Boys Brigade 46th COY Team 1

1. Team 1 venture
poverty

2. Credits:
http://www.thp.org/learn_more/issues/know_your_world_facts_about_hung
er_and_poverty?gclid=CJm2kL_M9KoCFYN66wodC11pGQ
Done By:
SSG John Lim
CPL Alvin Goh
CPL Nathaniel Wee

3. Content:
 Facts about poverty
 Things about poverty
 What is the impact of
poverty
 Credits

4. Facts about Poverty
What is poverty????
•Poverty is the insufficient of food, water and
shelter which led to people suffering.
•Poverty is occurring in a few countries in the
world , for example: North America, Sub Saharan
Africa.
•98% of the world's undernourished people live in
developing countries where poverty occurs.

5. Things about POVERTY
The history poverty had been mostly accepted as inevitable as
traditional modes of production were insufficient to give an entire
population a comfortable standard of living. After the industrial
revolution, mass production in factories made wealth increasingly
more inexpensive and accessible. Of more importance is the
modernization of agriculture, such as fertilizers, in order to provide
enough yield to feed the population.
The supply of basic needs can be restricted by constraints on
government services such as corruption, debt and loan
conditionalities and by the brain drain of health care and educational
professionals. Strategies of increasing income to make basic needs
more affordable typically include welfare, accommodating business
regulations and providing financial services. Today, poverty
reduction is a major goal and issue for many international
organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank.

6. IMPACT OF POVERTY
Increases in environmental health related diseases
Inadequate Basic Needs
Increase in Fertility
Unemployment
Poverty in combination with high population growth and high density levels
impacts negatively on natural resources. The current status of natural resources
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in Greater Johannesburg is unknown but the reality of the impact of population on
natural resources should not be discarded and requires urgent attention. The
utilisation of open spaces for dumping and informal settlements is, however, an
important indicator regarding the depletion of natural resources.

7. IMPACT OF POVERTY
Increase in environmental health related diseases
Lack of income results in people not being able to pay for health and medical
facilities, thus increasing health problems. Income poverty and ill health are
therefore closely linked in a vicious downward cycle. People living in poor housing
without access to clean water, sanitation or basic health facilities are more likely
to become sick. These conditions in turn places them in a worse position when
they are unable to work and incur high costs for health care and medication. Poor
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health further results in malnutrition and an increase in levels of mortality.
Inadequate basic needs
The fact that 48,6% of the population within Greater Johannesburg is without any
source of income, and 51,8% earn low wages, has an impact on the affordability
of basic needs and services. These people are therefore unable to pay for services
(water, electricity, waste disposal, and housing) provided by the local authorities.

8. IMPACT OF POVERTY
Increase in fertility
Levels of fertility are closely related to the status of women as well as their
education level. High levels of decline in fertility rates are experienced where
there is a higher level of education, social upliftment as well as economic
upliftment. Only when these conditions are in place will family planning be
effective.
Unemployment
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Most people are only able to obtain employment in low wage jobs, due to their
low education levels. It is for this and other reasons that they are unable to afford
basic needs and services, thereby increasing the level of poverty. Low education
levels result in people being employed in low wage jobs or not being employed at
all. This leads to a lack of basic needs and services, thus aggravating the poverty.

9. Thank You!