Poverty

Poverty is a worldwide phenomenon. It is defined as a lack of tangible and intangible resources, such as clean water, money, food, clothes, a shelter, healthcare and education. Without these common resources, many problems are created, such as malnutrition and diseases.  As a matter of fact, ”Almost half the world — over 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.”1 People who live in poverty don’t usually have acces to education : ''Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.”2 These people don’t have the capacity to vote or choose properly a person to govern their country, which means they will not necessarily be in good hands and will probably be taken advantage of. This situation is mostly representative of develeoping countries, but poverty in spread all over the world, even in developped countries, like Canada and the United-States. As a matter of fact, one in nine children live under the poverty line, which is a little over a million children, whose parents can’t afford to pay for new clothes, or have a hard time buying essential resources.

1-2 http://www.globalissues.org/issue/2/causes-of-poverty