A+Case+Study+on+Poverty+in+Malawi

=POVERTY IN MALAWI: A CRISIS TO THE WORLD=

By Raymond Huo
====Over the past few years, there have been a variety of poverty case studies involving the country of Malawi in Africa. In 2005, when [|Jeffrey Sachs (TIME)] started writing book "The End of Poverty", he came up with many interventions to quickly end the issue of global poverty, and chose Malawi as his key destination, which is a country devastated by AIDs and poor disease. He eventually concluded his studies with a series of actions that would reduce the destruction level in Malawi, and bring peace to the citizens. Another study involves the help of [|Unicef] towards children orphaned by AIDS on the street of Malawi. The children are no more than 20 years of age, and are forced to live a life on their very own. Both studies in Malawi has proven that poverty does exist in the outside world, and has developed itself into an extreme issue.====

====The first one is a case study forwarded by Jeffrey Sachs during his visit to Malawi and his astonishments towards the country. Once Sachs arrived as his destination, he spent long hours interacting with the citizens, finding out main reasons why they are forced to live in poverty. According to what he found out, the country of Malawi is declining mostly because of the lack of materials, which places the people in a uncomforting situation where they suffer from strong diseases. Education is also becoming a known problem in areas where there is limited amount of money in each household to provide the children with quality education in a suitable environment. Likewise there are few teachers who would except such low pay on a daily basis. “The village could be rescued, but not by itself. Survival depends on addressing a series of specific challenges, all of which can be met with known and appropriate technologies (Sachs)” is a quote stating that, in order to escape poverty, we must work together efficiently and come up with known, appropriate techniques in order to help the suffering. As Sachs has once mentioned, it is not about giving money to the people, but about teaching the citzens how to live and depend on themselves without the support of others. To furthur back up his explaination, he also came up with the Big Five development interventions that would greatly impact the country and bring its development to the next level. " The Irony is that the cost of these services for Sauri's 5000 residents would be very low, but the benefits would be astounding" (Sachs). Not only has Jeffrey Sachs given Malawi a great lead ahead, but even today, he works efficiently with other organizations in helping communities reach their full potential to escape the poverty cycle.====

====Here is another example of poverty arrising in Malawi, where Brenda Phiri, a 22 years old girl, is forced to live on the abandoned streets with her siblings due to the death of her parents. The living conditions are hard in her district, but they still manage to forge a basic life. As the eldest, Brenda has assumed the daunting task of heading the household, a responsibility that has \taken over her adulthood and forced her out of school. Although, she herself can manage the time-consuming tasks, she is most worried about her five brothers and feel that they cannot handle the pressure anymore. Tormented, she says, "It's not for myself I am worried, but for the little children who need a lot of things like food, clothes and care. I wish I could do some more,". Eventually, the children quit school and are breaking rocks just for a little bit of earning to support eachother. Nowadays, the Ndirande Churches and Mosque Community Based care groups assosiated with Unicef seek to end the difficulties and uncapabilities faced by orphans and other innocent children around the world. Like Jeffrey Sachs, they have also come up with clear goals to assure that each individual can get enough aid, even at their weakest point, to carry on their lives. With a little bit of help from the government and civil societies, hopefully they can fully meet the needs of Brenda and her family, while raising the level of support and needed materials for other children who are desperate for help.====

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====These are a few solutions and studies that have been provided to people living in extreme poverty. They, themselves, might not have the power to stand up for eachother, but we can defenitely train them to be confident in themselves. As a whole, the cost and the amount of helping aid provided to each person per year is a rather small amount. What's important is not the money spent, but the costs of the actions and how much lives each can benefit. To furthur develop into the issue, organizations these days are all coming up with goals to achieve their actions of ending poverty and progressing furthur into the situation in order to realize what has to be done in the future.==== Sources **