1. Done By: Gerald Teh
Peng Siong
Tan Zheng Yuan
Nicholas Sim
Leroy Chia
Douglas Lee

2.  Poverty Actions:
 Voluntary Welfare Organisations - The Center for Global Development
(CGD), Child Poverty Action Group. The United Nations Development
Program
 Individuals - Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, a microfinance
organization and community development bank started in Bangladesh.
 Africa is the world's second largest continent after Asia. It has a total
surface area of 30.3 million km2, including several islands, and an estimated
total population of 888 million (2005, UN). The vast Sahara Desert, covering
an area greater than that of the continental United States, divides Northern
Africa from Sub-Saharan Africa.
 Rural poverty in the region has its roots in limited availability of good
arable land and water, and the impact of droughts and floods. Political
conflict has disrupted agriculture and aggravated poverty in countries such
as Somalia and the Sudan. Among the obstacles to reducing rural poverty
in Northern Africa are poor transport and social infrastructure, high rates of
illiteracy (especially among women), weak local institutions, poor
integration with the national economy, and the migration of rural youth to
urban areas.

3.  Africa includes some of the poorest countries in the world. In
much of Africa south of the Sahara, harsh environmental
conditions exacerbate the conditions of poverty. Dry and barren
land covers large expanses of this region. As the poor try to eke
out livings through farming and other subsistence practices, they
exhaust the land, using up the soil nutrients needed to grow crops.
Over time this has led to desertification, a process in which once
fertile land turns to desert.
 In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly
every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as
little as $1 per child.
 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Globally, the number of people living in extreme poverty is
falling, but there are large variations in progress between regions.
Asia is making good progress, but there is little movement
elsewhere and sub-Saharan Africa is going backwards.

4.  The world already produces enough food, but the
key to eradicating hunger is to ensure that ordinary
people in the developing world can get access to it
and that it’s affordable. Poverty is the principal
cause of hunger.
 Improve maternal health
Every year, more than half a million women die
from complications in pregnancy or childbirth.
Almost all of them would still be alive if they had
access to a skilled midwife or doctor in childbirth
and effective emergency care for women who have
complications.

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