Poverty by Callie Mossman

What is poverty?

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 01:32:15 UTC

Poverty is a state in which someone lacks the resources and financial stability for a certin type of living. Poverty can have many different environmental, legal, social, economic, and political causes and effects.

Poverty's Effects on People

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 01:37:06 UTC

Poverty greatly affects anyone who is living with it. It affects how they go about their day and ration off certain things. Poverty can change anyone’s life for the bad. Poverty doesn’t discriminate. It will affect anyone and everyone if it gets the chance.

Who is Effected?

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 01:43:52 UTC

Historically marginalized groups of people were most prone to poverty. Poverty also tends to stick to it’s people. If your parents live in poverty it is likely that you will too. It is hard to get out of poverty because most people with the funds to help don’t want to and you can’t do much without money. There are those stories out there of people who made it through but it isn’t likely that most people will accomplish this without help. Though I always believe you can accomplish anything you set your mind to.

Poverty Statistics

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 01:52:06 UTC

This shows who is most affected by poverty. We can see that places in Africa are affected the most while North America isn't affected as much. (You have to click on the website to see the full image + key)

Poverty Across the Globe

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 01:55:53 UTC

Some places in Africa are the most affected by poverty because of the harsh conditions and big population. The water crisis in Africa also doesn’t help. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest child poverty rate in the world. Additionally, the majority of adults there didn’t go to school and therefore can’t read. Their inability to read effects what jobs they can get and overall their quality of life.

Canada Affected by Poverty

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 01:59:58 UTC

Poverty can be found all throughout Canada. New brunswick, Nova Scotia and Manitoba tend to have the highest poverty rate while PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador tend to have the least. It was definitely this way in a study done in 2014. The stats have changed since then but remain fairly similar.

Poverty in Canada

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 02:02:05 UTC

Start of Poverty

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 02:23:59 UTC

Poverty was discovered on a global scale soon after world war II ended. Before 1940 is wasn’t that big of an issue and not many people noticed it. Since around 1948 we have noticed the growth in which poverty is increasing. It is alarming and many more people are working towards solutions such as the United Nations.

Poverty Won't Stop

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 02:32:01 UTC

Poverty has gotten worse over the last couple years due to covid and the war in Ukraine. They both made many people loose their jobs, businesses and homes due to not enough space, time, and money. It has also gotten worse due to food shortages and the climate crisis. The initial goal of ending extreme poverty by the year 2030 now seems out of reach. Right now if we start working really hard to reduce the poverty rate we can have an almost poverty free world. This just won't happen before 2030. In other words poverty won't stop if we don't do something soon.

Poverty Today

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 02:36:24 UTC

The current poverty rate is about 46.9% (Very bad). That means almost half of the world population is living in poverty. That is very sad. The decrease in the poverty rate was going very well and it was looking like we were going to reach our goal but then many world affecting crisises happened at the same time such as covid and the multiple wars going on.

Poverty's Horrible Rates

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 02:40:03 UTC

The poverty rate has been very shakey lately. It has increased then decreased over the past couple years.

These are exact statistics taken from the website above.

"World poverty rate for 2022 was 45.50%, a 0.8% decline from 2021.
World poverty rate for 2021 was 46.30%, a 0.9% decline from 2020.
World poverty rate for 2020 was 47.20%, a 0.8% increase from 2019.
World poverty rate for 2019 was 46.40%, a 1.1% decline from 2018."

- Macrotrends.net

Poverty Statistics Video

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 02:43:05 UTC

This short video is from the UN about poverty statistics.

Canada is Helping

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 15:01:38 UTC

Canada is working to make long term investments into fields such as clean water, housing, transportation, health, skills and employment, early learning and childcare. This will help improve many different aspects of poverty. These funds will go toward people living in poverty to imporve their quality of life.

You Can Help Too

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 15:07:53 UTC

There are many things you can do to help resolve the issue of poverty. Some of these things include:

Educating children on the issue/ making sure everyone gets a good education.
Provide clean water for other people/ buy water cleaners for on walks.
Improve childhood nutrition - Make sure your children have healthing and filling meals
Support/ help out with enviromantal iniatives and programs.
Reach children in conflict through presents or nice messages - You could also do foster care for children from war torn countries.

The website above explains more in depth and includes extra solutions that I didn't include.

Poverty Reduction Projections

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 15:17:55 UTC

Main Link

mcj960239 — 2024-06-10 15:23:29 UTC

The United Nations article on ending poverty is a very interesting read. It is perfect if you are curious about this topic. I got most of my information from this website but I can't add the link.

Lacks

mcj960239 — 2024-06-11 22:32:19 UTC

Being without or not having something.

Ration

mcj960239 — 2024-06-11 22:33:34 UTC

Only having a little of something each time to allow it to last longer.

Discriminate

mcj960239 — 2024-06-11 22:35:10 UTC

Treating someone badly because they are different that you by race, age, ethnicity, etc.

Marginalized

mcj960239 — 2024-06-11 22:41:30 UTC

Treated as if they don't matter or are insignificant.

Prone

mcj960239 — 2024-06-11 22:43:57 UTC

Likley to suffer from.

Water Crisis

mcj960239 — 2024-06-11 22:46:04 UTC

Not having enough water for everyone to thrive.

mcj960239 — 2024-06-14 15:08:07 UTC

This video shows what life is like for some people living in extreme poverty.

Initial

mcj960239 — 2024-06-14 15:09:17 UTC

Occurring at the beginning.

Effects of poverty on the world.

mcj960239 — 2024-06-14 22:37:44 UTC

How I Feel - Reflection part 1 of 3

mcj960239 — 2024-06-14 23:02:47 UTC

I believe that poverty is a ginormous issue that everyone should work together to solve. It will be a hard problem to slove becasue of the many complicated parts to it. For example, there is the issue of not enough water (water crisis) that is affecting poverty. This issue will be hard to solve because of the resources and people it will take to share water across the globe. Even though it is a challenge, it is possible for everyone to make this idea a reality. Solving poverty will take a great number of people, resources and a lot of willpower. I never realized that there was so much poverty in Canada. After doing this research I have decided I will definetly find ways I can help out. Overall, I think everyone can do their part little by little to help solve the problem of poverty.

Poverty and the Global Village - Reflection Part 2 of 3

mcj960239 — 2024-06-14 23:05:32 UTC

The global village should be doing way more to adress the issue of poverty because it affects everyone. There should never be someone in the global village that is without the necessary resources to survive. Even if you aren't affected by poverty now, you could be in the future. This is why everyone in the global village should work to put measures in place that help people in poverty sustain a decent standard of living. I believe the global village should be doing more to adress poverty because it affects so many across the globe. Poverty can be found in places such as Africa and the Philipines. It can also be found very close to home in parts of Canada. There are many things that the global village can do to adress poverty such as sharing resources with the people who are less fortunate than you. This can include donating clothing, making food for the homeless, or even giving someone some a little money every once and a while. Overall, I believe the global village could be doing way more to help those suffering from poverty.

Affects of Action and Consequence of Inaction - Reflection Part 3 of 3

mcj960239 — 2024-06-14 23:09:30 UTC

Some affects of action will be the global poverty rate lowering as it was before covid hit. There will also be more happiness in the world because less people will be stressed out about money and daily food as well as other costs. Less people getting mental disorders might also be an affect of action because less people will be anxious and depressed about not having a good living situation. On the other hand, there are also many consequences of inaction. One consequence is the global poverty rate rising like it did during covid because more people ended up in poverty. There would also be even more people that are dying due to hungar related illnesses every day. The worst consequence is children are usually the ones who die from these illnesses because they are still growing and need more food than adult. Malnutrition is a big consequence of poverty. These consequences of inaction show us that we should be doing more to solve the issue of poverty. The affects of action show us what the world could look like if no one was living in poverty. We have a lot of work to do if we are going to bring the global poverty rate down but I believe we can do it if everyone works together.