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What Is Poverty?
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Poverty is the inability of people to afford basic human needs, such as pure and fresh water, healthcare, education, nutrition, clothing and shelter. It is referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. The condition of having meager resources and lower income than others in the society or country, or in comparison to worldwide averages, is termed as relative poverty. Nearly 1.7 billion people in the world live in absolute poverty.
Poverty is not just lack of materials but it is seen as a lifestyle and a state of mind. Deprivation and insecurity are the two terms associated with it. Even those who are able to get over poverty are always very close to falling back into its clutches.
Poverty And Health
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According to the reports published by World Health Organization, malnutrition and hunger are a serious threat to the world’s public health and the biggest contributor to child mortality is malnutrition. Less education, hunger and diseases describe people who are in poverty. 18 million people a year die due to poverty related issues. Since 1990, a total of 270 million people, most of the children and women, have died as a result of poverty. People living in poverty suffer from hunger and starvation or even diseases.
Faces Of Poverty
People who are engulfed in this vicious circle of poverty also suffer from low life expectancy. Children who are born into poverty may not get the proper nourishment and adequate care when they are infants. These children are prone to diseases like Asthma and Rickets. More than 11 million children every year die before their 5th birthday. Every night nearly 1.02 billion people sleep hungry. More than 100 million children are homeless. The consequences of poverty are very disastrous. It increases the risk of drug abuse.
Poverty And Education
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Education has a vital part to play in the eradication of poverty. Poverty and education are inversely related with one another. Researchers have found out that there is a high risk of educational underachievement for those children who belong to the low-income groups. There are prevalent factors related to poverty for students who have a tendency to drop out from schools. It is a process that starts from primary school. Juvenile delinquency, higher levels of teenage pregnancy and also the economic dependency of their low-income parents on them are some of the risk factors relating poverty and education.
Those families who are reluctant to invest in the education and development of their children end up with unfavorable results that are forced to see a life of low wages and parental employment reduction. Poverty has a drastic effect on the success of students in school. A child’s preferences, mannerisms and home activities must be in accordance with the outer world and in this case, these poor students are at a big disadvantage in the school at large and the classroom in particular.
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Thus it can be safely concluded that the children who live at or above the poverty line will a have successful education as compared to those who live below the poverty line. Students who are poor are more likely to miss the academic year. Poor children are also susceptible to the flu, headaches, and infections and can also suffer from hunger and fatigue.
Poverty And Violence
According to a UN report on slavery, poverty fuels the most common form of human trafficking, which is prostitution. It is because of poverty that a number of girls in Zimbabwe, and other poor or developing countries around the world, are turning to illegal ways in order to survive and get food.
