It is a bone-chilling sight: children, wandering the dirty aisle of the market, with no purpose or direction. Dressed in rags, barefoot, and hungry, they have nowhere to turn to. Most likely orphaned at an early age, becau...read more
All my life I've seen ads on television for "Feed the Hungry" and I've seen the pictures of sad children who live in the lowest form of poverty. As disturbing as those images were, it didn't prepare me for the reality of ...read more
Poverty in Zimbabwe and beyond. We are incessantly subjected to horror stories of poverty in third world countries. Those of us who live in comfort and have all the mod cons feel desperately sorry for those that live in s...read more
"Congratulations,"said my colleagues at the University of Missouri, the first journalism school of the world. I was wondered and asked why I was being congratulated. "Oh you are invited for lunch by Prof. Ms Betty" was the...read more
by Becky Taylor
Does it cost to be poor?' 1st president of Tanzania. "The dignity and humanity of people even in situations that range from abject poverty to refugee camps and starvation" this is what my piece will try and reflect. ...read more
by Dulcinea DR
Is Philippines a poor country that's why it belongs to the third world? I was questioning myself as I looked at a co-passenger - a young boy, about seven to nine years old, yesterday at past five o'clock in the morning in ...read more
Mahatma Gandhi once said "Poverty is the worst form of violence". I believe that to be true. The free market was once considered a panacea to this pandemic, unfortunately, it was not. The term globalization has been coi...read more
by Stacy Zahn
Imagine a world without starvation, a world with no poverty? Well, imagine this... Imagine traveling to another country only to witness children crying out for help. Imagine the mother lying there helpless, hopeless. ...read more
Indian Government is doing a lot for the farmers, no seriously, I'm not kidding, they really are making an effort. You don't believe me right, well for starters they have declared 100,000 rupees incentives...whoops, i m...read more
Reports came out earlier that an underground lake was found in the Darfur region of Sudan. These reports say that this could help bring a quick end to he fighting in Sudan, end a growing refugee crisis in Sudan and Chad, a...read more
by Jenna Jay
Poverty is something that can be found in almost every country in the world. Many people think only of poverty occurring in third world countries, but it can be found everywhere and the United States is no exception. Howev...read more
Poverty in third world countries should have and end in sight with the way our world has to tools and machinery to help get and keep food supplies coming to third world countries where food is a top priority for hunger peo...read more
by Muyanga Ziba
Africa Union Dream cannot end poverty Most analysts are saying the dream by President of Libya Colonel Gaddafi and other leaders in Africa to have an Africa without borders to end poverty cannot work saying it failed ...read more
REFOCUSING THE AFRICA SOCIETAL VALUES AND LEADERSHIP The Africa society is growing more and more in size and economy and is probably among the fastest growing economy in the world. Over the years the African society had ...read more
Often we see the television commercials that show the children of third world countries with their bloated bellies and flies swarming around them. We may take a second and feel remorse for these children, but we don't loo...read more
by Joe Dimeck
Oil! Oil! Oil! If not for the l's it would be a suitable chant for a punk rock song, but unfortunately it is something that is the only thing on some people's minds. With gas prices beginning to rise, yet again, and winte...read more
I don't have to discuss this issue with statistics to back up my opinion in order to be believable. Poverty is visible all around the world. Everybody could see it. I mean wherever you go in every corner of this planet you...read more
Poverty in the third world countries. When I consider poverty anywhere and viewing myself as a citizen of the Kingdom of God, I think short-term and long-term. I think world leaders are to be united in their efforts to ...read more
I would like to say that poverty in third world countries is very disturbing to me. I think all the billionaires like Donald Trump and Bill Gates as well as a lot of millionaires like high paid actors and singers should do...read more
Every morally sound, middle to upper person has most likely searched at one point or another for the answer to one question; how can our culture provide Third World countries with aid and relief, and as a result save the l...read more
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