POVERTYBy: Maryam Shaikh

POVERTY IS A DENIAL OF CHOICES AND OPPURTUNITES, AND A VIOLATION OF HUMAN DIGNITY.

Definition

WHAT IS POVERTY?

POVERTY IS AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE EVERYDAY. POVERTY DOESN’T

AFFECT ONLY THE RACE, COLOR,

RELIGION OR CREED.

WHOSE GETTING AFFECTED?

POVERTY IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

WHERE IS POVERTY HAPPENING?

COUNTRIES ? 1. ZIMBABWE 2. CONGO 3. NIGER 4. BURUNDI 5. MOZAMBIQUE 6. GUINEA-BISSAU 7. CHAD 8. LIBERIA

9. BURKINA FASO 10. MALI 11. CENTRAL

AFRICAN REPUBLIC

12. SIERRA LEONE 13. ETHIOPIA 14. GUINEA 15. AFGHANISTAN

Overpopulation

Global distribution of resources.

Education and employment

Environmental degradation

What Are The Causes of Poverty?

OVERPOPULATION

OVERPOPULATION, IS WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WITH TOO FEW RESOURCES AND TOO LITTLE SPACE, THIS CAN RESULT IN POVERTY.

COLONIALISM ACCOUNTS FOR MUCH OF THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY.

Global Distribution of Resources

GOVERNMENTS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OFTEN CANNOT AFFORD

TO PROVIDE FOR GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL

AREAS. IN ADDITION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TEND TO HAVE FEW

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN. AS A RESULT,

PEOPLE MAY SEE LITTLE REASON TO GO TO SCHOOL.

EVEN IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES MAY BE

HIGH. WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE WORK, THEY DO NOT MAKE ANY

MONEY; THUS, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT LEADS TO HIGH LEVELS OF

POVERTY.

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, ENVIRONMENT— IS AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF POVERTY. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS HAVE LED TO SHORTAGES OF FOOD, CLEAN WATER, MATERIALS FOR SHELTER, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL RESOURCES. PEOPLE WHO LIVE DIRECTLY OFF THESE NATURAL RESOURCES SUFFER MOST FROM THE EFFECTS.

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?

PEOPLE IN POVERTY ARE CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING JUST TO LIVE EVERYDAY.

THEY CANT WORK NOR CAN THEY EARN MONEY.

THEY CANT SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES

THEY CANT LIVE THE SAME LIVES WE LIVE.

HOW DOES POVERTY HAPPEN? Corrup

t government

Unemploy

ment

Life style: Poor

SOLUTIONS

Literacy•LITERACY HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE CORRECTLY.

More Jobs •IF THE GOVERNMENT GETS BETTER AND USES LESS TECHNOLOGY AND GIVES CITIZENS INCOME THAT IS OVER MINIMUM WAGE.

Social awareness programs

•IF WE TEACH KIDS HOW TO SOLVE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY, THERE WOULD BE A DRASTIC CHANGE THAT IS GOOD.

MY REASONING FOR SOLUTION I THINK THAT IF THE POOR PEOPLE GET PAID

BETTER FOR THEIR JOBS OR EVEN GET JOBS, THEY CAN START THEIR LIFE ALL OVER AGAIN.

THE SECOND THING THAT THEY CAN DO IS HAVE THE GOVERNMENT HELP THE CITIZENS IN THE COUNTRY COME OUT OF POVERTY.

THE THIRD THING THAT THEY CAN DO IS TEACH PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN AND BECOME GOOD EDUCATED PEOPLE.

MOST POOR PEOPLE WHO BATTLE HUNGER DEAL WITH VITAMIN OR MINERAL DEFICIENCIES, WHICH RESULT IN ILLNESS DISEASES AND ULTIMATELY DEATHS CAUSED BY HUNGER. FOR THIS TO END WE CAN HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HAVE PEOPLE DONATE MONEY TO THESE POOR COUNTRIES SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE THEIR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE BACK.

CONCLUSION

WONT YOU HELP?