Poverty

What Is Poverty

• It is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of money 
• One who lacks a certain amount of material possessions
• The state of being extremely poor
• One who is in poverty lacks........
• Food, Water, Sanitation, Clothing, Shelter, Health Care, & Education

Poverty in Charlotte N.c

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Charlotte, N.C Poverty Data

• In 2010 nearly 139,000 residents in Charlotte were living in poverty
• One in five children is living below the poverty line
• Families in poverty percentages by family type
• - Married -couple family (29.3%)
• - Male, no wife present (19.7%) -Female, no husband present (57.1%)

Poverty in Calcutta,India

Poverty Rate in Calcutta, India

Calcutta, India Poverty Data

• 78 million people are homeless
• 11 million children are below the poverty line
• 35% of 260 million people earn $1 or less a day
• Home to 63% of poverty people in South Asia 

Causes & Effects

Causes of poverty

• Lack of education
• Disasters
• Living in a poor economic structure place
• Unemployment
• Overpopulation  

Effects of Poverty

• Health Issues
• Food insecurity and hunger 
• No basic services
• Going homeless
• Death due to starvation and malnutrition

Solutions

Possible Solutions

• Start charity/ donation  fund for people in poverty
• Create new jobs that involves no education
• Taxing the rich more and less the poor
• Building self-sufficient economies
• Involvement with the media

Groups/People who can help ones in need

• Churches
• Non-profit organizations
• University Stundents
• Homeless Shelters

The Best Solution

• Charity/donation funds  because.....
• -- It provides a large amount of what the people in poverty need
• -- People are mostly likely willing to participate in it
• -- Needs can be provided fast throught it

Steps of Implementation for Charity

•  Give advertisement for the charity event 
• Set up the charity event at Churches & Universities
• Collect food , water, and money
• Split the donations upon the people in poverty who need it more than others
• Give out the donations at poverty places in the community 

Charity isn't going give everyone's Their needs

Charity isn't going to give everyone's  their Needs

• Charity is going to give everyone's their needs because....
• --- A huge amount of people will be involve giving a variety of things 
• --- The donations of the charity will be split evenly
• --- People will the receive the basic needs they need 
• --- The community will donate enough things for the people in poverty 

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What we learned about Poverty

• It is the state were one does not have money nor basic needs 
• It can happen anywhere
• Causes of Poverty includes lack of education, job, and disasters
• Effects includes health issues, lack of basic needs, and shelter less 
• Solutions includes community charities, more jobs and lower taxes for poor

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• ui.uncc .edu/story/poverty-income-Mecklenburg-charlotte
• www.slumdogs.org/homeless -facts
• centralsouthasia.newaction.org/2012/09/14/poverty-in-calcutta