You might wonder why I rise this question. Most of people know the situation surrounding us. Poverty is everywhere the same. I mean, it exists in every continent in every country. Just come to economically rich countries and you will see beggars or thieves, you will see homeless people... Most often you can meet them in the train or bus stations. You think, the Netherlands don't have it? Come, I'll show you :)
Of course, the extent and circumstances of poverty differ. Poor people in the Netherlands don't die from starvation as in Africa or cold as in Russia or Poland and several people this winter in Lithuania... The question of responsibility and the history might also differ: in coutries where social security is high, more responsibility lies in the person itself that his expenses exceed his income or that he doesn't want to work. In the USA, the so called land of infinite possibilities, everyone stands for his own and the boom of immigrants is outstanding, so the circumstances are not good for everyone. It might be that even if you want and seek, you can't find a job.
In Lithuania people who live in the self-made shelters near the rubbish places once were offered a pension to live in and simple jobs, but they themselves refused. One man said:"I love freedom. I can do what I want. I don't have to get up early and go to work." What does he do throughout days then? "Well, we play cards and make jokes." Then the journalist asked how come they are not cold? And he showed vodka and laughed.
This is a little bit of illustration to the question "Do I choose poverty or does it choose me?"
Still we can't look into the heads and hearts of poor people in different situations and understand who is responsible for their poverty.
And then again, what is poverty? Is it only material/physical or is there spiritual poverty as well? Do they go together? And which identifies more lack?
Having said that I believe, there is not much of new information for you :)
But the question is the following: do you know it with the head or do you know it with the heart?
Do you leave all the responsibility to charity funds or rich people or fate? And how can we - simple people like you and I make a difference?..
IT'S AN OPEN QUESTION FOR YOU, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM...
Of course, the extent and circumstances of poverty differ. Poor people in the Netherlands don't die from starvation as in Africa or cold as in Russia or Poland and several people this winter in Lithuania... The question of responsibility and the history might also differ: in coutries where social security is high, more responsibility lies in the person itself that his expenses exceed his income or that he doesn't want to work. In the USA, the so called land of infinite possibilities, everyone stands for his own and the boom of immigrants is outstanding, so the circumstances are not good for everyone. It might be that even if you want and seek, you can't find a job.
In Lithuania people who live in the self-made shelters near the rubbish places once were offered a pension to live in and simple jobs, but they themselves refused. One man said:"I love freedom. I can do what I want. I don't have to get up early and go to work." What does he do throughout days then? "Well, we play cards and make jokes." Then the journalist asked how come they are not cold? And he showed vodka and laughed.
This is a little bit of illustration to the question "Do I choose poverty or does it choose me?"
Still we can't look into the heads and hearts of poor people in different situations and understand who is responsible for their poverty.
And then again, what is poverty? Is it only material/physical or is there spiritual poverty as well? Do they go together? And which identifies more lack?
Having said that I believe, there is not much of new information for you :)
But the question is the following: do you know it with the head or do you know it with the heart?
Do you leave all the responsibility to charity funds or rich people or fate? And how can we - simple people like you and I make a difference?..
1 comment:
I received a feedback that i place too many questions,i will try to correct that, but so far by this article all the questions are more for yourself & i'm interested in your answer to the title question:
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how do you personally contribute to reducing poverty?
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