What Are the Causes of Poverty in Third World Countries?

The stressors I want to address in this blog is poverty and hunger. I chose these two stressors because I know many children has been affected or is still going to through poverty and hunger in various part of the world until this day. I remember growing with five sibling, uncles and aunt who was a couple years old than I; because my grandmother died at an early age. My mother has to raise 10 children between the ages of 18 years old to infancy. I believe it was hard for my mom and dad since only one person in the house was working. I remember there was a time when mother made a meal with little or nothing. We definitely did have leftovers. There was also a time where nothing was in the cabinet or refrigerator and we went to food pantry for help. My family and I went through are hard times only for a few years, but what about children who has to go through poverty and hunger all their life since they been living on this earth.

I think about these children who have been affected by poverty and hunger in those third world countries. Due to lack of funding children are dying from hunger every 3.6 seconds according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency. According to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency statistics show that approximately 14 to 20 percent of the U.S population also lives in poverty.  Poverty is the lack of ability to provide for minimum survival needs, such as living expenses, food and shelter.