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The government announced that it would set Hong Kong's first-ever poverty line (the 2012 official poverty line) at half of the median household income. In 2015, the poverty line for one- and two-person households was HK$3,800 and HK$8,800 respectively.

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This section of the website is designed to empower you with materials and tools to learn more about hunger and all of the interconnected issues which play a critical role in our ending world hunger once and for all. Please see the issues pages for more facts on each topic as well as information about what The Hunger Project does. Below are downloads for everything from one-page information sheets to videos and printable infographics.
Know your world: Quick facts about hunger and poverty
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The Hunger Project's 2016 Annual Report highlights our work to empower self-reliance in nearly 16,000 communities as well as our global advocacy efforts to end hunger and poverty.

The Hunger Project's Epicenter Strategy mobilizes clusters of rural villages into "epicenters," which band together 5,000-15,000 people to carry out community-led holistic strategies to meet basic needs.

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This section of the website is designed to empower you with materials and tools to learn more about hunger and all of the interconnected issues which play a critical role in our ending world hunger once and for all. Please see the issues pages for more facts on each topic as well as information about what The Hunger Project does.

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Average prices of more than 40 products and services in Hong Kong. Prices of restaurants, food, transportation, utilities and housing are included.

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Feeding Hong Kong | Bridging the gap between hunger and food waste

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Unit 715-717, Block A2, Yau Tong Industrial City,17-25 Ko Fai Road, Yau Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2205 6568 © 2020 Feeding Hong Kong Limited. All rights reserved | Privacy policy | Hong Kong registered charity IR No: 91/11636

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Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money.

The World Bank Organization describes poverty in this way:
"Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty has many faces, changing from place to place and across time, and has been described in many ways. Most often, poverty is a situation people want to escape. So poverty is a call to action -- for the poor and the wealthy alike -- a call to change the world so that many more may have enough to eat, adequate shelter, access to education and health, protection from violence, and a voice in what happens in their communities."
In addition to a lack of money, poverty is about not being able to participate in recreational activities; not being able to send children on a day trip with their schoolmates or to a birthday party; not being able to pay for medications for an illness. These are all costs of being poor. Those people who are barely able to pay for food and shelter simply can't consider these other expenses. When people are excluded within a society, when they are not well educated and when they have a higher incidence of illness, there are negative consequences for society. We all pay the price for poverty. The increased cost on the health system, the justice system and other systems that provide supports to those living in poverty has an impact on our economy.

While much progress has been made in measuring and analyzing poverty, the World Bank Organization is doing more work to identify indicators for the other dimensions of poverty. This work includes identifying social indicators to track education, health, access to services, vulnerability, and social exclusion.

There is no one cause of poverty, and the results of it are different in every case. Poverty varies considerably depending on the situation. Feeling poor in Canada is different from living in poverty in Russia or Zimbabwe. The differences between rich and poor within the borders of a country can also be great.

Despite the many definitions, one thing is certain; poverty is a complex societal issue. No matter how poverty is defined, it can be agreed that it is an issue that requires everyone's attention. It is important that all members of our society work together to provide the opportunities for all our members to reach their full potential. It helps all of us to help one another .

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what is poverty? - economic and social inclusion corporation

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Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money. The World Bank Organization describes poverty in this way: "Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter.

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High rents + long public housing queues = more homeless

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Hong Kong's exceptionally high rents and long queues for public housing have pushed more and more people, even those with jobs, to sleep rough on the streets or at fast food restaurants operating...