1. Poverty
Citizenship Stage 2
Done By:
Marcus Tan Jia Sheng
Wong Yu Jie
Goh Jian Kai
Colin Leong
Nigel Wang Wei Qiang

2. Table Of Contents
.What is Porverty
.Facts about Porverty
.Porverty Stastistics
.How poverty affects world hunger
.Organisations aiding in relief of poverty
All values are calculated in
US dollars

3. Poverty
Poverty is defined as the state which one lacks a certain
materialistic possessions or money. Absolute poverty or
destitution is the lack of basic human needs (food, water,
sanitation, clothing, shelter, health)

4. Poverty Facts
- About 50% of the world live on less than $2.50
- At least 80% live on less than $10
- The poorest 40% of the world's population account for
only 5% of global income
- Due to the high price of medicine, there are 350-500
million cases of malaria, with 1 million fatalities.
dated 2005

5. Poverty Statistics
- 640 million children without adequate shelter
- 400 million children without access to safe water
- 270 million children with no access to health services
- 121 million children without education
- 2.2 million children die each year because they are not
immunised
-1.6 billion people live without electricity
- based on the book by Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty,
it would take 175 billion USD annually to end poverty in
the world.

6. World Hunger Facts
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1 Billion people around
the world are undernourished
-Not
enough calories per day
-Susceptible to illness
-Unable to lead proper lives
-According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to starvation and
thirst

7. •
World Hunger Facts
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Chronic Undernourishment
-persistent lack of access to necessary vitamins and minerals in early
childhood
-leads to health problems later in life even if the patient later receives
adequate nutrition.

8. Countries that are most affected by
Poverty
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Canada
- China
- Eritrea
- Ethopia
- India
-Jamaica
-Mali
- Mozanbique
- Niger
- North Korea
- Russia
- Rwanda
-Urkaine

9. Organisations Aid in relief of Poverty & world hunger
-Grameen Bank
Grameen Bank, a microfinance* institution working in Bangladesh, was one of the pioneers of
microcredit, along with the Latin American non-governmental organization ACCION
International. Grameen Bank was founded by Muhammad Yunus, often called the
'inventor' of microcredit, and serves millions of poor Bengalis, especially women.
Community-based savings bank in
Cambodia. There is a rich variety of
financial institutions which serve microentrepreneurs and small businesses.
Microfianance- a form of financial service for entrepreneurs and small
businesses lacking access to banking and related services

10. Organisations Aid in relief of Poverty & world hunger
International Finance corporation
The Foundation funds programs to prevent and treat many of the worst
infectious diseases, including AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia, and
diarrhea. It also helps improve child health and nutrition in developing
countries.

11. Organisations Aid in relief of Poverty & world hunger
- Bill and Melinda Gates foundation
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Largest Private Charity Organisation in the world
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Endowment of $28 billion
Fund activities in many areas, with the interest of global healtht
Most powerful source of funding for health programs uses cuting-edge,
innovative projects to fight diseases in new ways
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Fund programs to prevent and treat diseases like AIDS, Malaria,
Tuberculosis, pneumonia, etc

12. Organisations Aid in relief of Poverty & world hunger
- International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was founded in 1944. While it is primarily in charge of
managing the global financial system, it does have some programs geared toward poverty relief.
Using its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program, the IMF evaluates countries
and determines whether they are eligible for loans. To receive loans, countries submit Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) that are reviewed before loans are granted. Currently, 78
countries are eligible for IMF loans

13. Organisations Aid in relief of Poverty & world hunger
- UNICEF
Over the past 20 years, child mortality has fallen by 35 per cent around the world. Yet
too many children still die needlessly, most of them from causes that are both
treatable and preventable.
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Believe that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human progress
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Leading global efforts to end preventable child deaths
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Work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and
discrimination place in a child’s path
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Work with governments, national and international agencies and civil society to
support effective and life-saving actions in a child’s life from prenatal care in a
mother’s pregnancy to effective and affordable health care through childhood and
into adulthood.

14. Organisations Aid in relief of Poverty & world hunger
- World Bank Group
The World Bank Group is a large international organization that loans and grants money to developing
nations around the world. It is one of the biggest funders of poverty relief programs in the world,
and lends billions of dollars a year - more than $22 billion a year.

15. Credits
www.globalissues.org
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/where.htm
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