Poverty

Poverty is the shortage or the absence of a specific measure of material belongings or money. It is a multifaceted idea, which may incorporate social, economic, and political components. measured by the number of people who fall below a certain level of income—called the poverty line—that defines the required payment for an essential way of life. As an individual, you can help in overcoming this problem by creating jobs, raising the minimum wage or join NGO’s and help the needy people. (As discussed earlier)

The main causes of poverty are-

Practically no entrance to jobs or occupations, struggle, disparity, poor infrastructure, environmental change, absence of framework, limited capacity of the government.

Poverty in simple words mean not having enough money for basic needs such as food, drinking water, shelter, or toilets. Many people in different countries live in poverty, especially in developing areas of West and Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and some parts of Asia. There are different ways to measure poverty.

You would be thinking now, how to eradicate poverty?

Poverty is so big issue that it cannot be solved within a year.
Firstly, government has to wake up and should become serious in reducing or cutting off poverty.
Secondly, as a individual, we can help poor people by providing them with certain resources.

“There’s enough on the planet for everyone's need but not for everyone’s greed” -
Mahatma Gandhi