Why+is+Poverty+a+Serious+Issue?

=Why Is Poverty A Serious Issue?=

//__NOW,do you think the issue is serious?__//
====Poverty is becoming a global threat throughout the world, leaving many people on the verge of death and starvation. With poverty occuring, people cannot afford their very basic needs to carry on ther lives and don't have the proper means to support their families. The main causes of the situation are unknown, but as a fact, we do know that millions of peoples lives are placed under the fate of this threatening issue. The disease we are facing is like a life-absorbing punishment for a act that people didn't commit in the first place. With a limited amount of money, few survival skills, poor health, and little education, leave nearly half the people in the world living in poverty, with little hope of improving there lives. As [|Dwight D. Eisenhower (Culture of Peace Initiative)] summarizes it, "Every gun that is made, every warship made, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who are hunger and not fed, those who are cold and not clothed".====

====People from regions throughout the world are experiencing a feeling that have left them unable to carry on. As [|United Nations] have mentioned in the past, citizens do not live in the squalor of the slums or low-rent districts because they want to, but because they have not other choice. Once your family is on the verge of death, and you are facing enormous difficulties keeping eachother alive, you will then realize how serious the situation is. According to [|J. Sachs (The End of Poverty)], extreme poverty is the virus that "kills" in todays world, where people lack the basic features for survival, such as food, health care, and safe drinking water/sanitation. To summarize, it is the affect that kills millions each day and leaves hundreds of homeless children piled on the forbidden streets. It is when an individual has absolutely no means of getting a proper education, and therefore, cannot access any oppurtunities that the wealthy society can. In countries such as Wales, children are also greatly effected by their experience of poverty, especially towards aspects of well-being and participation. Whenever families are placed in an environment full of crime or are excluded from a social environment, the event that occured will most likely leave a bad impression on the childrens mind. If the same event occurs over and over again, children born in unwealthy families will start to steadily lose confidence of themselves and start to think that wealthy households hold the higher respect, when actually the opposite is true. According to [|'Plant yng Nghymru'], "poverty impacts on the opportunities for children and young people to participate fully in their communities; to engage in social activities; and upon their education and training experiences and transitions to independence". From this example, you can tell that the children did not choose to placed in such environment, but are forced to do so due to family issues and the lack of money in their household to provide them with support. All of these key points provide details of how serious poverty really is, and how much more deadly it will become if we do not act now.====

====Nowadays, poverty exists in many of the developing countries, and may worsen over the next few years. When it comes to our very own contributions, organizations have definetely come up with reasonable solutions and helping aid in solving the devastating issue, but much more is needed if we want to fully abolish poverty. In a sense, we did not place ourselves in the situation of poverty, and should therefore have the right to pull ourselves back to high ground once more. This is why, in order to change the situation from 'serious' to 'peaceful', communities also need to work together as a team and come up with strategies that will put an end on global poverty. The fight to end poverty is a lengthy time, but it is definetely neccessary when saving millions of people's lives who are threatened by the issue.====

===* (2006). We Can End Poverty. Retrieved February 26, 2008, from Culture of Peace Initiative Web site: [|www.cultureofpeace.org/quotes/endpoverty-quotes.htm]===