Why People Fall Into Poverty

There are many reasons why people might fall into poverty but the main reason is because they are in debt*. 805 million people don't have enough food to eat daily. Food Banks are especially important in providing food for people who can't afford it themselves (Online, 2016). In 2011, 165 million children were stunned (reduced growth rate and development) due to chronic malnutrition (Online, 2016). It is not unheard of for a family to run a little low on money and have to borrow some from the bank or other sources. But the odd time a family is unable to pay back the source that they got the money from and they fall into debt. If you don't know you are in debt, the source that you got the money from usually won't give you any more money, so if you are in debt you start to lose more and more money every time you don't pay the source and if you keep losing money you aren't going to be able to afford the food and clothes you need and you eventually fall into poverty. But some people can't help being poor sometimes people are born into poverty and don't have the chance to go out into …show more content…
22,000 children die every day due to poverty (Anup Shah, January 07, 2013). At least 80% of people live on less than 10$ a day (Anup Shah, January 07,2013). So you can see how big of a problem poverty is. People in poverty are everywhere even though you may think that they are only in places like Syria or Africa. Children in poverty suffer too much for a child to bear and a lot of them are only 5 years or younger. When dealing with hunger money is essential. If people don't have money for food they aren't the only ones who suffer. Their family will also go hungry. 11.3% of the world population are hungry. (Online, Dosomthing.org). Hunger is also a very large problem and just as much of one as poverty. So overall people should acknowledge that poverty is a big problem and that if people don't have enough money then they will go