Facts about poverty:
Almost half of the world (3 billion people) live on less than $2.5 per day.
1 billion children live in poverty
640 million live without adequate shelter
400 million have no access to safe water
270 million have no access to health services.
Causes of poverty:
In most countries today, the gap between the poor and rich is widening. And what are the causes of the widening of the gap? The causes include overpopulation and corruption.
A country being overpopulated can increase the percentage of poverty by having lack of resources to support each person’s lives. The lack of resources, on the other hand, can create more and more poverty.
A government being corrupted is also a cause of poverty. People living in higher standards have the power to eliminate small businesses. By doing this, there are less or no business that can be built up due to the domination of large and popular businesses. People don’t really notice it because corruption affects the poors, or the poorest of the country.
How people living in poverty is a feeling that those of us who are not impoverished might never be able to relate to. They live day to day, worrying if they’re going to get any food to eat while those of us who are privileged live day to day, wondering which restaurant we’re going to eat at tomorrow. The next time we look at the expensive meal on our plate, maybe we should think about the people in poverty who are struggling to get enough food just to stay alive.
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