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Causes of
Poverty
Children should not be cruelly
condemned to a life without hope,
without good educationwe must do
better for them (Progress on Poverty).
As great as this statement may seem it
is not truly what goes on in America.
Poverty is a major issue that affects
millions of people. Not only do the years
increase but women and children in
poverty increase as well. These women
and children can not do anything about
their life and what they have gotten into
so why dont we come together and try
to solve this problem.
Victims of
Poverty
There are many children who
experience a life they didnt want to be
involved in. Children accounted for one
in three of the 1.2 billion people living in
extreme poverty around the world
(Progress on poverty). Surprisingly the
statistics that have been released in the
past year conclude that almost all the
victims of poverty are kids. Children
Effects of
Poverty
Even though the causes of
poverty may seem bad, the effects of
poverty are much worse. Poverty
prevents Americans from buying healthy
States with
the Highest
Rates
When people think of California
they think about Hollywood and famous
actors and actresses. Although these
might be the first thoughts that pop into
your mind, California is also known for
being one of two states with the highest
poverty rates. The two states with the
highest poverty rates are Texas and
California according to Chuck Devore.
Rising Rates
In this day and age technology
keeps advancing and so is poverty.
Forty-six million people in 2010 were in
Helping to
End Poverty
There are many organizations in
the US that are trying to help the people
in poverty. One of the many
organizations is Heifer International.
How Heifer International works is by
bringing food to large areas of poverty.
They also try to bring new ideas such as
building schools according to The Heifer
mission. How can you help to end world
poverty? Go to heifer.org to learn more
about this fantastic organization or to
donate money to help end poverty.
You have the power to change
everything (Heifer). Anybody can
change poverty! It only takes one
person to change millions of kids,
women and mens futures from dark to
bright.
Works Cited
Devore, Chuck. Texas Outdoes Calif. Even On Poverty Front. Investors
Business Daily 1 Dec. 2014: A11. Student Resources in Context. Web. 23
Jan. 2015
Global Poverty. Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2012.
Student Resources in Context. Web. 24 Jan. 2015.
MUKHERJEE; SY. Four Ways That Poverty Hurts Americans LongTerm Health. ThinkProgress RSS. N.p., 30 July 2013. Web. 28 Jan.
2015.
Progress on poverty, but 1.2 billion still live on the extremes. America 28
Oct. 2013: 8+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.
Protect Our Children From Poverty- Minister Xingwana [press release].
Africa News Service 24 Oct. 2011. Student Resources in Context. Web.
28 Jan. 2015.
Video: U.S. Poverty Rose to 17- Year High in 2010, Income Fell.
Bloomberg Television Video Content 13 Sept. 2011. Student Resources
in Context. Web. 24 Jan. 2015.
Gray-Garcia, Lisa. Criminal of Poverty: Growing up Homeless in America.
San Francisco: City Lights, 2006. Print.
World Hunger and Poverty- Heifer Mission| Heifer International | Charity
Ending Hunger And Poverty. World Hunger and Poverty Heifer Mission
| Heifer International | Charity Ending Hunger And Poverty. Heifer
International, n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.
Pictures/Graphs
http://galleryhip.com/child-poverty-in-america-2014.html
https://subrosa09.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/fools-that-store-bail-outs-in-barns/
http://www.heifer.org