Poverty
how does poverty affect our community?
Deffinition
non profit organizations
- ONE campaign
- Shot@life
- Unicef
- Partners in Health
- Give Well
- Global Giving
- CARE
- Life in Abundance
- International Rescue Committee
- The Borgen Project
Different Sides of Poverty
Culture of Poverty
One point of view is the culture of poverty theory. This theory is basically explaining poverty as certain cultural attitudes that discourage economic success are passed from one generation to the next. This theory was found within poor communities. According to this theory, the culture of poverty does not generally include values such as community service, hard work, and self-improvement.
Situational Poverty Theory
Another point of view is the situational theory. This theory takes a different view, focusing on the economic and social conditions that cause poverty rather than on individual attitudes and behavior. According to situational theory, children living in such an environment have little exposure to the job market and as a result they grow up not prepared to take advantage of economic opportunities that may arise. This comes from people that are not living in poverty that have a caring aspect.
The Lazy Poverty Theory
However some people don’t look at poverty as being inherited they look at poverty as they didn’t try.This is called the lazy poverty theory. What I mean by that is some people in today's world are a little more harsh and look at poverty as if it’s the peoples fault that are living in poverty. Some of their reasons on why its their fault would be they don’t try to work or even they did this to themselves so they have to live with it. See that’s not the case in all stories. Some people did not try and just gave up on themselves but also other people were born into this lifestyle and cant get out of this horrible state of living.
Stories of Poverty
A Families Story
A mother Trying
young girl
back round information
Cause's
~ Inheritance
~ poor judgment
~ not careful
~ giving up
~ laziness
~ bankrupycie
Effects
~ easily harmed
~ no protection
~ horrible things are prone to happen