How We Can End Poverty

Your walking home from school and to get home you need to go through the city. Today you decide to take your time and cautiously notice things. You see that most of the houses and buildings are boarded up. Or have holes in the windows. You ask yourself why isn't the
 town fixing these houses and why for a long time have they been this way? This happens due to the case of poverty your town has which impacts everyone.
      What is poverty? Poverty is the state of being poor. But not just having no money it also means a lack in many other things or not having access to certain things. Such as jobs, education, protection in shelter, and health benefits.
        Why and how does poverty happen? According to NCCP.org, "Children represent 24 percent of the population, but they comprise 34 percent of all people in poverty. Among all children under 18 years of age, 45 percent live in low-income families and approximately one in every five (22 percent) live in poor families". This is how much children under the age of 18 are poor and or living in poverty. Now the real question is, how is this happening. There are many ways child poverty can happen here are a few ways. According to futureofchildren.org, "Adults are defined as family self-sufficient if their own resources (their income and their receipts from social insurance programs that are not dependent on the presence of children) are enough to keep their entire family out of poverty." Now what does all this mean, this means that the adults aren't to be worried about them and themselves only. It means that they care for their children, but they don't have enough income and insurance programs.
     What is being done to help these children who face poverty? Many solutions have such a huge impact on these children positively. One of which a school district in Berwyn are helping all these kids. A principle from one of the schools in the district who goes by Mrs. Boutet. Tells us what her school district does for their students who are facing poverty. "We provide all students with a safe learning environment and the opportunity to learn. Students have a 1:1 education (all get a iPad), free breakfast, and free lunch.students get to participate in numerous clubs and sports (over 30) for free. Students may get transportation if they live across the railroad tracks or over 1 mile away. Students may participate in a before and after school program for free (7:10-8:10 am & 3:20-5:00 pm.). Students who are homeless or in financial distress may have their uniforms and supplies provided as a discount or free field trip. We also work with organizations in the community to provide the families with winter coats and food." So as you can see this school is helping every way they can to destroy some of the problems like hunger and clothing. Also free transportation whenever and stay at school for free or a good discount. So all in all Children who face poverty, which means the state of being poor, have troubles within school and with other problems including them. But by simple means to be helping these children we can help lower poverty.