This movement was a social movement wherein Christians were urged to improve social conditions for those less fortunate. | The movement helped some of the poor population, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough to close the huge gap between the rich and the poor. | Today there is still a gap between rich and poor, the upper class and low classes are perfect examples. Today many people are still without homes or jobs, living under bridges, and starving. But on the other hand, tons of celebrities have millions of dollars with nice houses and fast cars.
“Our Gas Guzzlers, Their Lives” by Nicholas Kristof shows the readers how our actions and usage of gas and out green house gas emissions are not only damaged to the environment but to people around the world. Nicholas Kristof shares very touching and eye opening stories and facts in his article, “Our Gas Guzzlers, Their Lives” that show how our actions are effecting our environment and people around the world more than we know. Kristof focuses most of his attention in Bujumbura, Burundi which is located in Africa. Burundi is reported to be the poorest country in the world, with an average income of only $100. With life expectancy rates only at a young 45 and one in five children dying before they even reach 5, our greenhouse gas emissions and gas usage is not making anything better but actually helping cause deaths, as well as food and water shortage which are leading to more starvation and poverty.
In her essay “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, Joanna Mackay explains how legalizing kidney sales would be beneficial in more ways than one; saving the lives of patients willing to buy kidneys, and with legal compensation, helping to end poverty in the countries of those willing to sell. In her essay, Mackay explains that even though there are nearly 350,000 people suffering from end-stage renal disease, an almost always-fatal disease, treatment options are limited exclusively to transplant and dialysis. Though effective, dialysis is an expensive and painful process, making the patient dependent on a machine for the rest of their life. Transplant, however, is far more successful; new equipment and anti-rejection treatments make it an incredibly safe and effective procedure. When a matching donor can’t be found within immediate family members, patients must wait for a kidney from deceased donors, such as old age or accident victims.
It is clear that Sachs believes poverty is not acceptable in today’s world. Sachs dedicated himself to the eradication of poverty. Professor Sachs is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on economic development and the fight against poverty. His work on ending poverty, promoting economic growth, fighting hunger and disease, and promoting sustainable environmental practices, has taken him to more than 125 countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s population (Earth.columbia, 2012). He notes that in more recent years the child mortality rate and the malaria death rate have both significantly declined because of aid from private sector investors.
Peter Singer was a man with good ideas. In the seventies, he wrote an essay on Bangladesh war refugees that were poverty stricken and starving. When one loses his/her ignorance to some critical issues in the world around them, often times their eyes are open. Upon learning about the refugees, Singer presented some ideas to help these people out that probably “stepped on some toes.” When we, in our world see someone with a lot of money, it is a natural thought to wonder what it would be like, what could we do for ourselves, how could we help our families and friends and other loved ones with this treasure? However, do we ever take the time to think of how we could help others with our fortunes?
Johnson doubled the amount of money being poured into the office of Economic Opportunity to improve the vile conditions in the Appalachian Mountain range. Also passed were Medicare laws which provided health insurance for both the elderly and the poor. While his policies “to give almost half a million underprivileged Americans…” assistance were beneficial, much of the assistance was taken from the program to help fuel the Vietnam War (Doc. B), (Doc. E).
In poorer countries it means living at the brink of subsistence, while in the U.S, few improvised families confront starvation, although many suffer from undernourishment. Poverty is problem spreading globally and is a cause of
Sweatshops is a an internationally frowned upon organisations that has been fully coordinating for far too long; taking advantage of the thousands of poverty stricken human beings working hard for very little. This is when the social justice and rights of the worker, ethical concerns are put into place and brought to attention. Social justice is the belief that every individual and group is entitled to fair and equal rights and participation in social, economic and educational opportunities; as well as the distribution of advantages and disadvantages within society. This is to ensure the fair opportunities to be given to each and every worker who works to provide for their basic needs and wants. Theses arte things like food, water and shelter.
“The disease HIV/AIDS is very present today in Haiti due to poverty, mass poverty, the lack of almost every necessity—clean water and shoes, medicine and food” (Kidder. Pt.3 Ch.13). Not all of Haiti is experiencing poverty and the full effect of this disease. The division of the wealthy vs. the poor was known as the epi divide, or epidemiological divide. Although the divide shared many common characteristics such as race, beliefs, and religion, the divide did separate what was most noticeable and that was wealth.
Millions of Americans earning low wages struggle to put food on the table and make ends meet (2012). We need to create good jobs for everyone who can work, provide adequate work supports, and offer incentives so low-income workers are able to save and build wealth (2012). In a low-income budget, food is often the most flexible item. Rent, transportation, childcare, utilities—these are fixed expenses (2012). So food is one place a struggling family cuts corners (2012).