What is poverty? Poverty is when you are in the state of being extremely poor.In the word around 1.89 billion people live in extreme poverty. Which is nearly 36% of the world's population, nearly half of the population in developing countries lives on less then $1.25 a day.
In the United States the poverty rate overall is 9.2% with the rate for white, non-Hispanic people at 15.2%, and the rate for Hispanic people at 13.8%. There are also 553,742 homeless people in the United states. The United States has a small amount of extreme poverty compared to third world countries. The poverty rates have almost doubled in the Middle East and North Africa between 2015-1017, going from 3.8% to 7.2% which is mostly because of the crises in syria and yemen. Extreme poverty can be caused by a lack of jobs or not having land to plant on often due to weather, climate change, and overpopulation. Due to covid it is expected that 88 million to 115 million people will be pushed into extreme poverty.
Questions
How do you think we could help poverty?
Do you think you could live where some of these people live?
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I think a lot of people are trying to help out those people in need but there's only so much we can do for them. I think we could raise awareness for them and start charities around the world to help lower the amount of people going through this. I don't think I could imagine living in horrible conditions like some people do. It's sad to see that happen to people and I think we should step up to help out a little more.
I think that the government has helped a lot of families and they are trying to help them. The government is making sure they can keep a place to stay by giving them money, but at some point, the money is gonna be gone. I think that we should make or have more job opportunities for people that are struggling right now.
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well I think we can do something like a savings go around do things for others to help out even more people. I think alot of people throw things away not thinking about the ones that dont have those things. So we could start donating those things as well to help out the familys, kids, and adults that need that money or supplies.
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