Lndlng exLreme poverLy ls posslble when Lhe poor have access Lo Lhe approprlaLe Lools 1hls lsn'L abouL

endlng lncome dlsparlLy whlch ls

noL posslble ln 30 or 300 years buL eradlcaLlng Lhe reallLy LhaL almosL Lhree bllllon people survlve on Lwo uS dollars per day or less
lmpoverlshed people possess Lhe lnLelllgence lngenulLy and amblLlon Lo llve prosperous llves buL Lhey need help 1hls help should noL be
ln Lhe form of handouLs or plLy buL caplLal and advocacy 1haL ls why l supporL Lhe unlLed naLlons' Mlllennlum uevelopmenL Coals as an
lnvaluable lnlLlaLlve and meLrlc of success More speclflcally l embrace Lhe goal of gender equallLy as Lhe greaLesL poLenLlal change
Whlle many belleve LhaL Lhose ln poverLy lack drlve or lnLelllgence Lhey are noL lnLrlnslcally dlfferenL from anyone else 8aLher Lhey were
born ln a place Llme culLure or famlly LhaL remalns sLuck ln a cycle of generaLlonal poverLy l have seen Lhls on vlslLs Lo developlng
naLlons spannlng Lhree conLlnenLs Lhe resourcefulness ls Lhere buL Lhe resources and opporLunlLles are noL 1hose who do noL even have
Lhe money Lo purchase food wlll noL be able Lo supply vlLal educaLlon or healLhcare for Lhelr famllles leavlng Lhe poor poorer wlLh llLLle
hope of change And Lhls cycle lmpacLs glrls and women Lhe hardesL declmaLlng Lhe poLenLlal of half Lhe populaLlon 1hose who musL
survlve on a few dollars a day slmply are noL on a level playlng fleld
Powever lf Lhose of us wlLh resources help Lo level Lhe fleld lmpoverlshed people wlll rlse Lo Lhe challenge Lhemselves 1he besL way Lo
ellmlnaLe exLreme poverLy ls Lo lnvesL ln Lhem PandouLs run ouL and rob people of Lhelr dlgnlLy buL skllls and a [ob mean susLalnable
llvlng rellable lncome for food opporLunlLy for savlngs proLecLlon from emergencles educaLlon SLablllLy Pope Many charlLable
organlzaLlons provlde caplLal for poor enLrepreneurs and Lhey are Lhe ones l supporL Pelfer lnLernaLlonal provldes llve anlmals such as a
goaL or beehlve so Lhelr reclplenLs can earn susLalnable lncome from mllk or honey klva leLs donors fund a small loan Lo Lhe enLrepreneur
Lhey selecL for a sewlng machlne or a blcycle Lools Lo sLarL a buslness CpporLunlLy lnLernaLlonal provldes small buslness loans wlLh a
93 repaymenL raLe and also creaLes banks where no flnanclal servlces exlsL for Lhe worklng poor Many organlzaLlons also provlde
resources ln groups so LhaL communlLles can guaranLee each oLher's lnvesLmenLs learn skllls and supporL one anoLher
1hese are [usL a few examples of organlzaLlons meeLlng a need seL forLh by Lhe unlLed naLlons ln Lhe Mlllennlum uevelopmenL Coals
(MuCs) 1hls global efforL focuses on elghL faceLs of underdevelopmenL wlLh sLraLeglc goals for 2013 poverLy and hunger educaLlon
gender equallLy chlld healLh maLernal healLh Plv/AluS envlronmenLal sLablllLy and global parLnershlp ?oung people now more
globallzed" Lhan any prevlous generaLlon are easlly overwhelmed by Lhe need ln Lhe world and feel helpless Lo affecL a change We've
heard sLorles of dead ald" or corrupL governmenLs and do noL even know whaL Lruly LransformaLlonal rellef would look llke We need
help prlorlLlzlng Lhe enormous need and Lhen we need guldance Lo ldenLlfy susLalnable and scalable lnLervenLlons 1hen we can acL lor
me Lhe MuCs served exacLly Lhls purpose and also supplled a Llmellne lncldenLally even fewer Lhan LhlrLy years lurLhermore Lhe MuCs
ln concerL wlLh oLher global poverLy rellef efforLs are worklng! 1he un reporLs LhaL desplLe Lhe global economlc downLurn overall
poverLy raLes fell from 46 ln 1990 Lo 27 ln 2003 ln developlng reglons and progress ln many developlng counLrles ls belng susLalned" lf
we can reduce Lhe poverLy raLes Lhls slgnlflcanLly ln 13 years lmaglne whaL we could do wlLh Lhe nexL LhlrLy
lor me however one of Lhese goals sLands ouL from all Lhe oLhers lf we could meeL one parLlcular goal Lhe severlLy of all seven oLhers
would lessen Loo locuslng on gender equallLy ls a vlLal and proven way Lo brlng sysLemlc change for everyone llrsL Lhls ls because
women bear a dlsproporLlonaLe burden of poverLy such as lower wages and less access Lo educaLlon healLhcare and legal rlghLs Women
already represenL Lhe ma[orlLy of workers ln Lhe lnformal economy Lhey slmply aren'L belng pald educaLed or adequaLely represenLed ln
Lhelr governmenLs 8ecause women consLlLuLe 70 of Lhose llvlng ln exLreme poverLy Lhe slmple maLh suggesLs LhaL when we help Lhem
we LargeL Lhe core of Lhe problem Second women are beLLer credlL rlsks and when Lhey acqulre land and money research suggesLs LhaL
women are more llkely Lo lnvesL Lhe proceeds ln Lhe healLh and educaLlon of Lhelr famlly members whlle men are more llkely Lo spend
earnlngs on alcohol sex workers or [unk food 1he maLh proves lL Lhe un reporLs LhaL lnvesLlng ln women and glrls has a mulLlpller
effecL" on personal growLh and larger economles 1hlrd research has repeaLedly shown LhaL even ln Lhe pooresL areas educaLed women
are noL only more llkely Lo geL a beLLer [ob buL are more llkely Lo marry laLer and bear fewer chlldren and Lhey also face a reduced rlsk of
belng Lrafflcked and abused 1hls facL alone has dlrecL effecLs on aL leasL slx of Lhe elghL MuCs and ln only one generaLlon
1hls ls why l have chosen Lo earn a MasLer's degree ln Women's and Cender SLudles My dream ls Lo [oln a Leam of lnLernaLlonal
lndlvlduals as we seek greaLer access Lo educaLlon and opporLunlLy for glrls and women l wanL Lo meeL Lhe Leenage glrl who recelved a
donaLlon for a unlform so she could sLay ln school l wanL Lo be ln Lhe fleld Lo collecL Lhe mlcroflnance success sLorles and share Lhem wlLh
donors back home l wanL Lo undersLand and Lhen flghL for Lruly effecLlve ald A MasLer's degree ln Women's and Cender SLudles may noL
scream l'm dolng my parL Lo end exLreme poverLy!" aL flrsL buL l feel lL's vlLal Lo undersLand experlences of gender and Lhe reallLles of
lnequallLy before l Lackle gender ln[usLlce whlch ls aL Lhe rooL of mosL exLreme poverLy 1hls cause may noL guaranLee a sllver bulleL buL lL
does offer Lhe golden keyone unlocklng Lhe shackles of exLreme poverLy

overLy has been a serlous problem over cenLurles Lvery year Lhere are mllllons of people aL Lhe rlsk of hunger A loL of foundaLlons llke
Sodexo are creaLed for flghLlng poverLy 8uL how long do we have Lo flghL? ls Lhere anyway LhaL we can end exLreme poverLy ln shorL
Llme? 1he answer ls yes we can lf we work alLogeLher Lo flghL poverLy we can sLop lL
We always say LhaL we love people We feel sorry for poor people and wanL Lo help Lhem ouL neverLheless whaL we do ls noL agree Lo
whaL we say lronlcally we are Lhe one LhaL make poverLy noL god nor anyLhlng
ln order Lo flghL poverLy we have Lo know Lhe reasons Lhe raLe of poverLy has rlsen recenLly unLll now Lhe uS has been Laklng care of
Loo many Lhlngs llke belng a leader ln Lhe war Lo flghL Lerrorlsm supporLlng oLher counLrles wlLh Lhelr dlsasLer by provldlng Lhem money
food and work forces ls lL enough already? Should we be more concerned abouL whaL happens wlLh our counLry? lm noL saylng LhaL Lhe
uS should noL geL lnvolved wlLh Lhe world Powever everyLhlng has a llmlL Pow can we supporL oLher counLrles beLLer lf we are noL
sLrong enough? Pow can we help oLher people lf our resldenLs are faced wlLh poverLy Lhe fear of belng laldoff havlng no money Lo pay
for Lhelr dally expenses? We sLlll have a loL of people LhaL donL reach Lhe sLandard of llvlng yeL
1here are many [obs LhaL have vanlshed 1he newspaper has cuL more Lhan Lhree Lhousands [obs lasL year ?ahoo! also cuL abouL one
Lhousands [ob so far eople are sLruggllng ln flndlng a proper [ob LhaL can provlde Lhem money Lo llve ld llke Lo sLay ln [ournallsm buL l
donL know lf l can make a susLalnable llvlng aL lL (1rlpleLL) AnoLher 62yearold machlnlsL ls also ln Lhe same slLuaLlon buL he doesnL
blame lL on anyone l donL hold lL agalnsL anybody because Lhe same Lhlng ls happenlng everywhere (Slmmon) Accordlng Lo aul
krugman who was Lhe wlnner of Lhe 2008 nobel rlze ln economlcs Lhe Cbamas economlc sLlmulus wlll only llmlL Lhe rlse of
unemploymenL buL lL wonL help Lo resLore full employmenL WlLhouL [obs people canL earn 1hey Lend Lo spend less cuL off Lhe
shopplng and when Lhey donL spend lL means more layoffs ln manufacLurlng As a consequence poverLy ls ralsed and become an
exLreme problem whlch ls hard Lo solve
l sLlll donL know Lhe beneflLs LhaL Lhe wars ln lraq and AfghanlsLan have broughL Lo us excepL for a blg loss of money and many Lraglc
deaLhs 1he LoLal flnanclal cosL for [usL only Lhe war ln lraq ls around $3 Lrllllon More Lhan 4000 Lhousand uS Lroop have losL Lhelr llves
so far and some 30000 wounded uesplLe LhaL facL Lhe governmenL keeps supporLlng Lhls greaL source of expenses wlLh Lhe funds from
resldenLs Laxes
!usL lmaglne whaL would happen Lo Lhe economlc slLuaLlon lf we had spenL LhaL huge amounL of money on lnfrasLrucLure worker Lralnlng
medlcal research and homeland securlLy ln our counLry? 1he answer ls obvlous lL would have helped speed up Lhe enLlre economy by
provldlng more [obs for people 1he raLe of [oblessness would have decreased and Lhe worry abouL poverLy would have llfLed
We cannoL deny Lhe facL LhaL war ls very much llnked Lo poverLy and crlsls of economy resldenL 8ush used Lo say LhaL Lhe spendlng on
Lhe war mlghL help wlLh [obs because we were buylng equlpmenL and people were worklng Lven Lhough Lhls may be a way Lo creaLe
more [obs for people lL ls noL necessarlly Lhe rlghL way and does noL sLop Lhe poverLy WlLh war comes many Lraglc deaLhs 1he wlfe loses
her husband and Lhe chlld loses hls dad War cannoL end anyLhlng Cenerally Lhe vlce chalr man of Coldman Sachs a Wall SLreeL flrm ls
also ln favor of Lhls War spendlng ls a hlghly lneffecLlve way of boosLlng uS [obs and growLh spendlng on road brldges energy
research and educaLlon aL home would have a far more beneflclal and endurlng effecL on Lhe economy Lhan arLlllery and Lanks 1hls way
we are noL loslng our dear resldenLs and Lhey can use Lhelr knowledge Lo amelloraLe Lhe counLry
Can you belleve LhaL we can posslbly end Lhe exLreme poverLy ln Lhe nexL 30 years? l belleve so 8uL Lhere are a loL of Lhlng LhaL we have
Lo do LducaLlon should be a prlmary concern ln Lhe flrsL Len years Lvery chlld should compleLe a hlgh school degree aL leasL knowledge ls
always Lhe besL way Lo lmprove poverLy WlLh creaLlve ldeas based on whaL Lhey have learned chlldren can bulld a brlghL fuLure 8lll CaLes
ls Lhe besL example for Lhls case
Second ln Lhe nexL flve years we have Lo flghL corrupLlon 1hls ls one of Lhe greaL sources of poverLy A counLry wlLh a loL of corrupLlon
wlll grow slower Lhan oLhers and evenLually Lhe economlc acLlvlLles wlll decllne Lven Lhough corrupLlon lLself does noL affecL poverLy
dlrecLly lL has serlous lmpacL on Lhe economy and governance facLors whlch lead Lo poverLy 8ecause corrupLlon causes hlgh cosL ln
buslness lncreased lnefflclency llmlLs Lhe growLh of economy and creaLes publlc mlsLrusL ln governmenL 1hls ls everybodys [ob As
Chandl says one mans greed ls enough Lo consume all Lhe worlds asseLs 1hey have Lo conLrol Lhelr own greed Lake responslblllLy and
pay full Laxes !usL Lhlnk abouL how Laxes can help Lo bulld schools lmprove soclal servlces healLh care We can reduce Lhe raLe of poverLy
Lhls way Wlll you glve a hand?
1hlrd we have Lo be concerned wlLh our economlc slLuaLlon 1he uS governmenL should lnvesL ln Lhe economy once agaln ln Len years
We can Lry Lo creaLe more [obs or geL Lhe besL deals wlLh oLher counLrles so Lhey can provlde us besL equlpmenL for Lhe lowesL prlce We
also have Lo expand and lnLroduce our producLs ln Lhe counLrles ln Asla such as vleLnam Chlna or Malaysla whaLever comes from Lhe
uS always has Lhe greaLesL value compare Lo oLher producLs lL always has double and even Lrlple prlce So why donL we use Lhls polnL Lo
make more money?
lourLh conLrolllng Lhe markeL and populaLlon ls one of Lhe ways Lo flghL Lhe poverLy ln Lhe lasL flve years lnflaLlon [usL makes everyLhlng
geL worse Companles wlll galn more buL ln conLrasL Lhe raLe of poverLy wlll rlse because low class people cannoL afford llvlng expenses
8lch people wlll geL rlcher and poor people wlll become poorer Moreover we cannoL ensure LhaL we provlde enough for people lf
overpopulaLlon occurs
uonL leL our chlldren Lhe nexL generaLlon have Lo bear any bad resulL creaLed from our mlsLakes 1hey donL deserve lL A brlghL and
happy llfe whlch ls full of hopes and dreams ls Lhe one LhaL Lhey should expecL and walL for 8esldes LhaL when we lmprove our slLuaLlon
Lhe good ls noL only for us buL also for oLher counLrles whlch Lhelr economy depend on ours We can help reduce Lhe raLe of poverLy
LhroughouL Lhe world uonL be worrled LogeLher we wlll make lL Lhrough llke we dld for our flrsL CreaL 8ecesslon ln World War ll ?ou go
Amerlca!!!