SAURI Kenya, Shower of Aid (100 words)

SAURI, Kenya, now one of the first of the 80-millenium villages across Africa. A city in poverty, has improved over the years, lots of helpful things happened in the villages and the income and production has increased. This is due to the technology and basic straightforward training programs. Mr. Sachs wants to see if this can be replicated in other villages across Africa. William Easterly thinks that Sachs cannot do it and his ideas will not work because of the falling governments in Africa. Easterly also believes that Sachs is taking the wrong approach for the world’s poverty and terrorism to end.

For more detail

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/world/africa/09kenya.html

Poverty Response

People who suffer from lack of food, lack of money and don't have enough of anything to feed there family is under extreme poverty. I don't know why people in the 21st century are suffering so much, when they could be like us and living a happy easy life. There are organizations out there who are helping and making a difference. For example, the World Bank. The World Bank is an international Bank, for reconstructing and development of countries who are suffering from poverty and other disasters. They have collected data from 73 different countries. They did this so they can universalize the data and look more into it and investigate it. I have seen an improvement that the World Bank has done.

"Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom."(http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/0,,contentMDK:20153855~menuPK:373757~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618

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As you can see, this is about poverty. But extreme poverty is much worse. Extreme poverty is when you don't have enough at all to feed yourself and your family. You are extremely poor, and badly need a lot of help.

13,500 people get infected with HIV/AIDS everyday

22,000 people die from extreme poverty everyday

850 million people go to bed hungry everyday

1 billion people live on less than $1 a day

I think this is unacceptable and we need to make a move that will change everything. We need to start looking out more and especially for much more solutions to help the needed. Many of these hopeless people often become poverty trapped. Its when you don't have enough of anything, and not enough to provide for your children. You are trapped in poverty. You need to work hard to become free. You need extreme help. There are currently 1.4 billion people who are living under the poverty line in the world. This is a huge number, we all need to take a look at this and do something. I have witnessed some poverty, and it is horrible, i don't like seeing it at all. it makes me sad and worry if will ever be in that position. We need to do something! Fast!

Child Rights Wordle

Quote Description

"There’s enough on this planet for everyone’s needs but not for everyone’s greed"
- Mahatma Gandhi

I chose this quote because I thought it had a deep meaning and understanding for everyone on this planet. It tells us that everything that all the people in the world need, is all available for us and there is plenty of 'space for it'. But there is not enough on this planet for peoples greed. Mahatma Gandhi was a very great man and he wasn't greedy at all, he wants the whole world to be the same and appreciate what we have, not ask for more. There are millions of people in the world who don't have enough, and millions of people who have more than they need. We all need to be equal and all live the same way. This quote is very strong and has a strong meaning for every single person on this planet

Picture Justification
I chose this picture because it shows that all people should take care of our world and appreciate what we have and ask for no more. Our world is very precious and is doing a good thing for all of us, keeping us alive. This relates to the quote well because no one should be greedy on our earth and no one should ask for more, there is not enough on this planet. So the question is, why do some countries have a lot and are still asking for more, and why are their still countries with not enough? Why are there people still dying when they have the right to live and be the same as normal people? Why can't we all work something out to be equal? So we all have to take care of this planet and especially the people living on it. If we can do this, there will be no more greed in the world and there will be so much more for everyone's needs.

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