Poverty

 

Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom.
Important facts:

• 2.5 billion people (40% of the world's population) live on less than $2 per day
• For many environmental and social reasons, including crowded living and working conditions, inadequate sanitation, and disproportionate occupation as sex workers, the poor are more likely to be exposed to infectious diseases.
• About 1.1 billion people are living in inadequate housing conditions in urban areas alone
• In cities of the developing world, one in four households lives in poverty, rural areas have a much higher poverty rate.

 

What you can do:

Give - In rural Baja, StudentReach can build a home for a family of six for only $4000. You can help us.

Go - Spend one week changing the lives of an entire family. It's Extreme Home Makeover meets the Amazing Race as we do medical screenings, food distribution and home building in one of the poorest spots in the northern hemisphere. You'll never forget the looks on the faces of the people you help.