I am waiting patiently for a response from the emails I sent
out almost three weeks ago from educational professionals in far off lands that
are working side by side with children.
But for the mean time I visited the Childhood Poverty research and
Policy Center webpage and read some very interesting facts regarding childhood
poverty.
As I was reading in to more of how poverty was affecting
other countries; India caught my eye. I
did not realize that they were second to China in the lead with the largest
population. With this poverty is high as
well. The following are founding’s in
India after initiating research (Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre,
2013)
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Drought and environmental deterioration have
significantly undermined livelihoods and exacerbated poverty in Rajasthan.
Responses which may contribute to poverty cycles include pressures on children
to work, undermining their education and health.
·
Children from 10-15 per cent of households had
migrated for work, usually with parents, but sometimes alone. Income from
migrant children's work constituted between 18 and 45 per cent of the poorest
households' income.
·
Indebtedness, related to drought-related
pressures and social obligations (eg marriages, death feasts) affected over 80
per cent of households, and was a major factor leading to intergenerational
poverty cycles.
·
At present national and state development
programmes in health, education and livelihoods are not fulfilling their
potential to help break poverty cycles. This reflects under-resourcing, the low
status of the (mostly) women with responsibility for implementing these
programmes, and limited accountability of staff to the people they are intended
to serve. As a result core education, health and nutrition programmes are of
variable quality and not all available on a reliable basis in the areas
studied.
Ending poverty should play a part in everyone’s lives. Not just an organization. Poverty does not discriminate, it could be
anyone of us living a life that has us thinking is today the day I eat.
Hi Crissy,
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about poverty does not discriminate. I can see so much of this in my community. It may not be to the same as in India, but in this country with so much, it is hard to believe that it still exist.
It seems that India has not caught up with the rest of the world. Especially with the rights and value of women. Hopefully, beliefs in India will begin to change! Good Info!
ReplyDeleteHello grea post. I hope better for India's women and their state of poverty. Poverty can happen to anyone at anytime. There's a saying someone said which reminds me of this weeks discussion of poverty. "My family is rich, we just don't have money".
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