Project Darasani Poverty

Imagine a poor, impoverished family living in a cramped living space, with no electricity and hardly maintaining basic human necessities, such as clean water. Now imagine the young children in those families who are denied these rights - they have horrible living conditions and worse of all, they are prevented from pursuing an education. Imagine a family that is so poor that their children are forced to stay home and assist their parents. Imagine these young children being denied the right that should be accessed to very person in the world, the right to learn to read and write. These children are so undernourished and hungry that they cannot even afford supplies for their "education". Project Darasani is an organization based in Atlanta that helps spread education around the world and allowing underprivileged children to gain the tools and supplies to gain an education. My cause spreads one of …show more content…
They told me stories about how many children in the world are denied education and forced to work and how many children could not even afford to buy the supplies needed for education, such as books, pens and pencils. I remember reading a news article a news article regarding the plight of young children in underdeveloped countries and realizing that this cycle of poverty can only stop with education. Viewing the extreme levels of poverty in the world and seeing young children forced to give up education to provide for their families made me realize the inequality in our world, and this is what led to me joining the Project Darasani team. These children will be able to gain an education with these supplies and diminish the cycle of poverty. Together, it is our goal to send every child a package full of supplies, and this will allow them to have the tools needed for a proper