CHILD POVERTY RESEARCH

While reading upon child poverty in China I learned that 4.2 million of the Chinese children live in poverty while another 8.7 million live in disadvantaged conditions. During 1995-2001 many of China’s state owned enterprises lost 31 million jobs causing an unemployment rate of 12.3 per cent. Many of the families were without jobs causing them to move to the city areas for a better opportunity. In china the education and health levels are much higher compared to the numbers in other countries that have equivalent incomes. Years later China’s social security system had to reform ideas to protect people from becoming back into poverty. During 1992, the urban areas  where people had no work, no savings, no family were eligible for financial support. In between 1997 and 2002 a minimum living standard system developed which covered 23% of poor urban households.

Poverty is a serious matter that no one should have to face. Country leaders should take time learning about the cases of poverty that are taken place and find solutions towards resolving them. One of my biggest concerns that I see is unnecessary money being used in these countries (ex. War, new cars for police squads) another issue is celebrities and professional athletes making too much money and not donating enough to help end causes like poverty. I guess this is an ongoing trend that will never end because others are too selfish to find the cause of poverty. Many job companies need employees but quick to turn them down for having little to no experience in that field. We should be willing to give a person a try and remember that someone once gave us an opportunity to prove ourselves worthy. At the end of the day we are all human, and we have family counting on us to provide.

References:

http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/index.php?action=countryo