...Poverty affects the whole world and is payed little attention too. Poverty is a problem the world has been aware of for a long time but now is when we need to work together to solve it. I will mainly be focusing on poverty in the US since that's so close to home. What we need to realize is that poverty exists everywhere. If the US focuses on the problem at hand we will realize how we can strive to end poverty. When many of US citizens hear the word “poverty” or “poor” they immediately think of other countries. The Census Bureau has listed that one in five children in America are using food stamps. Huffpost gives us the information that food stamps enrollment sees new highs last year when the year before that is dropped due to improvements in...
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...Poverty Presented By: Corey Edwards Presented To: Dr. Mary Kay Svedberg Class: SOC 100 Date: March 4, 2012 Poverty In the real world, poverty has been described as where it takes place. This means the way people eat and mostly how they live. Poverty has been blamed “as the result of policy choices, of political will, and of moral conviction” (Spriggs, 2007). Most importantly, society blames the person that is living in poverty. The South and Southwest of the United States is where the majority of poverty found. Poverty can be referred to as material conditions, economic position, or the social position of that person(s). Poverty is attributed to inequalities in the structure of society which eventually leads to denial of opportunity and perpetuation of disadvantage. And there is growing inequality among jobs. “The official jobless figures are getting worse, but just having a job is no longer protection against poverty. So many are underemployed, partially employed or just plain exploited” (Eisold, 2011). There is known to be two categories of poverty. They are absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty is a set standard that does not change over time. Relative poverty is a standard which a person lives and differs over time. Environmental degradation and poverty alleviation are two urgent global issues which are similar but treated differently (poverties.org). Poverty continues to affect the mental abilities, working opportunities, health, basic needs...
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...Macro Systems Paper There are a lot of different areas that affect us as individuals, communities, and as families. There are expectations on how people believe things should be. As a human service professional it is important to understand the different areas of social systems and what roles we as professionals and the other things that will play a part in these areas. Throughout this paper we will discuss personal, interpersonal, and political empowerment, macro systems, individual involvement with the different social systems, and poverty. According to Lippincott and Wilkins, Inc. (2007), “The term empowerment has different meanings in different sociocultural and political contexts. Broadly speaking, empowerment refers to the expansion of assets and capabilities of poor people to participate in, negotiate with, influence, control, and hold accountable institutions that affect people’s lives.” (p. 120). With there being so many different definition’s and understandings of empowerment, we are only going to review three areas, personal, interpersonal, and political empowerment. Personal empowerment is something we all have experienced at a few different times in our lives. This is when an individual decides to make a positive improvement in their lives or within their community or neighborhood. They stand up for what they believe is right and worth fixing or fighting for, maybe not just for themselves, but for others. At an intimate level we may decide to change how...
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...Poverty Poverty would be defined as the state of being extremely poor, having little or no money, goods; or means of support and it gets to a stage where you can no more provide for the necessities in your life. Poverty is caused by a number of factors; such provide as; political instability, debt, discrimination & social inequality… Inequality There are many different types of inequality such being; income inequality, gender inequality, but a broad outline of what inequality is, is that it’s a condition of being unequal towards someone or a group of people. Example would be a male and female working the same job and same amount of hours and the one getting paid more than the other due to circumstances such as discrimination and prejudice...
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...Ending Poverty Ricardo Rodriguez Mrs. Leija English II 18 May 2015 Ricardo Rodriguez Mrs. Leija English II 18 May 2015 Ending Poverty Although some believe poverty is a non-important issue, I argue otherwise. Whether it is children or adults, poverty is everywhere from one side of our world to the other and there must be an end to it. How can us Americans citizens conjoin together to end poverty ? Studies show, the average American is able to gift one meal to a child in desperate need just by contributing $1 to any world hunger association. At that rate, just imagine how much meals you can gift to a child or even a family once you donate more than just a dollar. If Americans contribute time and money, then the decreasing poverty rate can come to a quicker end. Take the USAID organization for example, The USAID is an organization whose goal is to end poverty in our lifetime. What will it take to end poverty in our lifetime ? This will not be an easy task of course. We can get there but only if we come together as a global community. In support of this effort, “We must profit existing developments and priorities towards ending extreme poverty - Such as increasing food security, promoting child survival, expanding access to renewable energy, and improving education” (USAID) Most importantly, in order for all this to be possible, we must draw more attention to these kinds of organizations that support adults and families and most importantly the children. What...
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...as the older generations, especially when it comes to the issue of poverty. Poverty is defined as the general scarcity, dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. It is a multifaceted concept, which includes social, economic, and political elements and becomes self-replicating. Nicholas Kristof, a well-known columnist for the New York Times, writes many opinion pieces on this issue. Kristof has been writing about poverty since the beginning of his career with the New York Times. Kristof is prompted to write about poverty because his main focus includes human rights, women’s rights, health, and global affairs. He has written columns on the issue of poverty dating as far back as 2001. He not only writes of the...
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...religion, etc., are to be treated equally and without prejudice (businessdictionary). The Catholic faith has heavily involved itself in the issue of modern day poverty for the best part of the last century as well as the new we currently reside in. In order to improve this issue the church and state must understand the issue and work together in order to decrease the issue of poverty in Australia. The State and the church both involve themselves heavily in this issue, but aid is still needed from both sides to improve their possible responses. Saint Vincent De Pauls is one of the largest charities fighting against the struggle of poverty in Australia. Interviewed to discuss Saint Vincent De Pauls involvement was Robert Leach. Interview questions and response Robert Leach 1. What is your understanding of poverty? Poverty is usually understood as financial deprivation – a severe lack of money or purchasing power. However, this definition of poverty can and should be expanded to include the lack of amenities, living on the margins of society, lack of security, lack of services, homelessness, loneliness, addictions, spiritual poverty (a lack of faith in a loving God) – that is, anything that people should have access to but for some reason are denied that access. 2. How does your description fit into the poverty in Australia? In Australia there are many individuals and households (families) who lack the things many of us take for granted – one or more of the aspects mentioned...
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...Mississippi is known for being the poorest state in the U.S. In fact, 24% of people live below the poverty line. Besides the residents of this state, few people truly know how bad this state has it. One-fourth of the state population is truly struggling, almost one in every four people in Mississippi are living under the poverty line. Mississippi was once a flourishing state but has been sucked deep into the dark hole of poverty, because of the massive unemployment and lack of education. The poverty problem started way back in the beginning of the 19th century. Mississippi was the top cotton manufacturer in the United States. The state was economically and politically dependent on cotton. It was the fifth wealthiest state thanks to the immense production of cotton, large plantations, and forced slave labor. (Source-History) Mississippi’s economy really came crashing down during the Civil War. Before then it was once one of the wealthiest cotton producers in the world, and then suddenly lots of planters were forced to give up their land in order to pay debts or taxes. Along with the Civil War another detrimental factor was farming. The state’s crop industry was a major source for earning money. The main crops included soybeans and cotton. Severe...
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...Reducing World Poverty and Homelessness Inskip Rochford Professor: John Hilston Economic Problems and Issues 05/01/2011 Reducing World Poverty and Homelessness Reducing poverty has become a major concern of development policy. To inform policy, research on poverty has focused on income or consumption based poverty measures. Yet it is now increasingly realized that poverty is multidimensional, encompassing all important human requirements. Poverty is now widely viewed in terms of capability deprivation (Kakwani, 2006). The income approach views poverty simply as lack of income (or consumption). Poverty exists when some persons in the society have so little income that they cannot satisfy socially defined basic needs. But lack of income is not the only kind of deprivation people may suffer. Indeed, people can suffer acute deprivation in many aspects of life, beyond those defined as basic needs, even if they possess adequate command over commodities (for example, ill health or lack of education and so on). The conceptual distinction between deprivation of this kind and that primarily resulting from inadequacy of income is of fundamental importance (Kakwani, 2006). The higher a person’s income the greater is his or her command over commodities. The possession and consumption of commodities (including services) provides people with the means to lead a better life. However, possession of commodities is only a means to an end. As Sen (1985) points out “ultimately, the focus...
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...The Social Problems of Poverty and Crime March 9, 2009 Sheila Rogers SOC 402, Professor Henson The Social Problems of Poverty and Crime Every year the U.S. Census Bureau issues a report that details poverty in the United States. It provides statistics on how many people are poor and breaks the report down among age, race, region and by family type. Families are considered poor if their annual salary or income falls below whatever the federal measure of poverty is which is also recalculated each year. The institute for research on poverty stated that the poverty threshold for a four person family with two children in 2007 was $21,027. The threshold for one individual under age 65 was $10,787 and for an individual 65 and over the threshold was $9,944. (www.irp.wisc.edu) Poverty is most notable among blacks and Hispanics. The poverty rates in these groups of individuals greatly exceed the average. The rates remained near 30 percent in the 1980s and mid-1990s. In 2000 the rate dropped to 22.1 percent for blacks and 21.2 percent for Hispanics. For children under 18,18 percent or 13.3 million children lived in poverty. The poverty rate for families was 9.8% in 2007 which was equivalent to 7.6 million families who were living in poverty. The level of poverty is also affected by where people live. In 2007 the South...
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...Environmental Justice, Immigration Rights, and Reproductive Justice Youth groups are forming all across the nation. When communities work together with their youth to fight for environmental justice, immigrant rights, and reproductive justice more people will be reached. Youth groups bring different perspectives to topics and teens have different needs from the issues. Communities that are being targeted need volunteers including youth to get involved to help empower residents that are being affected. One of the youth programs in Massachusetts provides opportunities for researchers and youth to work together. The youth program organizes an event called Southeast Asian Water Festival and this program helps teens organize a project-based program. The Southeast Asian festival provides teens with hands on projects on environmental justice issues and provides opportunities to develop and create their own environmental activities (Race, Poverty, and the environment 2005/2006). The Youth Policy Institute is an organization in Pittsburgh that empowers communities to get involved. The youth group uses alternative approaches to get the information to a variety of communities. Environmental justice is a focus for the youth group. One year the group organized “Just Jam for Justice” which presented mixed CD’s with popular dance music to everyone that attended the festival. The inside lining of the CD had facts printed about diesel exhaust and the effects on local communities...
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...and work together. The joining of forces allow for each company to use their skills in order to build upon each other to effectively complete the task at hand. In March 2009, Nestle Pakistan Ltd. and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation came together to work on the task called – The Rural Poverty Reduction through Livestock Development Project. Both companies co-funded this project but Nestle provides services that were not accessible to the Swiss Agency. The main priorities of this project are to improve economic opportunities, income generation and food security in rural areas of the country. This is going to be done through dairy farmers training, technical assistance and veterinary services. The services and training provided by Nestle makes it possible to work towards achieving these goals. Nestle is known as a leading company who promotes nutrition, health and wellness. Their goal is to provide consumers with the best tasting products while supplying the most nutritious choices. Nestle goes back to 1866 when they opened the first European condensed milk factory. This company has grown to make a presence in almost every country of the world. They have created lasting relationships with farmers and other suppliers which is how they got involved with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The SDC is Switzerland’s international cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Their main concern is to decrease poverty. They provide...
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...THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ALLEVIATING POVERTY. Alleviation of poverty has been a priority in many developing nations. Poverty normally develops from many different factors, some of the basic causes include; lack of access to clean water and sanitation, lack of facilities for adequate healthcare, lack of access to educational opportunities, inadequate nutrition, lack of adequately paid employment, inadequate or expensive transport facilities and limited or expensive power supplies. Urban poverty is different from rural poverty; poverty in rural areas tends to be more widespread than in the urban areas. This is due to factors such as the inadequate employment opportunities in the rural areas, access to a range of key facilities is much reduced, and many households are headed by women often due to abandonment of families by the males and sanitation and water supply deficiencies are more intense leading to ill health. A close to 1.2 billion people i.e. a fifth of the world’s population lives in conditions of abject poverty. Almost 800 million people in the developing world are chronically hungry and this is why poverty reduction strategies have been adopted all over the world. From the early 1990s, different targets and goals have been agreed upon for the reduction of poverty in its various forms and dimensions. These targets have been adopted in the millennium goal one which aims to eradicate poverty and hunger. Governments have prioritized this millennium goal through...
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...can affects a child’s development both negatively and positively. Social influence is very important for all ages, but it changes and forms over the course of childhood. Social influence comes in many shapes and sizes, but there are some majors influences that affect a child more dramatically. One of the main positive social influences is family. Family is especially important because they are the people that a child spends most of their early childhood with. They have a direct and indirect influences on the challenges that children encounter and have the resources they need to accomplish those certain challenges. Within the family children learn social skills and attach to people who love and care for them. Children who have parents that spend time with them are able to reach out and relate to others. There is a theory called the Attachment Theory which explain that the emergence of an emotional bond between an infant and their parent or caregiver and the way in which this bond affects the child's behavioral and emotional development into adulthood. According to this theory, children who have a secure bond with their parent use this attachment to develop social relationships. Because children are with their parents most of their childhood, children look up to their parents when it comes to developing social skills. Another positive social influence is school. During school, children start to develop individuality while learning to become part of a group made up of their...
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...Poverty in the United States “Financial writer Tim Harford, author of the new book The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, says the poverty line for a single American in 2012 was $30.52 per day. But Harford, says it's also about how people view themselves and how they're viewed by other people.” In my opinion unless you have experienced living in poverty you can never truly understand it. Poverty is a much more complex than what people think it is. It is not only about whether you can afford the basic necessities to survive or support a particular standard of living. Poverty is a common topic always argued between the have and have not. I feel that those who have should not judge the people that does not. Referring back to what Tim Harford...
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