This document discusses poverty around the world. It provides statistics showing that billions of people live on less than $1.25 per day. Poverty has many negative effects such as widespread disease, hunger, illiteracy, homelessness, and violence. To address poverty, actions are being taken including international anti-poverty days, government welfare programs, and voluntary organizations. Individuals can join the fight against poverty by educating themselves, donating, volunteering, participating in campaigns, and writing petitions.
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This report scrutinized the child poverty issue in the Eskasoni community, Nova Stoica, Canada. The Eskasoni community has the highest child poverty rate of 73%, cross Canada.
This report is done by a group of students at Cape Breton University.
This presentation focuses on American poverty. The presentation defines and addresses the issue of poverty in it's entirety as well as offers solutions to the problem.
Mbac5107 poverty-eskasoni-slides for video.v3Chen Liu
This report scrutinized the child poverty issue in the Eskasoni community, Nova Stoica, Canada. The Eskasoni community has the highest child poverty rate of 73%, cross Canada.
This report is done by a group of students at Cape Breton University.
This presentation focuses on American poverty. The presentation defines and addresses the issue of poverty in it's entirety as well as offers solutions to the problem.
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America's Shame
Author: Singer, Peter
Abstract:
The US has, for many years, been at or near the bottom of the list of industrialized countries in terms of
the proportion of national income given as foreign aid. The ignorance of Americans about their nation's
role in aiding the world's poorest people is widespread, and it has been shown in many surveys. Singer
discusses the ethical obligations of citizens of developed countries to those living in extreme poverty.
Full text:
Reducing the number of people living in extreme poverty throughout the world is clearly one of the great
moral challenges of our time. Although the issue is by no means absent from what we study and teach,
as educators in the United States we appear to be falling short in the task of ensuring that our students
are adequately informed about world poverty, its consequences, and the ways in which it can be reduced.
Is it possible that some of the reluctance to deal with the topic stems from the fact that it may have
uncomfortable conclusions for our own lives?
If we take seriously the idea that the value of a human life does not diminish when we cross national
boundaries, then we ought to be giving a much higher priority to reducing world poverty. I have in mind a
broad re-envisioning of what we teach.
We should not limit so important a topic to specialized courses on international development (valuable as
they are). The issue should be prominent in anthropology, cultural studies, economics, ethics and
sociology. In political-science courses, we should ask why we pay so little attention to people living in
poverty outside our borders. Psychology courses could take up the factors that limit our willingness to
give to distant strangers. Engineers might increase the amount of class time they devote to how their
skills can be applied to assist the world's poorest people. Medical schools could focus more on the global
burden of disease and how it might be reduced, and law students should be prompted to think about an
international legal regime that allows American oil companies to buy oil from dictators who pocket most of
the proceeds. Programs could also be produced to help to educate the broader public.
Nor should we shy away from reconsidering our emphasis on teaching in fields that have timeless artistic
and cultural value. It is legitimate to ask: In a situation in which more people die each year from poverty-
related causes than died in any one year during World War II, how much should we be spending on the
refinement of our artistic sensitivities and those of our students?
I began to think about our obligations to the poor in 1971, when I was a graduate student in philosophy at
the University of Oxford. A few years earlier, such a question would not have been considered one for
philosophers to discuss. The prevailing view then was that the business of philosophy was to analyze the
meanings of words. The linguistic analysis that preocc.
Americas ShameSinger, PeterThe Chronicle of Higher Education5.docxgalerussel59292
America's Shame
Singer, Peter
The Chronicle of Higher Education55.27 (Mar 13, 2009): B6-B10.
Abstract (summary)
The US has, for many years, been at or near the bottom of the list of industrialized countries in terms of the proportion of national income given as foreign aid. The ignorance of Americans about their nation's role in aiding the world's poorest people is widespread, and it has been shown in many surveys. Singer discusses the ethical obligations of citizens of developed countries to those living in extreme poverty.
Full Text
Reducing the number of people living in extreme poverty throughout the world is clearly one of the great moral challenges of our time. Although the issue is by no means absent from what we study and teach, as educators in the United States we appear to be falling short in the task of ensuring that our students are adequately informed about world poverty, its consequences, and the ways in which it can be reduced. Is it possible that some of the reluctance to deal with the topic stems from the fact that it may have uncomfortable conclusions for our own lives?
If we take seriously the idea that the value of a human life does not diminish when we cross national boundaries, then we ought to be giving a much higher priority to reducing world poverty. I have in mind a broad re-envisioning of what we teach.
We should not limit so important a topic to specialized courses on international development (valuable as they are). The issue should be prominent in anthropology, cultural studies, economics, ethics and sociology. In political-science courses, we should ask why we pay so little attention to people living in poverty outside our borders. Psychology courses could take up the factors that limit our willingness to give to distant strangers. Engineers might increase the amount of class time they devote to how their skills can be applied to assist the world's poorest people. Medical schools could focus more on the global burden of disease and how it might be reduced, and law students should be prompted to think about an international legal regime that allows American oil companies to buy oil from dictators who pocket most of the proceeds. Programs could also be produced to help to educate the broader public.
Nor should we shy away from reconsidering our emphasis on teaching in fields that have timeless artistic and cultural value. It is legitimate to ask: In a situation in which more people die each year from poverty-related causes than died in any one year during World War II, how much should we be spending on the refinement of our artistic sensitivities and those of our students?
I began to think about our obligations to the poor in 1971, when I was a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Oxford. A few years earlier, such a question would not have been considered one for philosophers to discuss. The prevailing view then was that the business of philosophy was to analyze the meanings of words. The ling.
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Reducing the number of people living in extreme poverty throughout the world is clearly one of the great moral challenges of our time. Although the issue is by no means absent from what we study and teach, as educators in the United States we appear to be falling short in the task of ensuring that our students are adequately informed about world poverty, its consequences, and the ways in which it can be reduced. Is it possible that some of the reluctance to deal with the topic stems from the fact that it may have uncomfortable conclusions for our own lives?
If we take seriously the idea that the value of a human life does not diminish when we cross national boundaries, then we ought to be giving a much higher priority to reducing world poverty. I have in mind a broad re-envisioning of what we teach.
We should not limit so important a topic to specialized courses on international development (valuable as they are). The issue should be prominent in anthropology, cultural studies, economics, ethics and sociology. In political-science courses, we should ask why we pay so little attention to people living in poverty outside our borders. Psychology courses could take up the factors that limit our willingness to give to distant strangers. Engineers might increase the amount of class time they devote to how their skills can be applied to assist the world's poorest people. Medical schools could focus more on the global burden of disease and how it might be reduced, and law students should be prompted to think about an international legal regime that allows American oil companies to buy oil from dictators who pocket most of the proceeds. Programs could also be produced to help to educate the broader public.
Nor should we shy away from reconsidering our emphasis on teaching in fields that have timeless artistic and cultural value. It is legitimate to ask: In a situation in which more people die each year from poverty-related causes than died in any one year during World War II, how much should we be spending on the refinement of our artistic sensitivities and those of our students?
I began to think about our obligations to the poor in 1971, when I was a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Oxford. A few years earlier, such a question would not have been considered one for philosophers to discuss. The prevailing view then was that the business of philosophy was to analyze the meanings of words. The linguistic analysis that preoccupied philosophers was supposed to be ethically neutral. We would discuss whether the statement "You ought to return the book you borrowed" expressed an attitude or stated a fact, but not whether it was always obligatory to return a borrowed book -- let alone to give to the poor.
The student mo.
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Reducing the number of people living in extreme poverty throughout the world is clearly one of the great moral challenges of our time. Although the issue is by no means absent from what we study and teach, as educators in the United States we appear to be falling short in the task of ensuring that our students are adequately informed about world poverty, its consequences, and the ways in which it can be reduced. Is it possible that some of the reluctance to deal with the topic stems from the fact that it may have uncomfortable conclusions for our own lives?
If we take seriously the idea that the value of a human life does not diminish when we cross national boundaries, then we ought to be giving a much higher priority to reducing world poverty. I have in mind a broad re-envisioning of what we teach.
We should not limit so important a topic to specialized courses on international development (valuable as they are). The issue should be prominent in anthropology, cultural studies, economics, ethics and sociology. In political-science courses, we should ask why we pay so little attention to people living in poverty outside our borders. Psychology courses could take up the factors that limit our willingness to give to distant strangers. Engineers might increase the amount of class time they devote to how their skills can be applied to assist the world's poorest people. Medical schools could focus more on the global burden of disease and how it might be reduced, and law students should be prompted to think about an international legal regime that allows American oil companies to buy oil from dictators who pocket most of the proceeds. Programs could also be produced to help to educate the broader public.
Nor should we shy away from reconsidering our emphasis on teaching in fields that have timeless artistic and cultural value. It is legitimate to ask: In a situation in which more people die each year from poverty-related causes than died in any one year during World War II, how much should we be spending on the refinement of our artistic sensitivities and those of our students?
I began to think about our obligations to the poor in 1971, when I was a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Oxford. A few years earlier, such a question would not have been considered one for philosophers to discuss. The prevailing view then was that the business of philosophy was to analyze the meanings of words. The linguistic analysis that preoccupied philosophers was supposed to be ethically neutral. We would discuss whether the statement "You ought to return the book you borrowed" expressed an attitude or stated a fact, but not whether it was always obligatory to return a borrowed book -- let alone to give to the poor.
The student movement of the 1960s demanded that the university become "relevant." In response, with war raging in Vietnam and civil disobedience against it at draft offices across the United States, a few philosophers began to revive ...
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2. Content
Poverty Around The World.
Poverty Facts
Poverty Effects
Poverty Actions
How individuals can join the fight
against Poverty
Credits
3. Poverty Around the
World
Many people around the world
are deprive even the most basic
human needs, which includes
food, water, sanitation, clothing,
shelter, health care and
education. According to Chen
and Ravallion, about 1.76 billion
people in developing world lived
above $1.25 per day and 1.9
billion people lived below $1.25
per day in 1981. The world's
population increased over the
next 25 years. In 2005, about 4.09
billion people in developing
world lived above $1.25 per day
and 1.4 billion people lived below
$1.25 per day. On the left is a
picture of children that are going
through Poverty.
4. Through this venture, we are able to research on
poverty around the World. Organisations such as
Garmeen Bank, stepped forward and offered a
helping hand to make a diiference in the World
regarding poverty.
5. Poverty facts
Almost half the world - about 3 million people - live on less than
USD$2.50 a day. The poorest 40 percent of the world's
population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The
richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.
According to UNICEF (United Nations International Children's
Emergency Fund), 22,000 children die each day due to
poverty. And they "die quietly in some of the poorest villages on
earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the
world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying
multitudes even more invisible in death.“
Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on
weapons was needed to put every child into school by the
year 2000 and yet it didn't happen.According to the Unesco
(United Nationals Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation), it was reported that one in five adults is not
literate today and two-thirds of them are women.
6. Poverty effects
Widespread diseases and hunger - One third of deaths, some 18
million people a year or 50,000 per day, are due to poverty-related
causes: in total 270 million people, most of them women and
children, have died as a result of poverty since 1990. According to
the World Health Organization, hunger and malnutrition are the
single gravest threats to the world's public health and malnutrition is
by far the biggest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all
cases.
Illiteracy - In the US educational system, these children are at a
higher risk than other children for retention in their grade, special
placements during the school's hours and even not completing
their high school education.
Homelessness - Slum-dwellers, who make up a third of the world's
urban population, live in a poverty no better, if not worse, than rural
people, who are the traditional focus of the poverty in the
developing world, according to a report by the United Nations.
Violence - 51% of fifth graders from New Orleans (median income
for a household: $27,133) have been found to be victims of
violence, compared to 32% in Washington, DC (mean income for a
household: $40,127).
7. Poverty Actions
Poverty Actions
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty -
This call was made by Joseph Wresinski, founder of
the International Movement ATD Fourth World,
and was officially recognised by the United
Nations in 1992.
Government Schemes - Conditional cash transfer
(CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making
welfare programs conditional upon the receivers'
actions. The government only transfers the money
to persons who meet certain criteria.
Voluntary Welfare Organisations - Examples
include the Center for Global Development
(CGD), Child Poverty Action Group, End Poverty
Now (EPN), and the United Nations Development
Program Millennium Development Goals (MDG),
Poverty Assessment and Monitoring.
8. How individuals can join the fight against
Poverty?
1. Educate Yourself
A nationwide lack of affordable housing, sad state of public education,
lack of public transportation systems linking commercial and residential
neighborhoods, racial injustice, domestic violence, and policies
restricting contraception all contribute to an endless cycle of poverty
that pervades every state in this country. By reading and education
yourself, you can strengthen your understanding of anti-poverty aspects
of workers' rights, immigrants' rights, women's rights, reproductive justice,
environmental justice and economic human rights movements.
2. Donate
You can donate food, money, clothing, toiletry items, old furniture, toys
and magazines.
3. Volunteer
You can volunteer with kids, families, the elderly, the disabled, the
homeless, women, and the mentally ill; in shelters, soup kitchens,
community centers, after school programs, and employment centers.
You can teach literacy, resume development, job training courses, ESL,
computer class, coach sports, serve food, and provide counseling.
9. How individuals can join the fight against
Poverty?
4. Join a Campaign
There are a number of different local and national campaigns that you
can join to help combat poverty. Even better, you can ask your local
synagogue, church, youth group, community center, workplace, or
school to do the same. Locally, you can get involved with Focus and
Fight Poverty, Seattle International Human Rights Coalition, and Real
Change News. Nationally, you can get involved with Fighting Poverty
with Faith; CARE: Defending Dignity, Fighting Poverty; The ONE
Campaign; and End Poverty 2015.
6. Write or Start a petition
Petitions are fantastic ways to create change in your local government
or neighborhood. You can choose to fight a bad policy, or create a
good one. You can write your own petition, or help to propagate one
already in existence.