Only The Best Will Do!

Only the

bestwill do!Wishes and dreams for the little ones.

A dream home…

…in a picturesque and safe environment.

Will this do?

A prime site. Right in the city of LA!

Abundance of nutritious food…

…you need to

grow.

The food camp is a kilometer away.

Did he make it?

All the clothes you can pick to

keep you warm and

make your day.

Happy with these, dear?

Are the children happy in Kibera?

What do you think?

Let’s find new

stimulations for your

developing brain.

Let’s see where they can find them…

Clean water…

…to appreciate life with.

A place for sanitation and cleaning.

When there are no other options…

The

best care

for your

sniffles.

Nigerian orphanage in the late 1960’s.

Children and a nurse attendant.

The best care, possible.

The highest education…

…that money can buy.

What education?

They have to

beg for food.

ENVIRONMENTAL:climate change, exhaustion of soil fertility and decline of agricultural yields, depletion of natural resources…

ECONOMICS: increase in world oil prices, pushed up price of grain, high unemployment rate, brain drain…

HEALTH CARE: lack or poor access to affordable health…

development trap

the cycle of change…

What are the causes of poverty?

What about effectiveness of governments? the cycle of change continues…

OverpopulationIllegal Immigration

High Crime Rates

Discrimination: gender, racial, caste…

Corruption$ConflictsWar

Why should we care?

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.  ~Charles Darwin

It’s a cycle that can affect everyone on earth.

Know the history and the effects.

Recognize these signs:

• edema of legs and feet• light-colored• thinning hair• anemia• a pot-belly• shiny skin

A victim of severe dietary

protein deficiency caused by

Nigerian–Biafran War

We have been warned…

To a man with an empty stomach food is God.~Gandhi

No solutions of your own?

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Society comprises two classes:  those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food.  ~Sébastien-Roch Nicholas de Chamfort, Maximes

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Sources of information/images:Many thanks to:

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PovertyMS Clipart artists discoveredFree photos for social study by Sadashivanhttp://www.sadashivan.com/freephotos4ursocialstudy/id5.htmlWikipedia Commons Images:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Homeless_in_LA.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jakarta_slumlife65.JPGhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Jakarta_slumlife68.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mwamongu_water_source.jpgBy paulkist  

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Barefoot_child_in_Kibera.jpgBy hris1johnson

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Children_and_open_sewer_in_Kibera.jpgBy Dr. Lyle Conrad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Starved_girl.jpgBy Brazilian news agency, Agencia Brasil

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