https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough Operation Breakthrough provides a safe, caring educational environment for children in poverty. They empower their families through advocacy, emergency aid and education. en-us 2020-02-04 17:37:52 UTC 2020-05-08 18:58:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/305700696/3de350c45b2b2e13be3e2cc29521fcde/89823.jpg ljohnson201 https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/440460586 Wonders of Operation Breakthrough]]> 2020-02-04 17:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/440460586 ljohnson201 https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/440462005 Operation Breakthrough is a nationally accredited, not-for-profit corporation that began in 1971. It was started by the Sister Corita Bussanmas and Sister Berta Sailer as a response to requests from parents in the central city for quality child care for children of the working poor.


]]> 2020-02-04 17:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/440462005 ljohnson201 https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/444496341 Operation Breakthrough's goal is to provide a safe ,caring, and educational environment for children in poverty. ]]> 2020-02-12 17:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/444496341 ljohnson201 https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/455972050 We choose Operation Breakthrough because they have worked with our school before and we have volunteered and donated to them before. They're a really good foundation. When we visit Operation Breakthrough all the kids look like they're having a blast out on there playground. The kids there seem very nice and helpful when working in the classrooms and we really like the way they operate. ]]> 2020-03-06 18:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/455972050 ljohnson201 https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/455976794 Operation Breakthrough is a nationally accredited, non-profit corporation that began in 1971.  It was started as a response to requests from parents in the central city for quality child care for children of the working poor.]]> 2020-03-06 19:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/455976794 ljohnson201 https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/539682262 1. Nearly 1 in 5 children 17.5 percent of children live in poverty.
2. 12,808,000 children lived in poverty in 2017.
3. The poverty rate in Kansas City is 17.3.
4. The median age for people in poverty is 35.2 years old. 
5. 1 billion children worldwide are living in poverty.
6. 1/4 of all humans live without electricity in poverty.
7. The World Food Programmer says, “The poor are hungry and their hunger traps them in poverty.” Hunger is the number one cause of death in the world, killing more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
8. The official poverty rate in 2018 was 11.8 percent, down 0.5 percentage points from 12.3 percent in 2017.
9. Since the mid-1990s, there has been a steady decline in the worldwide poverty rate and the total number of extreme poor.
10. The poverty rate in Kansas City is 17.3%. One out of every 5.8 residents of Kansas City lives in poverty.

]]> 2020-04-29 16:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/539682262 ljohnson201 https://padlet.com/ljohnson201/OperationBreakthrough/wish/547695758 You could either just donate food and new toys for the children. You could also be an Early Classroom Volunteer that assist teachers in daily classroom activities and routines.

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https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-global-poverty

https://www.welfareinfo.org/poverty-rate/missouri/kansas-city

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