The Relationship Between Lack of Education and Poverty

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It was with great sadness that I watched the documentary. I saw Kenyan children from a small village living in extreme poverty. These children must live with the two most devastating factors to children: poverty and lack of education. If a child’s environment is not nurturing, the child can suffer both mentally and physically. Therefore, poverty and lack of education are both factors that most negatively affect a child. Poverty is the harshest factor for children as it encompasses hunger, lack of access to medical facilities, and lack of access to clean water. Lack of education is another devastating factor as ignorance only harms and limits a child from succeeding in today’s competitive global economy.

Where does the fine line of poverty stand? In the United States of America, children who live on less than $18,000 a year are considered to be living in poverty while in various other countries, children who live on less than $2 a day are considered to be living in poverty. Poverty is defined as the condition of being poor or the state of having little goods or means of support. In both the cases of children living on less than $18,000 a year and less than $2 a day, the children do not have enough support to survive adequately.

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...

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...e getting equal benefits. By pooling together efforts, various positive outcomes will result. By either micro financing an educator, allowing easy transfer of foreign goods, or unifying charities, both poverty and lack of education will be combated. These methods will allow for nurturing environments for children to succeed.

Poverty and lack of education are widespread and negatively influence a child. Both of these have severe long-term and short-term effects. Poverty affects a child both physically and mentally. Lack of education puts a limit job selection and successfulness. It also encourages the cycle of poverty. By providing an education, both of these factors can be resolved. Help should go to all children- not just the ones that are prominently featured. Hopefully, one day those vivacious children from the poor Kenyan village will be successful individuals.

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