I just read a great article by Michael Chu about the relationship of profit and poverty. In the article, he specifies four criteria that any poverty-intervention-method must fulfill. Firstly, he mentions scale. This means that a method must work on a global scale. We obviously cannot use methods that can only work on small scales […]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Poverty Forced Mother To Choose Between Kids
I just read a sad story about a mother forced by poverty to choose which one of her 6 kids to send to school. The mother fled from Iraq with her children to Syria after her husband got killed in Iraq. Syria gives citizenship to Iraqi families who enroll at least one of their children […]
When People Ask For Money
In the forums, modric has asked, What do you do when homeless people ask for money? Do you give them money? Do you ignore them? Do you think giving them a little money helps? Answer these questions at the following URL: http://millionsofmouths.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=81 It’s completely free, and all viewpoints are welcome.
Plunge2Poverty
I just read this interesting article about a Waco minister who created a poverty simulation called Plunge2poverty. He released a guidebook that other organizations can use to recreate the poverty simulation: Plunge2poverty: An Intensive Poverty Simulation Experience Basically, the simulation consists of giving 40 simulation dollars to participants from privileged or middle-class backgrounds. The participants […]
Can We End Poverty?
In the forums, Kyrn has asked, how far can we go to end hunger and poverty? Personally, I think we can fully end hunger and poverty. The world has more than enough food to feed everyone. We have more abandoned houses than homeless people. We spend more money on the perfume industry than it would […]
Finding Education and Jobs That People Love
Often times on this blog I talk about the need to ensure that people obtain education and employment as a means to fight poverty and ensure financial stability. Of course, to make that effective we need to find a specific field of study and work for each person. I thought of this while reading through […]