Social Deprivation In Mi Birdsong

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An immesnse amount of effort has gone into achieving poverty eradication. Well-educated people have put a lot of hard work for poor people, such as putting a huge amount of money in Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with mission supporting people in need, urging policy to concern more about social deprivation and establishing many promising think tanks. But, unfortunately, this adversity has not turned to be as expected. Mia Birdsong, through her influencing talk suggests citizen to listen to the story around them, especially a unique story from a person who evinces hope and willingness in success. Birdsong argues that society mislead destitute people about their attributes. Most people view that needy people are unintelligent and untalented

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