POVERTY

Poverty

Abstract

It is estimated that about 800 million people live in poverty or extreme poverty on the continent of Africa; 300 million of these are children. The Cozay Group also notes that between 40 and 70 percent of the African population live in slum conditions, mostly shacks with dirt floors, and no running water or electricity. Children, the hope for the future, are often sold into slavery and/or forced to serve in various wars (about 120,000 children); they account for half of all civilian causalities in ongoing wars in Africa.

Poverty

Introduction

Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, learning, apparel and protect, because of the incompetence to pay for them. The purpose of this paper is to discuss poverty in Africa, Uganda compared to the United States. The paper will examine the country's demographics, non-educational institutions, schools, support systems, and society in general.

It is a little renowned fact that over 80% of the world's community inhabits in severs poverty. Unthinkable need that no one of us here in America could fathom. It may be hard for us to wrap our heads around the concept of true poverty. I am among the few fortunate people to have been able to witness this daily struggle for food, space, even life.

Facts and Figures

315 million persons - one in two of persons in Sub Saharan Africa endure on less than one dollar per day

184 million people - 33% of the African community - suffer from malnutrition

During the 1990s the average income per capita declined in 20 African countries

Less than 50% of Africa's population has get access to hospitals or doctors

In 2000, 300 million Africans did not have get access to protected water

The mean life expectancy in Africa is 41 years

Only 57% of African young kids are enrolled in prime education, and only one of three children entire school

One in six young kids passes away before the age of5. This number is 25 times higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in the OECD countries

Children account for half of all citizen casualties in wars in Africa

The African countries lost more than 5,3 million hectares of plantation during the decade of the 1990s

Less than one individual out of five has electricity. Out of 1.000 inhabitants 15 have a phone line, and 7, 8 out of 1.000 people surf on Internet.

Africa

A majority of the world's poorest countries today are in Africa. Of course some African nations like South Africa and Egypt are not rather as poor as other ones like Angola and Ethiopia. And though in recent year's absolute poverty in Africa has shown some slight falls, African income levels have actually been dropping relative to the rest of the world.

In past years it was always the African countries which were the richest in natural resources who received the most attention from the major economic countries. Interest in these counties with rich natural resources was kept high solely due to national self interest. The extremely poor African countries, those without major resources ...