1. There are different definitions of poverty.
2. There is more to being poor than not having money.
3. Women often face more challenges than men in overcoming poverty.
4. Adequate housing is a basic right.
5. If you know someone who supports a child on a minimum-wage job, you know someone who is poor.
6. Poverty is a moral issue.
7. Defeating poverty creates dignity.
8. Reducing poverty here can reduce poverty there, too.
9. Children notice poverty.
10.You can do something about it.
Taken from: 25 Things You Should Know About Poverty: 2009 by Rebekah Daniel for Habitat World.
I can identify with this. Because for the past two years I have been living in poverty. I hide under the viel of an afluent nieghborhood, wealthy friends and shame. It is not what it always looks like but, it feels the same. Thank you for you post.
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