I just read a great opinion article by Melvina Young about the relationship between poverty and lifestyle choices. In the article, she explains that we cannot blame poverty solely on lifestyle choices.
Many affluent people try to blame poverty on poor people by claiming that poor people’s bad decisions cause their poverty. However, in reality, many […]
In a New York Times letter-to-the-editor entitled Trading Away Poverty, Ignacio Sosa writes that free markets and trade can do more to fight poverty than donations to large organizations such as the World Bank.
I agree completely. Of course, we can both trade with and donate to poor communities. The two methods do not exclude each […]
I have decided to post some poverty-related news stories from around the world.
A group of economists have criticized the government of Indonesia for failing to reduce the number of people living in poverty in the country despite general economic improvement for the country as a whole. 105.3 million people in Indonesia live in poverty out […]
I have added a page to this blog with a list of local volunteer groups. The list will contain the names and contact information of the organizers of local volunteer groups. Since I just made it, it currently only lists me and my group.
If you already have a volunteer group, please send me the information […]
I simply want to say that I hope all of you have had a great holiday season so far whether you celebrate Christmas or not. Also, I hope you have many more happy holidays in the future.
We can relax for now, but after this holiday season I want to expand this blog’s purpose to organize […]
I just read an interesting blog post by Philip Brewer about the fatness of poor people. In the post, Brewer points out the seeming irony of poor people’s tendency for fatness and obesity. He cites some of the common explanations given for that phenomenon, but he ultimately blames it on hunger. He explains that poor […]
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 to […]
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 […]
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.
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 try to […]