Eradicating Poverty from the World – Please Share the Possibilities

Hi Sreelaka I share your views on poverty and hunger. I do believe that famine exists because of unjustice and unequal distribution of wealth. I do believe that God has provided enough food and wealth to cater for the whole world population but some of us have managed to grab more than others. Thus there are many of us who have little or none while others have many wealth. I believe that poverty can be eradicated if everybody of us become concerned of his neighbour as he does of himself.

I think that the only way poverty is going to be eradicated is for each person to take personal control of their lives and finances. Ppl get the idea that they have to have more and more even if they can't afford it. The current housing problem started b/c ppl got loans for houses. Houses they couldn't afford. While it's normal to want bigger and better things ppl also need to realize their limits and live within them. Handouts and aid are not the answer...at least not a long time answer. Some ppl on Public Aid have no desire to do anything better with themselves, they just sit home, popping out babies and getting more benefits. As for steps to help with it...it's a dominoe situation...one thing leads to another. If we got all the illegals out of the country, then the ppl on Public Aid could be given those jobs which would cut back on the amount of Public Aid having to be paid out. Also if we limited the number of children of ppl can keep adding to their benefits, ppl would quit having so many kids with no way to support them. The problem comes in that there are ppl that will fight this...they say leave the illegals here and it's mean to limit how many kids someone can have and so it never gets solved. The bottom line is that ppl need to take personal responsibility for their families, finances and choices. Until they do, things will only stay the same. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG AND TRUST IN GOD**[/b]

The responsibility of making the citizens of a country rich and educated solely lies with the Government of that country and the people who Govern.If the leaders have a vision without selfishness and caring for the people and the nation miracles can be achieved.No nation has flourished to richness without a proper leader.

Good point made! I wish that you are so concerned about this most important problem in this world, you should be a policy maker. Poverty is a curse and it is not easy to eradicate it. Poverty is linked to many factors, such as local population, resources and monetary funds available with the State. Ever increasing population is one of the main reasons for poverty. We need to educated the masses that population control is must to get optimum utilisation of the available natural resources. If our population keeps on increasing with same intensity/rate and speed, one day our natural resources will exhaust completely and all we suffer in that case. Unemployment also leads to poverty, as you know now a days recession is going on in many countries and people are losing their jobs, so this will cause increase in the number of people, who gets covered under the definition of poverty. We on our part should not waste money and keep the funds secure and should utilise our natural resources such as petrol, gas and other such items with wisdom, so as to contribue something from our side towards decreasing the poverty. Rest depends upon the State, what new schemes and policies do they start adopting to get rid of poverty.

It is a sad world we are living.Rather to say, it is a monetized world we are living in where people are judge by the amount of money they have.Is it possible to eradicate poverty?I don't think so.As long as there are humans, corruption will always be there.Counting the population of earth, how many of them are stuck in the poverty cycle?if u ask me, i think we have to really reduce the number of humans living in this world.Look at our earliest ancestors.their sole purpose of existence is for survival. now, our purpose is to make money.that's a huge difference my boy.

yes i am agree with you that poverty has become curse for people those are suffering from it. but my dear friend poverty is the situation which is arised by them only if the person is very poor it does not mean that person is physically poor that cant perform any task. actually people dont want to work in reality they beleive that government should do some thing for them but i believe if we talk about the rich people why they are now rich because they struggled a lot for this success in the life they have done worst work as well to get this hight success. i am happy with the success of rich people but what about them those who are poor i think it is just the mindset of the people that they are poor actually they people never tr y for work to earn money.

I don't think poverty can be erdicated ever as long as there is commercialisation and greed here. If you think of charity then people become lazy even now those who want to beg just beg and do not try and find work. They find it easier to beg then to work for their food. Even if you give them work there is no guarantee the will stay honest. I took a maid who came to me in a very poor conditon almost starving , I gave her work, food, clothes and money too , what happens, she steals money frm my purse, strals my mobile and finally get caught with her husband trying to steal the AC from the car of our neighbour. When police interrogated thjem then she told them she is a professional thief. what can you do in such cases. people are simply lazy and want to get rich quickly without the hard work.

i think education is the key factor in eradicating poverty.people(rich)take advantage of poorer because of their lack of knowledge.poverty leads to unemployment,which inturn leads to terrorism.its a vicious cycle.

Poverty has really become an issue since the world is in such an economic crisis right now. the United States government and the citizens have got to work together to pull us back out of it.

it could happen but it,s going to take a lot of work on man to stop being so greed and want to control everthing.we will have to learn to share

Last month I went to South Africa and saw Cape Town and the Garden Route. I noticed posh apartments by the sea belonging to the rich. Some of them had spent 6 million Rand on their dream property. I did a walking tour of a township and I met poor people and saw their shacks. I went into a home and was told it has been built by and Irish charity in conjunction with the South African Government. The cost of living in a home like that is 175 Rand a month. My accommodation in a guest house in Cape Town was 200 Rand a night. I think that it is lovely to give money to charities to try to end poverty. Some governments have lots of money and keep it away from the poor. There is a limited amount that the individual person can do. He or she could give money to beggars but I think food is a better decision. It is excellent when tourists and travelers spend money at locally owned businesses in poor countries. The Gambia has done well through tourism. Kenya has a well developed tourist industry structure. The Cape Verde Islands are just in their earl steps of developing tourism. The world's 20 poorest countries are all in Africa except Nepal which is in Asia.

Hi Sreekala Uneven distribution of wealth and resources is always cause of problems/war in any society. When policies are made in a way that Rich Get Richer and Poor get Poorer then Stealing, Robbery, and other civils crimes emerge, as them law and law enforcement are not there. As a muslim, just want to share one Rule of Islam, Islam believe that Money should not be held in Few Hands but it must be circulated in the society. there are many clause/rules about it, One is Called ZAKAT, in this way every muslim who have some wealth ( defined) he is bound to pay 2.5% of it wealth per annum to those who deserve it. this money can also be used in studies of poor kids, Medicines of poors and many other way Other thing,, its also said that on ur earning its right of ur family, relatives, friends , passengers and needy people I am sure we just start following it Honestly, lot of problem would be solved Take care

Poverty will always be an issue especially in such a capitalist society where everyone tends to work for their own gain and tries to prevent others from rising to their level of wealth. As a person living in severe poverty, I routinely see a division of people by both classes and wealth and generally people respect classes above them or desire to emulate them while people tend to hate and show disgust for those in classes below theirs. The only way to solve this issue is to reform into a communist nation where everything is shared equally for at least the most part and no one is left in the cold as is the case with capitalism.Most people seem to abhor communism but this is both out of ignorance of what it means and personal greed both. Communism is a socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of a classless,stateless society based on common ownership of the means of production.The only people who think this is a horrible idea are the people who are wealthy by exploiting others below them.

Hi sree I have read about the story of Robinhood who robbed the rich and distributed his bounty to the poor....But I cannot think of any practical means by which this difference in wealth can be equated.Our government has taken some steps to help out the poor by giving them vocational training,and various rehabilation schemes for the underprivileged is being implemented.But sadly,there is too much of corruption in many areas and the money set aside by the government to help these people is being diverted to the wrong pockets........During elections our politicians declare various schemes for helping the people below poverty line,but they promptly forget all about it once they come to power.There are some NGOs too in or country who are helping the poor and needy but their work is not sufficient to cater to the large volume of needy people.I guess if the poiliticians work sincerely to implement the various schemes started with the tax payers money,then poverty can be eradicated to a great extent ,if not complelety wiped out...With the elctions round the corner,lets keep our fingers crossed,and wait and hope Sree.....

It is not possible to entirely eradicate poverty, regardless of the wishes and desires of many people. Poverty is caused by many things anbd simply handing out money does not change the basic position. There is greed and corruption, lack of education, lack of resources, lack of will of individuals, lack of basic hygiene which leads to health problems and also overpopualtion. Throw into the mix natural disasters, as they abound in many parts of the world. If there is an overpopulation, as is the case in many countries, then these people need to be taught birth control. With overpopulation, there is less land on which to grow crops to feed the population plus often there are not the resources to educate the children, give them proper medical care etc. If a country cannot produce its own food, it either has to import it or rely on aid from other countries. That means it will find it hard to get out of the poverty cycle because when there is not enough food, health issues arise. If people aren't healthy, then they cannot work and so it becomes a vicious cycle. People have to help themselves too and it cannot always be left to other people or nations to do it for them. Think about the situation the world finds itself in right now with the current global economic crisis. Many countries have been dependant on other nations for aid for many years and one of the largest providers of foreign aid is the US. However the US is not in a strong financial position at the present time and as a resuly many people are losing their jobs. Now if you are a US citizen and have lost your job, I expect that you would be wanting help from your government. After all you have been paying taxes to the US government for all those years that you were working. So I think most US citizens would think it is only fair that you receive government support in your time of need. I also think that if you found you were struggling to survive but the US government is still giving millions/billions in foireign aid, you would be very angry. And I think that if it was me, then I would be unhappy as well. So we should be trying to end the overpopulation for a start, which in turn will mean people can start to produce their own food, hygiene standards will be improved with decent clean water and so on it goes. We can ever eliminate poverty but we can certainly reduce it through education and better food production within each country.

Well the first step is finding a President who is smart enough to come up with a brand new economic system that doesn't involve money! How about that for a solution, Mr. Obama?

I don't think poverty as a whole can ever be eradicated from the world but I do think that the gap between the rich and the poor can be reduced by some extent. The first step to be taken by the Government I think is to generate jobs an also to create people worthy of getting those jobs from all strata by providing cheaper education to people with lower income limits.Then other things come in. Jobs and educations are the two big weapons against poverty. Have a nice day!

The problem is not really the rich people. If you take all the money from the rich and redistribute it evenly, everyone would only get a few dollars each. What you need to do instead of making all the rich people poor, it to make all the poor people rich. The rich people are the ones who invest in factories and new products so you take away a segment of capitalist society that actually benefits all. You need a vibrant capital economy so as to finance the social needs of the people that do not fit in for health and other reasons mentally and physically. The rich people are the ones that pay the majority of taxes, so even in a capitalist society there is an ongoing redistribution of wealth through the tax system and charities too. Rich people also give a lot to charity. One of the problems with resources is the out of control population boom. It is on an exponential growth curve. It is now doubling every 40 years. This means in your lifetime the population quadruples. There simply are not enough resources on the to quadruple use every 80 years, at some point more people will be doing without. Is there a solution? Is the Chinese population control style of one child per couple the answer. Is breeding heavier and heavier yeiling crops the answer, more fertilizer for crops too? It seems the forced population control is unpopular especially in the west and at some point food production will peek, some experts alreay says total world food production is declining as overworked soils are failing.

The only way to eradicate poverty is education and jobs.It is down to the government of the country to take the responsibilty for its own people,if you notice most of the poverty stricken countries manage to support their armies and pay for wars.It is corruption in these countries that keep most of their population in poverty.They are either are very rich or very poor people nobody in the middle in these countries.Some people in the world critize the west for sticking our noses in to other countries business,but what they don't realise is whenever there is a disaster anywhere in the world we in the west put our hands in our pockets and send money,to help out the people affected by the troubles,which is only right and proper I am not moaning about it,but what do these west haters think of us theN? Then of course there is the weather and no rain that is awful,the people do their best to plant the fields and grow their crops but if it does not rain whole continents are underfed for two or three years.We should send tools and seeds to grow and all the extras like tractors and animal feed,building materials so they can get their lives together and send all the grain mountains ect to big warehouses in the stricken areas till they are self sufficient again,it is a different situation in countrys affected by aids as there are not enough adults to look after and support the children and young people.Education and constructive help in the long term ,with food aid and shelter in the short run.Every one should give to these causes as it could be us tomorrow and we would need their help like everyone says what comes around goes around.

in point of view,we cannot erradicate poverty but we minimize it ot lessen poverty in the world. we cannot avoid that there is poverty exist even in the first world that exist. the things we can do is to minimize its effects to our community. the first steps to be done i think is: 1. the government must sincere to eradicate or minimize poverty in creating more jobs and let no one being discriminated whether he/or she is educated unless he/she have a posibility to learn. 2. the government must change in their image as public servant must be trusted at all times not a corruptor at all times. 3. the government officials must be decipline in their self to avoid corruption in their office 4. the government official must eradicate syndicate in their lines because government nowadays was infected by syndicate to rule over in their corrupt minds 5. the government officials must have a well plan to help in creating a job 6. the government must creat a law that prevent themselves to influence by some greed business man 7. the government....government is the key to minimize poverty