The Eradication of Poverty

By: Wendy Zhang, Audrey Goettl, Sophia Waller,

and Lexie Krause

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Why is Poverty a Global Issue?• Affects people all over the world

• People are suffering from deadly epidemics

• They are living in extreme conditions• Half of the world’s population don’t

have basic living necessities• Most children living in poverty don’t

have a proper education

Affects of Poverty • Diseases

•Living in substandard housing•Not getting a proper education

• Lack of basic needs• Conflicts • Unliterary

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Background• 30,000 children die a day due to

poverty• Nearly 3 billion people, half the world’s

population, live in extreme poverty• About 1 billion people went into the 21st

century without being able to read or write just their name

• 6 million children under the age of five die a year due to poverty

What is being done?• Organizations, countries and programs

are trying to help put an end to poverty• United Nations is focusing on putting an

end to extreme poverty and hunger• Organizations are providing basic living

supplies and giving an education to people

• Oxfam International helps people start businesses

• Giving micro-loans

Case Study• According to Peter Moszynski from High

Wire Press, girls in Southern Sudan are more likely to die in childbirth than complete primary school

• Providing at least a primary education for Southern Sudanese people

• Sending money to organizations that provide basic living essentials– Health care, water, mosquito netting,

food, clothing, shelter

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We chose this topic because…

• Very few people know about the situation in Southern Sudan

• Southern Sudan is not as well known as Darfur; not a lot of media

• Southern Sudan is facing the same amount of problems as places such as Darfur, but is not as well known

Links and YouTube Videos• You Tube Videos:

-United Nations Development Goalshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddX4n30sXY

-Make Poverty Historyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWX0XwGxfFo

• Links-CAREhttp://www.care.org/

-ONEhttp://www.one.org/takeaction/

What organization is working on this issue

and what are they doing? • Mercy Corps

• Building homes and schools• Doing work at refugee camps

• Provides health services, household supplies, food, water and other basic

living necessities

What do we like about Mercy Corps?

•Mercy Corps gives humanitarian aid and

supplies rather than sending the money to the government•Works on a lot of problems•Has a variety of programs

DED• Organization that is working in Sudan

• Have many projects• Created a vocational school in Khartoum for Southern Sudanese

people• Have workshops, integration

programs, provide medical service, promote peace

What do we like about DED?

•They work with the people•Teaches them a lot of skills•Promotes important things, such as integration and peace

•Their work is in a lot of different areas in Sudan

Interactive Activities!

Think…• How far do you have to go to get water?• What do you worry about on a daily basis?• How hard do you have to work in order to get

a good meal?• What do you do when you are sick or get

hurt?• What type of area do you live in?

Activity 1:

What is your definition of poverty? Based on what

you’ve seen and learned, has that definition changed?

• Get into groups (we’ll assign them) and discuss these questions

• Write down your definition of poverty on a sheet of construction paper

• Share with the group

Activity 2:

“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”

–Mahatma Ghandi

•Write a reflection on this quote. •Share and discuss with your groups.•Pick the best reflection per group•Discussion with entire group

Activity 3:

Mercy CorpsHow we want to model our action plan

after the work Mercy Corps is doing:• Mercy Corps has had many successful

projects• We plan to actually do something about

the problem in Southern Sudan• Actually buy the supplies and help the

people• Raise awareness about Mercy Corps

S.P.I.PSaving People In Poverty

• Inform people in our community and at our school about poverty in Southern

Sudan• Encourage others to support this

organization and this cause• Start fundraisers

• Send money to people in Sudan

Our Aim and Purpose

We are doing this because we want to influence people and help them to believe that they can make a

difference in the world

Our Message

If everyone is informed about the magnitude of this issue, the more likely they will want to

help stop poverty

Our Short Term Goals

• Learn more about the issue• Raise awareness about this issue

• Get in contact with people who are doing something to help

• Raise money to send to organizations working with Southern Sudanese people

Long Term Goals

• Continue to raise money and send it to organizations• Continue raising awareness

• Continue our work throughout high school and college

Our Wiki

• Link to our Wiki http://global-challenge.wikispaces.com/Categories+Hum1+Group1

• Our Wiki contains information about this issue and what you can do to help

• Has links to other organizations and petitions that you can sign

Organizations/Petitions

• Oxfam International • World Bank

• UNICEF• UNDP

• Save the Children• ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty

History

Why is this issue important?

• It takes away people’s chances for a better and more successful lifestyle

• People are deprived of the education that they deserve

• It affects the entire world, thus making it an important issue

Why should you do something?

• It affects over half of the world’s population

•You could help save the lives of millions of people of all

ages

“Nobody can go back and start a new

beginning, but anyone can start today and

make a new ending.”-Maria Robison

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Reach Out. Speak Out. Be Heard.