How to End Global Poverty

Poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; a condition of being poor. The definition merely defines the meaning of poverty; the lack of a strong essential education system, the lower opportunities to receive healthcare, and living in state known worldwide as unacceptable. As a unified nation, we can and are able to change the lives that live in world poverty today.

This complicated social phenomenon is equally as complicated as finding the causes to poverty. First of all, in stable countries such as the United States and Canada, theorists have accused the poor for causing their own poverty. It is believed they have little concern for their future and prefers to ‘live in the moment’. However, there is culture of poverty, where you’re characterized as poor and nothing can be done to change your status. This is passed down from generation to generation slowly building a hopeless and powerless feeling to those who live by it. According to UNICEF, the 21,000 children who die every day due to poverty die unnoticed. On average, millions of people are deliberately fighting for food, an education, and their lives. At the most, 876 million adults are illiterate. Over 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 Canadian a day. 40 million are living with HIV and AIDS, with almost 3 million deaths in 2004. An average of 2.5 billion people are forced to rely on biomass such as fuel wood, charcoal and animal dung, to meet their energy needs for cooking. This ongoing catastrophe can never sustain headline coverage. And every 4 seconds, a child is dying; these silent killers can range from malnutrition, diseases, war, water, and sanitation.

An exceptional example of poverty is the Ganges River that is...

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...erns on achieving worldwide energy access would magnify the challenges to energy security and the environment.

Although, why not cut the amount of wasteful energy services to wealthy nations and give the millions trying to survive on a day to day basis an access to energy? The lack of energy services is a serious hindrance to economic and social development of a country. However, giving the access to energy to world poverty is one of the many steps to making a difference. Craig Kielburger had once stated that, "We so often feel powerless to do anything about the many problems in the world around us. We are so often left to wonder whether one person can possibly make a difference. Mother Teresa said yes we can and her life was resounding proof that it is possible." So why not begin one of the many steps to change the lives living in world poverty permanently today.