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Poverty’s Impact on the World
By: Jessica Medina
PresentThere are currently 36.5 million Americans
living in poverty. That’s about 1 in 8 of peoplePoverty is making kids go hungryKids are not receiving their educationPeople’s health are deteriorating
Poverty Is Making Kids Go HungryJust in America, 50.2 million people go
hungry17.2 of those people are children These people don’t receive enough food to
maintain a healthy lifestyle
Kids Are Not Receiving Their EducationAlmost 70 million children are prevented from going to
school each dayThere was a delay in plans to provide a free primary school
education to 8.3 million children in Kenya because of the global economic crisis
Reasons for this might be that kids are taking care of their siblings or other family members, they might be too sick, or they go to work instead to take care of their family
People’s Health Are DeterioratingBecause of people not having the proper food
to eat or living in bad conditions, their health deteriorates
Also, poverty can cause anxiety disorders It was shown that anxiety disorders are
mostly present when people have been going through economic struggles since their early ages
The structure of a child’s brain can be affected from ages 6-9 if the mother is going through anxiety during her pregnancy
Past In 2010 the poverty rate was 49 million and
last year it increased to 49.7 million In the past, poverty has affected people by:Affecting children’s healthPeople not receiving proper health care People not receiving basic needs like water
Children's’ Health 1.6 million children in the UK live in extreme
poverty In poor nations, 20% of children die before
the age of 550% of children are malnourished In richer nations, less than 5% of children are
malnourished
People Don’t Receive Proper Health Care A lot of homeless people died because they
didn’t receive proper attention when they were sick
In 2011, 7.6 million people didn’t have health care
Poverty rate increased in the US after a lot of people had to make out of pocket costs for their health care
People Don’t Receive Basic Needs Like WaterApproximately 2 million people die each year
because of drinking unsafe water Most of these people are childrenSome people resort to rivers contaminated
with excrement
Future To decrease the poverty rate:There should be clean water for everyone to
drinkMore people should qualify for health
insurance Everyone should have a chance to receive an
education
Clean Water To Drink Doing this can cause less deaths in the world You can donate money to provide clean water
for people who need it 70% of diseases in developing countries are
caused by polluted water
Health Insurance More people qualifying for health insurance
can also avoid deaths and a lot of more people could be healthy
In most states, adults without children do not qualify for Medicaid no matter how low their income is
The income limit for Medicaid coverage in a typical state is about 11,000 for a family of three
Education There are a lot of people who want to go to
school but can’tAlmost 70 million children are prevented
from going to school each day across the world
Conclusion For the longest time, poverty has been a
problem in our worldThe poverty rate has always increased and
decreased but its always been a high numberThere are ways that we can decrease the rate
of poverty, we just have to know what they are and do them
