Why Has Poverty Been Occurring For So Long?

Poverty and Oppressed: Why Has Poverty Been Occurring for so Long? “What I would like in the future is to do what I can to help people, is to help the poor so they have what they need. Everybody will have a stable house, everybody will be well and no child will be in need.” as stated by the eleven year-old Luisa living in poverty. How sad this makes me feel as a teenage girl, to know that there are billions of children all around the world suffering, along with their parents because of poverty. Poverty is the state of being poor. This causes people to last without food, shelter, clothing, and education. Many people can't even afford to get the necessities in life and struggle to live. According to Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia,
Poverty most common in India, South-East Asia, Africa and South America. It has affected so many people's lives and has now changed them eternally, most importantly are the children. Children that have gone through or are going through poverty are the ones that will be scarred for life. According to American Psychological association, “Poorer children and teens are also at greater risk for several negative outcomes such as poor academic achievement, school dropout, abuse and neglect, behavioral and socioemotional problems, physical health problems, and developmental delays.” which is in all honesty is true. These children are the ones that are affected the most and will be for the rest of their lives, because of poverty they are going to age and all these outcomes will eventually affect them. This has become the one of the worlds biggest problems. Poverty started far back in history when the lack of education started and the population around the world started growing. Everyone started dropping out of school and not wanting to work their outcome was losing everything. There was no money to provide food, clothing, or shelter for themselves or their children. It has now been occurring throughout generations of families because as mentioned it effects the children and they are not wanting to work or educate
According to india celebration, “The main causes of poverty in India are growing population, poor agriculture, corruption, old customs, huge gap between poor and rich people, unemployment, illiteracy, epidemic diseases”. As I was researching about poverty, I found that a huge percentage of people in India rely on agriculture which is poor and is the cause poverty. The india celebration also states “More population means more food, money and houses. In the lack of basic facilities, poverty grows more rapidly. Becoming extra rich and extra poor creates a huge widening gap between the rich and the poor people. Rich people are growing richer and poor people are growing poorer which creates an economic gap between the two.” it's true, the more the population is growing is the more the country itself is going to be in need. More people equals more housing for families, clothing for children and parents, and food to feed each human being. And if india were ever in a drought (which i'm sure has happened before) everyone would be in trouble. All the crops that are getting people through the day are going to be gone. Agriculture in india is an important part of living. It has affected the country itself, and most importantly the human beings. Causing parents and children to become malnourished, lack of education, child labor, and diseases of all types transmitted by the family or through the