A Skeptic's Guide to Global Poverty

 

o   Poverty is not only an economic, but also a cultural and spiritual challenge.  It takes not just money to defeat poverty; it takes moral will and personal sacrifice.
o   In general, poor people work harder than anyone else
o   Poverty not only lack of income but also lack of health, education, and opportunities
o Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his or her knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society
o   Illiteracy directly affects a person’s ability to work a reasonably high paying job, to exercise the rights of citizenship, to read important safety and health information, and even to be aware of impending danger.
o   Until a person experiences the reality of poverty and understands the difficulty of accomplishing even simple things, it is hard to truly empathize with the poor.
o   A key solution to suffering lies in providing a voice for the poor- in providing hands on advocacy that brings the rule of law back to poor communities – Gary Haugen

~A Skeptic's Guide to Global Poverty by Dale Hanson Bourke