POVERTY
is defined as
hunger
, lack of
shelter
, being
sick
and not being ableto see a
doctor
.
It’s
not having accessto
school
and not knowing how to
read
. Poverty means not having a
job
,
fear
for the future and
living
one day ata time. Poverty is
powerlessness
.
OPPRESSION
victims
suffer
from an
unjust
or excessive exercise of
power
,
it’s
a sense of being weigheddown in body or mind.
More than 1.2 billion peopleearn less than $1 per dayEvery 3.6 secondssomeone dies of hungerEach year more than 2 million childrenare exploited through sex traffickingToday over 27 million peopleworldwide are living as slaves52% of individuals who requestshelter are turned down due tolack of shelter resources
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