How many days can a healthy human being survive without the basic necessity; food and water? According to Alan D. Lieberson, a long term physician, the duration of survival without food is influenced by many factors, such as body weight, other health considerations and the presence or absence of dehydration. A robust individual may survive up to 40 days without sustenance, before developing organ failure or myocardial infarction, following death. In a case where the individual is additionally dehydrated, the mortality rate significantly increases; giving one merely a few days of survival. For those in third world countries where famine patently exists, there is a hunger-related death every four seconds, totalling approximately 21,600 deaths …show more content…
every single day.
Is it possible for the immense, egocentric world to end the harrowing cycle of poverty (rhetorical question)? Action Against Hunger (AAH) is an international humanitarian organization that fights against the causes and effects of hunger, aiming to save the lives of malnourished children and ensure the access to clean water, food, training and healthcare to communities. Through fundraisers to collect charity to raising awareness of the extreme global poverty, AAH has: provided nutritional support for more than two million people, provided 506,000 people with lifesaving care, provided 724,000 people with access to safe water and sanitation, helped 286,000 people regain their self-sufficiency and implemented an innovative cash grant initiative to assist 60,000 vulnerable households over the next five years, over the course of only one year …show more content…
in 2013. With the donation of five million dollars ($5 million), the money would assist individuals in regaining their independence, increase rates of successful education and ultimately decrease separate issues associated with destitution. By donating five million dollars to Action Against Hunger, the charity is able to assist families in leaving their impoverished condition as well as recovering their self-sustainability. It is typically those that are trapped in the cycle of poverty, which is a phenomenon where poor families become destitute and remain so in continuous generations, that depend on others to survive. To become contingent upon different individuals that may also be in the same state, generates a dangerous pattern, further evoking poor decisions. For instance, it is common for adult figures in penurious families to rely on their children to make a meager income for the family, and relying on a child in this manner diminishes their opportunity to attend an educational institution and not only destroys their youth, but enforces a tough future aswell. This is a major contributor to the ceaseless cycle of poverty that exists in today’s present world. Kids as young as the age of four, salvage waste on rubbish dumps to collect scrap metal and plastic, which are sold to earn a minuscule and insufficient amount of cash. For a day’s worth, these children earn around fifty cents as they wander through broken glass, toxic waste and used syringes, exposing themselves to harmful chemicals and diseases. Thus, the reliance on others to “put food on the table” (idiom), allows for the continuance of the cycle of poverty. Moreover, Action Against Hunger creates programs within these necessitous communities, to provide training to individuals for farming, business and other services, which henceforth establishes jobs, and increases food and income production. Lomoe Achilla, a 55 year-old farmer from the Kaabong district of Karamoja, Uganda, was provided with funds from AAH along with the United Nations World Food Programme, to start his own fruit tree seedling business. He happily says, “‘I can now harvest up to a tune of 7.2 million shillings in a year’...‘This helps me educate my children, and I can save a little in the village savings and loan association group and more in my bank account’”. Due to the destruction of livestock and crops after Uganda’s drought, Achilla found an alternative way to make a steady source of income; “7.2 million shillings in a year” which approximately converts to $2675 Canadian, through growing fruit trees that are not rain-dependent, enabling him to provide for his family. Evidently, AAH’s assistant program allows one to independently support themselves, as well as their families, which effectively removes individuals from the vicious cycle of poverty. With the donation of five million dollars, Action Against Hunger is able to provide approximately 41,600 women with small business grants, empowering them to start careers that can secure futures for their children. A universal metaphor on the power of education, stated by Nelson Mandela, reveals how knowledge can lead a country of impoverishment to prosperity. He says, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. According to research done by Arne Duncan, an estimated 61 million primary-aged children are out of school, and those that do attend, finish without basic literacy and numeracy skills, totalling a number of 250 million illiterate people in penurious countries. The lack of education allows for the continuation of the deleterious cycle of poverty, as children grow up and are unable to find jobs with a sustainable income when they are adults. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reports that the lives of 1.8 million children could have been saved had their mothers received at least a secondary education. Thus, AAH’s program could drastically affect the impoverished children of this generation as well as future generations in terms of improving educational commitments, if their mothers are given the opportunity to independently support themselves and their offspring . Secondly, the education of women and youth that will benefit from the proliferated opportunities of self-sustainment, will establish a society with a reduced amount of misogyny towards working women. The elimination of patriarchy and male dominance due to a plethora of female businesses that will be created, will form an ideal society with equal political, economic and social rights. When individuals have a strong source of income, the beneficial openings that will arise, will allow one to appreciate their privilege rather than criticize the gender that obtains the money. To conclude, if five million dollars were donated to Action Against Hunger, the charity would produce 41,600 job opportunities for women, thus enabling for the support of their children and education, as well as removing gender oppressions. By donating five million dollars to Action Against Hunger, the charity is able to lessen poverty-related crimes and issues, such as child sex trafficking, drug dealing and sweatshop labour, through the distribution of proper, safe jobs.
According to Clements Worldwide, a global insurance company, South Africa has one of the highest murder rates at 32 per 100,000 people. These cases recorded are also only a small fraction of incidents that are reported by victims. The prominence of low moral dimensions, high unemployment rates and the manifesting poverty in society are leading factors that contribute to this explicit violence. With five million dollars, Action Against Hunger can provide nutrition for families, allowing them to put their income towards purposes that can help one exit the vicious cycle of poverty, such as education for youth. Knowledge; the fundamental precondition for political development, democracy and social justice, is the foundation towards developing the skills needed for economic success, to ultimately end destitution. Therefore, when impecunious families have fewer troubles to worry about, such as having enough money to cover basic needs, they are able to pursue an education and acquire a sturdy job, henceforth decreasing problems that arise due to
hunger.
When one thinks of poverty often the mental picture that comes to mind is of single parent welfare, dependent, women and unemployed, drug-addicted, alcoholic lackadaisical men. The children are often forgotten. The impact of poverty, the destruction of crime and stigmatization of the violence on the children is more devastating and irreversible than the miseducation and illiteracy that most often companies poverty. The implication is not the poverty can not be overcome but that the cycles of teenage pregnancy, welfare dependency, and dropping out of high school continues and are hard to break. The badges of poverty are just as addictive and capitiving as any disease such as alcohol or drugs.
Smith, Stephen C. Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Print.
Across the globe in impoverished third world countries an estimated 50,000 children die of starvation every day (Quine 36). We have all seen the images of these children--bloated bellies, fly covered, bulging eyes--in television pleas by various charitable organizations. While these images sicken us, we idly sit by (often flipping the channel to avoid them), refusing to help these less fortunate kids. The problem is made worse by the ever-increasing population. Even the wealthy countries like our own now have a starvation problem (Quine 29). Admittedly, the problem here is less severe, but it still exists. With our current level of technology, the resources at our disposal, and a commitment to help those less fortunate, we can and must end starvation around the world before it gets worse.
The world produces enough food every day to feed every single man, woman, and child – 7 billion people – 2,700 calories, several hundred more than the recommended daily amount for most adults. The National Resources Defense Council released a report in 2012 documenting that 40 percent of food in the United States goes uneaten, equivalent to 20 pounds of food per person every month and $165 billion wasted each year. Yet, the World Food Programme (WFP) reports that one in eight people – 842 million people – go to bed hungry every night. Most live in developing countries, and children and women are particularly susceptible. Sixty-six million primary-aged school children attend classes hungry across the developing world.
In 2010, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that 239 million people in Africa were under nourished and hungry (Africa 1). Poverty is the predominant cause of hunger and is extensive throughout Africa. So much so, that the citizens of impoverished areas have no...
In many parts of the world people go hungry every day and they don 't have the means to feed themselves or the security that they will eat again. The lands no longer bear fruit and cannot provide for those who counted on them to both survive and make a living. One such example is Ethiopia in Africa, and it is a hot zone of the hunger epidemic. Poor nutrition causes nearly half of the deaths in children under 5 ( 3.1 million children each year), as well as on a lesser note 1 in 4 of the world 's children have their growth stunted because of hunger. Meanwhile agriculture is a staple in most economies and Ethiopia is without that suffering leaving it with no food security. Ethiopia is in dire need of help with its hunger problem because
In this world there are many different types of challenges faced but individuals in different countries, as people work together to find a way to stop or solve these challenges there are also some challenges or situations that individuals, even as a group, cannot eliminate. The race to reach conclusions of situations is very desirable and is being worked on very efficiently, but one issue that people have mistaken into accomplishing is hunger. Hungry is present everywhere and not a lot of people can satisfy or fulfil that need. Lack of sanitation, unemployment, and unhealthy diet choices these are involved in an imaginary line called the poverty line. The idea of food banks is a good start into eliminating hungry but the process still has a
Nearly 50,000 people, including 30,000 children, die each day due to poverty-related problems and preventable disease in underdeveloped Countries. That doesn’t include the other millions of people who are infected with AIDS and other incurable diseases. Especially those living in Sub-Saharan Africa (70%), or “the Third-World,” and while we fight to finish our homework, children in Africa fight to survive without food, or clean water. During the next few paragraphs I will give proof that poverty and disease are the two greatest challenges facing under developed countries.
Poverty extends out over all continents, making it the most widespread negative factor. Out of the world’s 2.2 billion children, approximately half live in poverty according to UNICEF. Poverty claims approximately 22,000 children’s lives per day. This statistic illustrates the struggle children that live in poverty must face in order to survive. Poverty is a root cause of hunger, disease, and lack of shelter. It is concentrated in pockets in areas such as South Africa and South Asia. Children, who must...
Poverty won’t end in a flash; it will take time and patients. To end poverty it will take help from every ethnicity. Jeffery Sachs predicts that poverty could end as soon as 2025. Countries are already trying to get free healthcare for everyone, but they are having a hard time getting everyone to agree on the bill. Some say, “why change what’s not broken.” But the truth is that the system is broken, yes it helps the ones who can afford it but not the ones with limited resources. Emphasized earlier eliminating poverty will take time, but it can happen. As Nelson Mandela pointed out “like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
Poverty, also known as the silent killer, exists in every corner of the world. In fact, almost half of the world’s population lives in poverty. According to the United States Census Bureau, there were 46.7 million people living in poverty the year of 2014 (1). Unfortunately, thousands of people die each year due to this world-wide problem. Some people view poverty as individuals or families not being able to afford an occupational meal or having to skip a meal to save money. However, this is not the true definition of poverty. According to the author of The Position of Poverty, John Kenneth Galbraith, “people are poverty-stricken when their income, even if adequate for survival, falls radically behind that of the community”, which means people
Poverty and hunger in Zimbabwe have increased in the past years. Most fear that this may problem will only magnify as time goes by. In a Zimbabwean city, a reporter reveals that some of the Zimbabweans are relying only on porridge. The reporter also stated that some children are no longer going to school due to the hunger they are suffering. Not only is hunger a very nation wide prevailing issue another horrendous problem is poverty.
Has anyone ever considered thinking about what the world is really going through? How many people don’t have the necessities in order to survive? If so, what are these people going through? Poverty is the state of one who lacks a standard or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Sometimes events occur that changes a person’s perspective on life. Poverty is one that can have a huge effect on not only one person, but also the people around him/her. Over half of the world is going through this tragedy and we, being the ones who created it, have the responsibility to end it.
Poverty is one of the greatest problems facing South Africa. South African families live in very unsatisfactory conditions. The South African government works hard to bring down the rate of poverty but it also seems to increase as they try.
The majority of South Africans are unemployed and therefore can’t satisfy their needs and wants, and also their children’s needs and wants, thus more than half of South Africa’s children live in poverty.