Child Poverty

Child poverty refers to the phenomenon of children living in poverty. This applies to children that come from poor families or orphans being raised with limited, or in some cases absent, state resources. Children that fail to meet the minimum acceptable standard of living for the nation where that child lives are said to be poor. In developing countries, these standards are lower and when combined with the increased number of orphans the effects are more extreme.

Children experience poverty as an environment that is damaging to their mental, physical, emotional and spiritual development. Therefore, expanding the definition of child poverty beyond traditional conceptualizations, such as low household income or low levels of consumption, is …show more content…
Many people that are stricken by poverty can't even provide the necessities of life and struggle to survive. Most countries in the world experience poverty at some time and at some degree. The most well known countries to experience severe poverty are third world countries, but poverty also occurs in developed and wealthy countries. Most countries have certain areas where poverty is apparent. In third world countries poverty is noticeable everywhere, where as in more wealthy countries poverty usually occurs in certain areas and is more secluded. For example, one part of a city may appear very affluent, while the outskirts of the city may be overcome by poverty or are where people overcome by poverty have decided to make their homes. People that experience poverty are either born into an environment where poverty is eminent or are overcome by poverty as a result of an unfortunate occurrence. eg, lose their job, become homeless, can't pay off debts …show more content…
Thus, poverty needs to be stopped. By working together as a nation and even as individuals, we can help end poverty. As a nation, Australia and other countries should give foreign aid to those countries stricken by poverty and donate technology in the form of 'hardware' . (eg, new tractors, ploughs, new strains of crops etc). In third world countries women often have more children to provide manual labour on farms, as they can't afford machinery. Providing technology might put an end to this and thus prevent an increase in population and poverty. Individuals can donate money, food and clothing to the poor. They can also sponsor a family in a poor country (eg, World Vision Child Sponsorship), join groups or organisations who are trying to put an end to poverty (eg, The Salvation Army) and shop at recycled clothing and charity shops whose sales go towards trying to provide poor people with the necessities of life and preventing poverty. People can also donate clothes and food to charities by themselves. Furthermore, social security payments may be given and the poor country's government can think of putting a limit on the number of children a woman can have. A poor country's government should also consider educating its country's inhabitants about contraception and poverty resulting from overpopulation. Lastly, changing the roles of women may also help end poverty. Women are considered low