Poverty Mind-Teasers
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India* Rural Agricultural Farming
Hunger Robert McNamara "Falls Below Any Rational Definition of Human Decency"
Israel* North Carolina Below $1.90 Per Day*
United Nations Definition Extreme Poverty as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services." Main Causes of Poverty: Wars Both Civil and Between Nationals. Inadequate Nutritious Food and or Clean Fresh Water. General National Social, Political, Economic Inequality. Rapid Climate Change. Poor Education and Training. Poor Infrastructure and Supply Systems. Poor Government Aid, Policies and  Laws. Main Effect of Poverty: Conflicts, Death Due to Disease, Malnutrition, Poor and Inadequate Water and Poor Housing.
Immigration Both Nationally and Internationally.
Psychological and Emotional Distress of Anxiety, Impulsiveness Aggression, Depression, Conduct Disorders Increase.
Rise in Crime and Suicide.
Solutions to Poverty: Establish Programs For Job Training, Education, Health and Wellness. Increase Opportunities for Jobs.
Eliminate Social, Political and Economic Inequality Whether it is Social, Economic or Political in Nature.
Overcome Climate Changes Effects on The Land and Resources
Avoid Wars and Internal Conflicts.
Provide Adequate Clean Water.
Channel Money Away from War and The Weapons of War to Overcome Poverty.
Types of Poverty: Occasional, Usual(Cyclical) Poverty in Which People Move In and Out of Poverty Due to Weather, Social, Political and Economic Cycles. They Will Have Adequate Income for a Short Time then Return To Poverty.
Chronic (Always Poor) Poverty in Which People Remain in Poverty Due to Lack of Education and Training, Government Limiting Policy, Civil and National Wars, Chronic Conditions Socially, Politically, Geographically.
Organizations Dedicated to Dealing with Poverty: Innovations for Poverty Action, Oxfam International, Give Directly Inc, Save the Children, Care International, The Global Red Cross Network, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Vision, Global Citizen, Green Shoots Foundation, World Vision, Advocates for International Development, Concern World Wide, Outreach International, European Anti-Poverty Network, Outreach International, OPAD International, End Poverty Now, The Borgen Project, World Relief
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Little Known Facts Trivia
Twenty Five Most Shocking Global Poverty Facts- Oneorg
Eleven Facts About Global Poverty  DoSomething.org ...
Forty Five Surprising Facts About Extreme Poverty Around the World You May Have Not Realized-MacWorld
Know Your World: Facts About  Hunger and Poverty-The Hunger Project
Fivetalents What is Poverty
Interaction The Top 9 Causes of Global Poverty
Moveforhunger The Effects of Poverty
APA Socioeconomic Status Poverty Hunger Homelessness Children
Mdcaridad End Poverty
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