Poverty
Video (YouTube)
Introduction:
First of all
do you know how many children dies because of Poverty and how many kids working
to get some money or food.
Hi today I
will talk about poverty around the world and what the benefits and Disadvantages
and how its effect poor kids because of working.
History of
Poverty:
Poverty is
in ascendency as a policy issue – but it has not always been that way. This
column, based on the author’s “The Idea of Antipoverty Policy”, recounts how
mainstream thinking until well into the 19th century saw little scope for
fighting widespread chronic poverty. The revolution came with a deeper
understanding of how market and governmental failures interact with inequality
to both perpetuate poverty and retard development more broadly. New policies
for fighting poverty emerged and now extreme absolute poverty is at an historic
low. History suggests, however, that continued progress is not assured.
Kinds
of poverty:
Absolute
Poverty:
Absolute
poverty refers to a condition where a person does not have the minimum amount
of income needed to meet the minimum requirements for one or more basic living
needs over an extended period of time. This includes things like. Food , Health
, safe water to drink
Relative
poverty:
Relative
poverty is the condition in which people lack the minimum amount of income
needed in order to maintain the average standard of living in the society in
which they live. Relative poverty is considered the easiest way to measure the
level of poverty in an individual country.
Benefits
of Poverty:
When
addressing the issue of Poverty, I think we have to look at who benefits from
Poverty. And the fact is the wealthy folks benefit from Poverty – The problem
is not so much poverty – the problem is wealth, prosperity and when it is taken
into an extreme, that wealth is used as the measure of value in a culture,
which is what is happening in our culture. We judge ourselves, our societies
and people by how much wealth they have. In order to have wealth – you have to
have the majority of the population to act as slaves" Thus we have
to stop this idea of wealth as value - so we can stop poverty.
Disadvantages
of Poverty:
You can become dependent on the help you receive. Most of the help uses an income range as a criteria of people they are willing to help. If your income is close to the outside range, it may be scary to try to increase your income, because you know you will stop getting help, and sometimes the amount of help you are receiving is greater than the initial increase in income.
Some people will look down on you because you are poor. They may think you are lazy, fat, or stupid. Many people feel shame when they are poor.
When you are poor, you may forgo nutrition for calories just to save money. By eating a lot of starches, you may gain weight. You may also have medical issues that are unresolved because you cannot afford to go to the doctor for preventative checkups.
True
story:
These
players in South Sudan told Stanton: “Our team is called the Young Boys. We
grew up in this neighborhood, so we wanted to give the local kids something to
do after school. We bought them balls and shoes with our own money, and for
game days, we go around and beg local churches for a place to play. We want to
keep them very busy so they don’t have time for bad things. We don’t want to
see anyone on our team wandering the streets. We practice every other day. The
girls have their practice on our days off.”
Conclusion:
Nobody prays
to be poor because it is dangerous and risky to be poor. Poor people are
regarded as nobody in the society and people prefer being recognized and
respected.
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