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Introduction

What is poverty and how did it started?

Does any imagine that More than 20 %of the world’s population lives in poverty? Poverty is a big problem in the whole world, because 1000 of people die each year due to this big issue.

Means to afford basic human needs such as clean water, nutrition, healthcare, clothing, food, and a warm place to live.

Poverty History:

Poverty is a deadly issue that’s killing our population slowly. It has been around for a long time now, it started when all rich people began to get richer, but they were making other people poor, and let them to live without the humans needs.

Types of poverty:

Two types of poverty:

1- Absolute poverty: severe deprivation of basic human needs.

2-Relative poverty: economic inequality in location or society where people live.

There are many factors that Cause Poverty:

1- Diseases

2- War & political instability

3-Discrimination and social inequality

5- Natural disasters

6- Lack of education

7 Loss of job

10-Drug abuse

Effects of poverty:    
    

1. Malnutrition Poor nutrition causes 45 % of deaths in children under the age of. Malnutrition can also lead to many other health issues as well.

2. Health

People living in poverty cannot afford medicines to treat illnesses.

3. Education

Poor people living in poverty are unable to attend school from a very early age. Families may not be able to afford the necessary clothing or school supplies.

4. Economy

Without an education, people will not find a paying job.

People who live in poverty society are homeless, which puts them on the streets. There also seems to be a connection between poverty and crime.

Solutions that help to end Poverty

1. Creating Good Jobs

 Is a great way to reduce poverty? Get themselves out of poverty. 

2. Educating Women

. Educating girls and women can reduce poverty in developing nations.

3. Improve Heath Care

4. Access to Clean Water and Sanitation

Red Crescent

•Red Crescent Authority in the UAE contribute to the rebuilding in the disaster-hit countries and affected by disasters and crises and remove the effects of the devastation and destruction that such disasters.

Conclusion:

Therefor we have been able to learned that poverty is one of the major issues in the world that need to be address quickly in the poorest villages in which thousands of people are dying, and most of these people are children’s.

We have learned that poverty refers to the condition of not having the means to afford basic human needs such as clean water, nutrition, healthcare, clothing, food, and a place to live, poverty is a deadly issue that’s killing our population slow and that we as the affected ones need to take actions against it.

We have also learned that poverty that affect mostly poor people, because of the little resources they have, this means that poverty is an issue that’s harming poor people that want to get out of poverty, but they can’t because they don’t have the support of rich people.

Even though there are a lot of people trying to stop poverty, it is impossible to stop it without the support of rich countries, because to fight poverty we have to fight it with a lot of money and their only a few countries that could support with this need.

References: 

       http://www.globalissues.org/issue/2/causes-of-poverty

https://povertyseniorprojectwebsite.wordpress.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty

http://myerfoundation.org.au/grants/poverty-disadvantage/