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 "The world is both getting richer and poorer at the same time." (18 Stearman) Poverty is a big issue right now in the world. Over 2,500 people die every day of hunger and starvation. Poor people are mostly found in a low, irregular income. The research that people had done in 2002 showed that South Asia had the biggest percentage of poverty, 43.5%. People who are facing severe poverty are living in a condition of obtaining less healthy food, living crowded, getting risk of illness and low quality housing. Eating less healthy food and living in crowded places make them even more ailing. People that are living in rigid conditions' life expectancy is less than 40 years. The main diseases that people in poverty often face are HIV, AIDS and Tuberculosis. The thing is that they don't have enough money to buy medical products. Also, there are many problems that they are facing on harvest. Droughts and flood often destroy their harvests and devastate the crops. If this happens, they might not get enough food for a year. Lots of people are working toward this issue to prevent poverty but it does not seem to come to an end. Some of the ways that researchers found to let poor people to stay healthy were the following: safe drinking water, good sanitation, and proper garbage collection. Scientists and some of other researchers say that education is the best way to solve this issue. Through education, poor people can learn basic knowledge that they can get a job and make living for their family. The most common way that many people are working on nowadays are known as donation. Even SAS are working on donation project that we collect money or other materials to send to less developed countries. They also debated on the topic of "Should government do more to help poverty?" There were several different answers. One said No, because government had done enough of helping them and that they can do better without any help. One said Yes, because poverty is a big issue that governments should help more and give benefits to them which might help them to enable poverty. Poverty is getting better but at the same time, they are getting worse. Poverty is a s erious problem and people should do more. We are running out of resources but there are enough for everyone right now, so I think the developed countries should donate more to the less developed countries and make the poverty a non issue topic. = = = = = = = **__Research__**  = = =   1) Book source: Title: "World issues Poverty" Author: Kaye Stearman Publisher: Thameside Press Date of publication: 2002 Place of publication: US/ Hongkong

- Poor people aren't lazy at all, they do have to work hard for their own living. This could be because they have no other way to survive - Poor families are mostly found or came from a low, irregular income

The percentage of people in the world who are poor: South Asia (Indian Subcontinent)- 43.5% Sub-Saharan Africa- 24.3% Middle East And North Africa- 0.5% Europe and Central Asia- 2% Latin America and the Carribbean- 6.5% East Asia, South East Asia, and the Pacific- 23.2% -

People in poverty live in a condition of: eat less healthy food live crowded low-quality housing risk of illness affect of healthy and welfare -"The world is both getting richer and poorer at the same time." pg18 Stearman -Earth's resources are running out and they are used very rapidly by humans. This means that there are not enough resources for the next generation

- Pg.31 Debates: Q: Should government give more help to the poor? A1: No, government helped too much for homes and benefits. They can do better without help A2: Yes, governments should give help and greater benefits for the poor, which can help enable them to overcome poverty. -Ways for poor people to stay healthy: Safe drinking water good sanitation proper garbage collection

2) http://www.poverty.com/ -Lots of people die every day of hunger. (about 2,500 people) -Most of the people are tapped in a severe poverty -Since the poor are malnourished, they are very unhealthy and often get sick Some of the disease that poverty often face: -HIV -AIDS -Tuberculosis 3) Book Resource Title: "World Hunger" Author: Steven Maddocks Publisher: World Almanac Date of publication: 2005 Place of publication: USA -Droughts often destroy their harvests and sometimes floods can also devastate the crops -When their harvests are unsuccessful, they might not get enough food for years -Some say that education is known as the most important weapon to fight against the world hunger 4) Book resource Title: "World Poverty" Author: Rob Bowden Publisher: Raintree Date of publication: 2003 Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois -"Poverty is usually measured by comparing people's incomes" pg.4 Bowden -There are lots of inequalities going on and lots of people look down on poor people -People living in a condition of poverty are mostly coming from less developed countries and it is unusual in more developed countries -The water they drink is full of bacteria and parasites which kills tons of people -Any one living in poverty's life expectancy is less than 40 years -Women make up 70% of world wide and they experience more of the world poverty than men-Gender inequalities 5) http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1There are some organizations or programs that are helping on prevention of world poverty Lots of experts say that the best way to prevent poverty is through educations To prevent poverty, we should donate money and other things to people living in less developed countries.  

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http://www.thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/04/holding_the_poor_hostage.shtml

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