Improving Poverty

Improving poverty was one of the main criteria I looked at when initially trying to find a loan candidate. Many people take for granted the fact that we are able to receive an education without any questions asked, and in most cases a general education is in no way something we can't afford because it's free. Another thing I think many people in America take for granted is the fact that no matter what kind of unimportant job we hold, we are paid minimum wage. An hour of minimum wage work in America is often more money than many of these people make in a single day. I personally can't imagine trying to raise a family on that amount of money. So, with these things in mind, I decided to do some research in hopes of finding some facts related to these concerns. This first website I came across explained about children living in poverty in areas such as Nepal and India. One of the loan candidates I picked, Jashoda and her husband Dinesh are from India. They are currently seeking a loan in order to be able to send their son to college so he will not have to face the poverty situations that they have had to live their lives in. Another website was about women making up 70% of the poverty in the world. To me, that is really sad. Gender should not cause discrimination. Women deserve equal rights. The third website I found was about education. 70 million children in third world countries are going without an education. I think that every child deserves to be able to read and write. I can't imagine trying to survive without knowing these things. It really makes you stop and think what the world would be like. And, I think it explains why these countries are living in poverty. How are people supposed to be able to get a job or work at all for that matter without being able to read?
http://practicalaction.org/children-who-live-in-poverty?utm_source=S000&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=C10105&gclid=CNX3r-Tw0bwCFecRMwodjgkAPw

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/mar/26/empower-women-end-poverty-developing-world

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/sep/20/70m-get-no-education