The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on October 17 throughout the world. It was officially recognised by the United Nations . It is to honour the victims of poverty‚ hunger‚ violence and fear. One of the main aims of the day is to make the voice of the poor heard and Raising awareness of the need to eradicate poverty. Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. That is‚ they have little or no material means
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Background Poverty and inequality have been recurrent challenges in the Philippines and have again come to the fore in the wake of the current global financial crisis and rising food‚ fuel‚ and commodity prices experienced in 2008. he proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined very slowly and unevenly in the past four decades‚ and poverty reduction has been much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ Indonesia‚ hailand‚
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The Causes of Poverty There is no doubt that poverty is unfavorable‚ so we must ask ourselves why it exists. It is a major problem all around the world today. We need to know where poverty begins in order to plan an attack on this social epidemic. The causes of poverty are very important that should be figured out initially. Among many other factors‚ discrimination‚ job shortage‚ inadequate early childhood education‚ the increase of housing rents and the lack of health insurance are the most dominant
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“POVERTY AND POLLUTION” In the Article Poverty and Pollution‚ there are many things being discuss such as poverty‚ pollution‚ harmful gases‚ the percentage of infant mortality and how nearly 13‚000 suffer from respiratory disease. Many residents are suffering from different/variety of health problem as an result. These problems are very serious and dangerous. The people over in Brazil’s “valley of death” are having difficulties breathing and could die if there’s nothing done about the situation
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Poverty Children Brittney Montoya Bio 121 - Environmental Conservation Colorado State University – Global Campus Jennifer Feighny November 16‚ 2012 After reading that 500 children age 5 and younger die each day (14 per minute) from preventable malnutrition and infectious disease‚ it makes me think of my children and how I need to change the way my family and I live. Unfortunately‚ before this class I considered environmental problems out of sight‚ out of mind. Some basic causes of environmental
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PAPER WORK: POVERTY IN INDONESIA By: Nur Shahida Binti Ramli 011211133128 PANCASILA AND CIVICS EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL CLASS PROGRAM FACULTY OF MEDICINE AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY 2012 ABSTRACT Indonesia is said to be the forth largest nation where the statistic of poverty among the people is relatively high. Poverty is defines as living without basic necessities like clean water‚ proper nutrition‚ healthcare‚ education‚ clothing and shelter. The statistics
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Poverty in India is widespread with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate‚ 42% of India falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day (PPP‚ in nominal terms 21.6 a day in urban areas and 14.3 in rural areas); having reduced from 60% in 1981.[1] According to the criterion used by the Planning Commission of India 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005‚ down from 51.3% in 1977–1978‚ and 36% in
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Poverty and Progress: Are we suffering from delusion of poverty? It is indeed that most Filipino today suffers from delusion of poverty which is a false belief of a person that he or she is impoverished or will be deprived of material possessions or a person’s mindset the he strongly believes that he is financially incapacitated. Many people will use the excuse of this is the way I was born or this is my environment and I cannot change it. Through these statements it shows that most of the
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Topic Outline Thesis: Education is the most powerful weapon that can bring positive changes in a society. I. Empower an individual to be a model citizen A. Educate him about his Rights B. Develop his self esteem II. Poverty alleviation A. Wide range of job opportunities B. Living standards increased C. Reduction in crime rate III. Eradicate Disease A. How to avoid it B. How to treat it C. How to live with it
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Poverty Satire With the advancement of poverty in the United States it is time to solve the homeless situation. Thousands of Americans are homeless and taking up space on the city’s streets. A simple solution to this problem would be to allow the homeless to reside in landfills. They would be able to sort through the waste to find appropriate cardboard boxes to live in. This could also be used as a form of employment allowing them to sort through recycling to improve the environment. It is also
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