Personal Experience: Poverty In The United States

People from all over the world have seen poverty in their life. Poverty means lack in the position of money in the individual or the society which prevents them to have the basic needs of living like food, water, and shelter. Every country in the world has a percentage of poverty that shows how the country’s economy is affecting the people’s life. For example, my home country Yemen, has a high percentage of poverty that reaches 85% of the population. I have seen poverty in my neighborhood in daily basis which had shaped my point of view in how I see poverty. There are many stories in life that teaches us about poverty and its affects and we as individuals should fight that in every way possible. Everytime I walk down the street in my neighborhood
I lived with a woman who was born and raised in Germany and she and her family went through the holocaust. Some nights I would be setting outside and she would come to me and tell me stories about her past and how that poverty in her past has changed her life as of who she is right now. She would tell me about the nights that she had to sleep while she was hungry because she only got the chance to eat once a day. Also, she would tell me about how her house would always be dark because they do not want their house to get destroyed from the air strikes. She would tell me about how she only had one outfit that she wore for the whole year. She would tell me about so many things that if I start writing about it, It would not be enough to write on a paper. However, I can see why her house has always lights on and how her closets are full of clothes. How her cabinets and fridges are full of food that you could eat from everyday and will never end. I can see that she is scared to go back to the life that she lived before and I do not blame her. Living the poverty life must be the worst and hardest thing that a human being can do because he or she is not suppose to be living like
It is a huge problem not just in some countries but all over the world. Countries from all over the world should start working on how they can get rid of poverty so they can make the living on these people better. They can either find jobs for the people who do not have jobs, give them the basic needs of living for the first few months until they find a job, and spread the awareness about how poverty is an awful thing that can affect the whole society not only the