City poverty
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“A portrait of 21st century poverty” Amelia Gentleman, guardian.co.uk
Poverty has been an ancient social problem. It is sadder to learn the poverty scenario in city among us in the 21st century. The unevenly distributed resources being lavished while someone, especially children are at the edge of hunger. It is even more sarcastic when a child lack of warming winter coat and many of us throw away clothes no where because they are out of trend. The single mother, Louise, in this article striving for a living and count every penny on what to spend reminds my childhood.
There were times of hunger, going to school without a winter coat and were detained after school waiting for my mom to bring me that coat. My mom, seldom pick me from school as she was at work and that every time, that uniform coat at 28 dollars was lent from a neighbor. It was almost twenty years ago and from that every time; I keep myself alert from poverty.
Poverty can never be swabbed only by the government policy. Government is a too big bureaucracy to fill every loophole of poverty in the society. That’s why charity organizations are formed to help in community where problem can be better tackled.
As an individual, one should well equip him/herself prevent that unfortunate happened. Education is one of the best routes to prevent disaster and condemn cycle to our children. However, there are always some irresistible factors across our lives that everything has been up side down in just a click. For example, sickness which no one would desire for but it always knocks over us without any caution. Now that is where the government should prepare, a life guard system in such occasion.
There is also a new form of poverty in the developed countries among CBD. It is called “the on job poverty”, which means people salary is too low to support the high living standard in some of the top cities in the world, say Tokyo, Hong Kong. This kind of employee is in every level of the society and industries. This is another portrait of 21st century poverty.
