrants' rights, women's rights, reproductive justice, environmental justice and economic human rights movements.

•2. Take Legislative Action -Citizen-driven resources like GovTrack.us. Support national and local non-profits such as the National Low-Income Housing Coalition and the Washington State Jewish Action Center in their efforts to develop and drive anti-poverty legislation in areas such as affordable housing and education, living wages, food security, universal healthcare, child care, Gulf Coast recovery, adult literacy, early childhood education, prisoner re-entry, and sanctuary for undocumented workers.

•3. DonateYou can donate food, money, clothing, toiletry items, old furniture, toys and magazines.

4. VolunteerYou can volunteer with kids, families, the elderly, the disabled, the homeless, women, and the mentally ill; in shelters, soup kitchens, community centers, after school programs, and employment centers. You can teach literacy, resume development, job training courses, ESL, computer class, coach sports, serve food, and provide counseling.

•5. Join a CampaignThere are a number of different local and national campaigns that you can join to help combat poverty. Even better, you can ask your local synagogue, church, youth group, community center, workplace, or school to do the same. Locally, you can get involved with Focus and Fight Poverty, Seattle International Human Rights Coalition, and Real Change News. Nationally, you can get involved with Fighting Poverty with Faith; CARE: Defending Dignity, Fighting Poverty; The ONE Campaign; and End Poverty 2015.

• 6. Organize a RallyA rally is great way to raise awareness about homelessness in your community. A large gathering of people shows solidarity for a cause, and is a great way to get the attention of the media, businesses, local legislature, and other concerned community members.

7.Hold a Benefit ConcertA concert is a great way to raise a good deal of money to help combat poverty, and if the music is good, it can draw a huge crowd.

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9. Write or Start a petitionPetitions are fantastic ways to create change in your local government or neighborhood. You can choose to fight a bad policy, or create a good one. You can write your own petition, or help to propagate one already in existence.

• 10. Write an ArticleAn article to your local newspaper about homelessness in your community is a great way to spread the word, and to personalize the matter with statistics and facts that hit close to home. And not only will you educate others, you will also learn a lot in the process.

11. Put Up Posters on CampusIf you want to educate your fellow students, try getting approval to hang posters with facts and statistics about homelessness and poverty around your school's campus. Facts that hit close to home are one of the best ways to mobilize individuals to make a difference. Don't forget to include ideas for ways to take action!

• 12. Donate LeftoversEver notice how much leftover food is thrown away in your school or workplace cafeteria every day? Try speaking to your school or office administration to find a way to donate all of that leftover food to a local shelter or food bank. There is no need to waste so much when so many people are hungry

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THANK YOU

• BY-ADITYA BUKTE JASH GUJARATHI KSHITIJ KAKADE

DION FERNANDESSHUBHAM CHAUDHARI & AAKASH

AGARWAL ST.VINCENTS HIGH SCHOOL GROUP-2