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    Poverty is a growing global problem that threatens hundreds of thousands of lives every year. While issues like gender and racial inequality require urgent attention, poverty seems to outpace them as many lack access to basic needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed between 88 and 110 million people into poverty according to the World Bank. Some of the key causes of poverty include lack of education and job opportunities, as well as cultural factors that prevent people from improving their lives. To address poverty, opportunities must be created for all and aid distribution must be carefully monitored to ensure it reaches those in need. Individual donations, no matter the amount, can also make a meaningful difference.

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    Poverty is a growing global problem that threatens hundreds of thousands of lives every year. While issues like gender and racial inequality require urgent attention, poverty seems to outpace them as many lack access to basic needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed between 88 and 110 million people into poverty according to the World Bank. Some of the key causes of poverty include lack of education and job opportunities, as well as cultural factors that prevent people from improving their lives. To address poverty, opportunities must be created for all and aid distribution must be carefully monitored to ensure it reaches those in need. Individual donations, no matter the amount, can also make a meaningful difference.

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    FOCUS: Poverty End Poverty in All Its Forms, Everywhere

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    Poverty is a growing global problem that threatens hundreds of thousands of lives every year. While issues like gender and racial inequality require urgent attention, poverty seems to outpace them as many lack access to basic needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed between 88 and 110 million people into poverty according to the World Bank. Some of the key causes of poverty include lack of education and job opportunities, as well as cultural factors that prevent people from improving their lives. To address poverty, opportunities must be created for all and aid distribution must be carefully monitored to ensure it reaches those in need. Individual donations, no matter the amount, can also make a meaningful difference.

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    FOCUS: Poverty; end poverty in all its forms, everywhere


    Why Poverty?
    Poverty is an ever-growing problem that is faced by many, all around the world. While issues
    such as gender and racial equality, are needing of urgent attention, poverty seemingly
    outgrows them, since hundreds of thousands of people die every year because they are simply
    too poor to afford their basic needs; food, shelter, education (as per the United Nations
    Declaration of Human Rights), healthcare (as per the United Nations Declaration of Human
    Rights.
    It is felt that racial issues can also arise due to the image of a certain community being of
    poverty, thus covering some part of racial inequality.
    As the global population is rapidly increasing, in comparison to the slow rising employment
    opportunities and such; there will be even more people living in poverty. However, the
    United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG) number 1 is set to tackle such issue
    by 2030. But then again, it needs to be asked; will it be effective? Will it really help? Will it
    be significant?

    Problem: what is really the issue?


    Conventional view
    Lack of education
    Due to lack of education, people are not eligible for high paying jobs, leaving behind
    only very low paying jobs that can hardly provide them with survival. However,
    statistically this income is below the average income required to stay above the
    poverty line, thus increasing poverty statistics
    Bad economy
    Some countries are just not wealthy enough to support their populations in ways such
    as relief payments, subsidies, etc. This leaves the people helpless and forced to live
    with what they have which is often below the poverty line
    Unorthodox/fresher view
    COVID-19
    The pandemic has pushed anywhere between 88,000,000 to 110,000,000 people into
    poverty (World Bank)
    ‘I am good the way I am, I do not need to work?’
    USA: The US Government gives out stimulus cheques to 127,000,000 (CNBC)
    households, or 90% of households, as relief for the COVID-19 pandemic. However,
    these cheques might not be effectively going to only those people who need them. In
    fact, many might be using the stimulus cheques to survive so they don’t have to get a
    job.
    This is a troublesome ideology and with the US Government planning to stop
    stimulus payments after March 2022 (MARCA), voluntary unemployment can cause
    poverty rates to rise.
    Lack of opportunity
    In some notable countries, cultural, religious, and other factors can cause people to
    forcefully live in poverty with no opportunity to change their lives.
    What can WE do?
    Opportunity for all
    Defeat extraneous norms
    Effective aid
    Monitor the transfer of aid from sending body to receiving body
    Donate
    Any amount of donation makes a difference, $1 gets you a bottle of water in the USA,
    however it is a day’s worth of food for 1 person, in India
    What not to do?
    Set a roof to how rich you can be
    Asking billionaires to donate half their wealth
    Talha Rahim
    Hamid Durrani
    Husein
    Ashraq

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