Extreme poverty

Introduction: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. Why should education be a vital consideration in India’s development today? In 2003 the former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela stated, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. Mandela used this as a means of liberating his country to move forward from the previously dysfunctional education system and be able to initiate a new system, which could provide…

capita-12.240 PPP dollars and the unemployment rate in 2016 was 26.6%. This academic writing will expatiate the comparison between free market economics and communism and further expound on communism. Free market economics and Communism occupy two polar extremes in the economic activity. The major differences lie in the separation of labour or the factors of production and the mechanisms that determine prices. The economic activity in the market economy is unplanned, it is not organized by any…

that are of high quality as well as health for all, and environmentally sustainable 1. However, unresolved global issues like population growth and urbanization, ecosystem and biodiversity, climate change, social conflict, malnutrition and extreme poverty makes it hard for the global food system to effectively cope with food security challenges. Malnutrition represents a major public health problem of infants in poor countries. Worldwide, about 192 million children are stunted, while 51…

a household of children, increasing by 9 percent since 2007. Another study has found that 1.35 million children out of the 3.5 million people are likely to experience homelessness in a year or less says the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. The data shown from the report of 2007 says that, a 6.8 percent of people were no longer homeless. Also that A 3.7 percent of people…

When we leave school or work, we usually say that we are going home. But over 600,000 people in the U.S. don’t have a place that they can call home. Homelessness is a widespread issue that affects each corner of the United States, from Hawaii (which interestingly has the highest rate of homelessness among the states)1 to Alaska. Homelessness is a complex problem with no easy solution. Hopefully by understanding homeless people more, they can be helped better. All people are different, but there…

Affirmative Discrimination In a time when skin color, brain size, and theories such as social Darwinism are no longer factors used to determine social status, it seems that, on the surface, the world should be finally extinct of the conflict among races. Scientifically, no race is the “ultimate” one, because at the end of the day, humans are all just humans—right? Contrary to the popular belief that “All men (people) are created equal,” however, this is indeed not the case (“The Declaration…

Writing in November 1971, Peter Singer condemns developed nations for not making the necessary decisions to save East Bengalis from evitable starvation, violence, and disease. Even the most prominent aid contributors such as Britain and Australia spend much more on domestic luxury projects than on reducing fellow human suffering. Using Bengal as an example, Singer asserts that people have a moral obligation to give significant amounts of money to aid organizations. In disagreement, I will argue…

Peter Singer’s paper “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” analyses the ethical and moral responsibility of those living in relative affluence and their actions pertaining to famine relief in less economically advantaged parts of the world. Singer calls for much greater action, and a cultural shift in priority and attitude towards those suffering, no matter their proximity to the reader. While Singer’s writing is focused specifically on the 1971 Bengali Famine, the ideals proposed are applicable for…

cardiovascular and Alzheimer's, toxins such as pollution in the air and dirty water, also lifestyle the use of alcohol and smoking reduce longevity. Social class whereby individuals are not able to pay for medical care or have low medical services. Poverty where people live in populated areas and can't move around reduces longevity. Ethnic difference Each group has different life expectancy Less access to health care and lifestyle depends on ethnic deference. Risk for diseases and hazards such…

While there are more than a few groups of people who experience homelessness in the United States and other parts of the world different ways, their homelessness is usually characterized by lack of stable housing coupled with extreme poverty (Henslin, 2013). I realized this after reading the author’s research concerning the homeless population in the United States. However, in my career as a human services professional, I would like to work with the mentally ill and the runaways. The mentally…