4. Evolution of Poverty Over Time
Poverty came with the origin of society itself.
With the rise of civilizations and the strengthening of social
stratifications worsened the issue.
In the last 50 years we have made more progress in this
issue than in the past 500 years.
5.
6.
7.
8. Poverty Today
Poverty today has become more serious and thanks to the
ability to spread information so quickly more people are
becoming aware.
Most of the world’s poverty is concentrated in sub-
Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia.
The biggest factor today is the staggering amount of
children living in poverty.
Education, the spread of disease, corruption, natural
disasters, really all of the issues we are learning about
add to this issue and make it worse.
29. How can we address this issue
and on what levels?
There are many institutions, funds, NGO’s, and individuals
fighting to end poverty.
We believe that the best way to fight this is to not only
support these programs not only with donations of funds
but with our own time and effort.
Spreading the word on this issue and possibly starting
other sects of these organizations/initiatives can also help.
CARE, the SEVEN fund, and “True Solutions, Take
Action”.
30.
31.
32.
33. We can leave all of this
behind if we make the
effort and work together
34. Discussion Questions
What could YOU possibly do to fight the poverty around
YOU?
Do the current government socio-economical programs
targeted to fight this issue seem to work in Venezuela?
Any other countries?
What do you believe to be the best forms of aid a person
in poverty could receive?
After seeing this presentation do you think that we could
end poverty or at least reduce greatly some day?
Which nation of the 5 presented here seems to be the
worst off? Why?
35.
36. Reflection Assignment
Your reflection assignment is to choose an article that is
concerned with one of the 5 countries we mentioned
earlier in our presentation (Mexico, India, Nigeria, Haiti,
and Venezuela) and answer the following questions.
- Who is suffering? Why are they suffering? How are they
Suffering?
- Are they receiving aid? In what form?
- What are some solutions to the current predicament of
these people? Do some of the solutions presented here
seem like viable fixes to their suffering?
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