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We've all heard of various plans to end global poverty. What I have not seen is a book/website/information source that outlines all the well-respected plans in any detail. Invariably the sites I find espouse their own brand of philosophy and are thus evangelical rather than educational.


I would love to be referred to an objective source that dispassionately provides a treatise on the various plans that are deemed to have merit along with a logical thoughtful discussion on the pros and cons of each.


Can anyone help?
 
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End global poverty? It's a great thought but it ain't gonna happen.
 
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StatGamer, wrote :

We've all heard of various plans to end global poverty. What I have not seen is a book/website/information source that outlines all the well-respected plans in any detail. Invariably the sites I find espouse their own brand of philosophy and are thus evangelical rather than educational.


I would love to be referred to an objective source that dispassionately provides a treatise on the various plans that are deemed to have merit along with a logical thoughtful discussion on the pros and cons of each.


Can anyone help?
Check out the Hunger Project.
 
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timeless2,422465 wrote :

StatGamer, wrote :


We've all heard of various plans to end global poverty. What I have not seen is a book/website/information source that outlines all the well-respected plans in any detail. Invariably the sites I find espouse their own brand of philosophy and are thus evangelical rather than educational.


I would love to be referred to an objective source that dispassionately provides a treatise on the various plans that are deemed to have merit along with a logical thoughtful discussion on the pros and cons of each.


Can anyone help?


Check out the Hunger Project.
check out www.nevereverevergonnafreakinghappen.com


Matt 26:11 "You will always have the poor among you..."


I think the cause you want to support is impossibly large- therefore you will not find anyone with a well-respected plan. How do you make Africa a food exporting continent again? End the wars. That'll be one heck of a trick. How do you cure poverty in China? End communism... another amazing trick. How do you end poverty in South America? Abolish corruption....


sorry, I'm afraid you're stuck acting locally for global change. We can't all be messiahs.
 
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I am not well-versed in many options to go with, but I'll give it my best shot to go with what I think at the moment. Four ways to fight poverty is to 1) provide peace advocacy, 2) education (ex. health issues, reading/writing/arithmetic, trade schools, etc), 3) empower women, and 4) provide business venture options.


For an educational opportunity, I would get on board with the outfit of the book "Three cups of tea" where Greg Mortenson has built over 60 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan and has also provided opportunities to obtain skills for a trade. There is also John Wood's Room to Read program as noted on Oprah Winfrey's tv program.


An opportunity to provide business venture options is kiva.com


An opportunity to empower women and prevent girls from going into the sex industry is 'Remember Nu.'


International Justice Mission (IJM) is a group who aims to alleviate abuse and oppression.


There are many options, but these are the most interesting to me. These are issues that are fundamental toward alleviating poverty.


If you are abused, there is no energy to find hope. Without hope, a successful life will never happen.


If you are without food, water, shelter, and a social network of caring people around you, there can be no hope. Without a true sense of being alive and vibrant, you fade literally and figuratively. Without a sense that you have your basic needs met, you have no hope for a future and are living hand-to-mouth in whatever way you can find. This creates all sorts of devastation on top of being devastated.


First of all, you have to be rescued.After being rescued, if you are given everything without working for it, there is no sense of empowerment. Without empowerment, you are dependent. If you are dependent, you will not be able to succeed on your own and will continue to live day-by-day with your head hung low.


Empowerment comes from being educated about your surroundings, what your options are, where you can go in life, how you can go to where you need to go, how to keep yourself safe, how to keep yourself mentally and physically healthy, how to read/write/and perform mathematical functions, how to manage your own finances, how to sustain your own life.


We take so many things for granted because we have everything at our fingertips. If we don't know the answer to something, then we know where to ask. Not everyone has that opportunity. Not everyone - including in the U.S. - knows what we consider to be "common sense" or "common knowledge."


People who live in poverty and the uneducated are often taken advantage of. As a result, it is important that we do what we can in order to keep them safe and give them opportunities to know there are ways to keep their family fed without giving their children to people who will supposedly pay them back while the children are enslaved and possibly given to the sex trade industry. We can prevent many other highly negative repercussions from the harms of not knowing.
 
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Check out the book, "Ending Hunger Now" by Donald Messer, George McGovern, and Bob Dole. It's a plan (obviously bipartisan) with some real merit, I think. Jeffery Sachs' "The End of Poverty" is also very thought-provoking. "Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works" by Stephen Smith is said to be excellent also, but I haven't yet read it.


There are real steps that can and do help, and more can be done. It is not a completely hopeless situation. Kudos to you for learning more!
 
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graceventually,423053 wrote :

Check out the book, "Ending Hunger Now" by Donald Messer, George McGovern, and Bob Dole. It's a plan (obviously bipartisan) with some real merit, I think. Jeffery Sachs' "The End of Poverty" is also very thought-provoking. "Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works" by Stephen Smith is said to be excellent also, but I haven't yet read it.


There are real steps that can and do help, and more can be done. It is not a completely hopeless situation. Kudos to you for learning more!
Thanks so much Grace! I will check those out.



To the others, I don't believe that I will be privileged enough to watch poverty and hunger disappear within my lifetime. I do hope however, that it will be much reduced globally. I want to read and learn as much as I can about some of the ways that can help.


I'm a realistic idealist
 
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Johannan,422924 wrote :

Four ways to fight poverty is to 1) provide peace advocacy, 2) education (ex. health issues, reading/writing/arithmetic, trade schools, etc), 3) empower women, and 4) provide business venture options.


For an educational opportunity, I would get on board with the outfit of the book "Three cups of tea" where Greg Mortenson has built over 60 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan and has also provided opportunities to obtain skills for a trade. There is also John Wood's Room to Read program as noted on Oprah Winfrey's tv program.


An opportunity to provide business venture options is kiva.com


An opportunity to empower women and prevent girls from going into the sex industry is 'Remember Nu.'


International Justice Mission (IJM) is a group who aims to alleviate abuse and oppression.

Thank you very much for these informational sources. I will check them out
 
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We can't even end poverty in our own country. Don't suggest something as silly as curing world poverty. We have poor and starving people right here at home, chances are you interact with one of these people living in poverty every day. Don't think much about helping them now do ya? Some people are just satisfied being poor, especially in our country.


I say s c r e w these other countries and we fix ours first. You people and your nation building.


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