Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest
This was originally a PowerPoint presentation.
Below we have posted some of the text from:
Poverty and Solutions
By: Peter Brosnan
oor People: In the United States, more than 30 million people live in or are close to poverty.
ppression: Poverty affects both physical and mental health by wearing away the spirit to succeed, or to be successful again.
ictims: Many people are victims of poverty including one in six children in our country alone.
den, it is not: The Garden of Eden was a land of paradise for Adam and Eve. Poverty is the very opposite of Eden.
ough: Poverty is rough on peoples lives and can destroy them and their families.
errible: Poverty is a terrible thing to happen to anyone.
ou?: You could be next in povertys eyes, looking for its next victim.
acrifice: We should sacrifice our time in order to help others.
bligation: We should help with poverty such as joining a group or helping out in soup kitchen.
ove: You could make a person in poverty feel happy to have someone help them.
nity: We should all unite to help others who are less fortunate.
each: We should teach the children that most people in poverty cannot get a job because they couldnt get a good education.
nspire: We can inspire others to work hard to prevent poverty.
rganize: We can organize new groups to help prevent poverty from getting worse.
urture: We can take care of sick and homeless people by offering them shelter and work.
olve: These are some of the ways we can try to end poverty.