"Poverty is the worst form of violence." - Mahatma Gandhi
Poverty is the worst form of violence, and it is the most common form of violence which is committed daily against on quarter of the world's children. Over a billion people across the globe live on less than a dollar a day, placing them in extreme poverty. Moderate poverty is defined as those living, on $1 to $2 a day, leaving a total of some 2.8 billion people, almost half the world's population, living in poverty. We live in a society that claims it will not tolerate violence, but we let this injustice continue to plague and haunt the most vulnerable…it is time we took a stand and fought for the victims, that we invested in and worked to protect our future.
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Very informative posts, love the look of you site.
Interesting post thanks, I support a really great non profit organization, that do a lot of great work with kids, if you would like information on this please go to http://www.ekukhanyeni.org/
we r d future of india even if we r youngsters we gona progress our country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BY TEACHING AT LEAST 1 CHILD N GIVE HIM EDUCATION SO TAT HE CAN BCOME D FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY
Tanvis,
Thank you for your comment, but most of all thank you for sharing your positive energy and outlook with everyone. Change begins with you, peace happens one person at a time.
All the best,
Cassandra
This is the 21st century. We (the human species) do not have any excuse to not include everybody in the benefits of human progress.
More than 8 million people die each year namelessy, facelessly, needlessly simply because they are too poor to survive. This is a daily struggle for survival.
This is bullshit, we the affluent need to use our wealth wisely to make a safer, more equal united planet for us.
In the early 1930’s Keynes argubly the most renound economist of the century wrote a paper on the economies of his grandchildren. He was accurate when he said extreme poverty will be eridicated from the developed world by the end of the century. He was right. Extreme poverty is almost non existant in the North American subcontinent and western europe.
Similarly, we can end poverty in our time…. by 2025… it is realistic… we must make the right choices… to heal and fix a torn and devided planet…
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How can I acquire the rights to use this picture?
Thanks
Ms Clifford,
I am a student at KGV School in Hong Kong. For my GCSE ICT examination, I would like to use your picture from this post in a video of mine that aims to raise the awareness of poverty in the world and urge people to help those in need.
Please email me back as to whether or not I may use your picture at: mau04@kgv.net
Thank you very much.
Michelle Au from Hong Kong
i really like youre blog im only grade 4 but already i have hosted a cupcake for kids charity (those in poverty, because i hate poverty.) hundreds of cupcakes were sold on the street in a van by me regards kirrily
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