Poverty is “the condition of having no money, goods, or means of support.” People in poverty usually lack food, nutrition, health, education, housing, and employment. About 25,000 people die daily due to hunger related causes. These people don’t have a sufficient amount of money to buy food to nourish themselves. Nearly three billion people (half the world) survive on less than $2 a day. People who live in poverty have a higher chance of becoming homeless due to the lack of money for adequate housing. Poverty is caused by many reasons including discrimination in the work force. People may be in poverty because of the lack of education, skill, experience or intelligence, low wages, health, disability, birth of a child, domestic abuse, and discrimination from race or sex. These problems can lead to a lack of a occupation which then results to little or no income to support themselves.
A measure of poverty is called relative poverty. It is also known as “at risk poverty” or “moderate poverty.” Relative poverty is those who earn 25% less than the median income which is $46,326 in 2005 studies. People categorized in relative poverty generate enough income to survive with the basic needs like water, food, shelter and healthcare. Another measure of poverty is extreme poverty. Extreme poverty is people who survives on less than $1 a day.
According to the United Nations, poverty can be stopped. The expense to stop this would cost us nearly $195 billion a year. There are also many organizations that help to fight poverty, hunger, and diseases.
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