Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not being able to go to school, not knowing how to read, not being able to speak properly. Poverty is not having a job, it is fear for the future, it is living from hand to mouth. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of freedom.
Poverty has many faces, changing from place and across time, and has been described in many ways. Most often poverty is situation people want to escape. So poverty is a call to action - for the poor and the wealthy alike - a call to change the world so that many more may have enough to eat, adequate shelter, access to education and protection from violence.
Unfortunately, poverty is a hidden agenda. The voices of the poor are seldom heard. What makes me feel like writing about poverty is the unwillingness of o
The poor are caught in a trap of powerlessness that constrains their choices - it is that they have no freedom of choice and action because the rich are the ones who say: "I'm going to do it" and they just do it. But poor people cannot control what happens, they do not fulfil their wishes because of poverty. While kept on a biological level of existence, focusing on food and shelter, one cannot enjoy everyday life.
It seems that some are more humans than others.
Bad life is deeply embedded in insecurity. Not knowing what tomorrow will bring and where the next meal is coming from slowly drive poor people crazy. It is the way that peace of mind and confidence in survival. Not just livelihood but also sheer physical survival in the face of rising corruption, crime, violence and absence of justice. Insecurity is also the experience of wary and fears that makes life unsustainable.
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