Some people may argue that access to food stamps is essential for needy families. However, the truth is that there is help everywhere such as charities I agree that people need food stamps to eat but there are other ways to put food on the table. About 20% of all the recipients do not have a job which means that they entirely rely on food stamps. They are dependent on food stamps and cannot put food on the table by themselves. But this will entirely change if these people get a job because they can’t rely on food stamps forever.
It has the ability to connect people in a way that some other methods cannot. What is Malnutrition? Though malnutrition is inevitable, many countries are still hit hard by it due to a corrupted government, leaving many parts of the country to have insufficient funding for farming to provide the population with food. Drought is also a huge contribution to malnutrition. Even though some countries are not lacking farm land or water to grow food, malnutrition occurs simply due to the lack of education on nutrition and healthy eating.
Hold food drives, since so many of these people are starving and can't afford food. With food drives, a few dollars from each person, can make the world of a difference in providing food for these people to have at least two meals a day. Thirdly we need to encourage those that are better off to reuse their products by donating them to charity. In millions of people's homes there are thousands of items that aren't being put to use that someone else would be able to make great use
Also, not many people know about this illness so the donations for ALS funds are always low. Not only does this campaign grab people’s attention to know more about ALS, but it also makes many open their purses. There are many people who don’t usually donate money, but with the help of ice bucket challenge, people are willing to donate money for the ALS fund besides playing it. This game does help raising money, according to the report above, the donations added up to about five times the amount the society usually receives annually. Some argue that the campaign wastes water.” Look at those poor Africans, they don’t even have clean water to drink and you are here playing ice bucket challenge to waste water?” they criticize.
For a family of four that level is $22,000 annually or less. The thing, is a lot of people have to live way under that level because the jobs that they can get do not pay much at all. Many high school students are dropping out of school to get restaurant jobs to help their families out. Also, people who want to go back to school to better their lives can’t because the cost is too much and there is not enough aid to pay for college. Because of the recession many Americans are forced to leave their houses and move in with family.
Although obesity in adults continues to rise, the citizens of this nation are accustomed and less attuned to this issue. Never in the history of this country have there been so many obese children; and we are not prepared to deal with the enormous consequences childhood obesity will bring. Physical and neurological impairment, that could lead to a nation plagued with chronic illness, insurmountable debt and financial ruin. Although all are at risk for obesity, none are more at risk than those who are poverty stricken. The poor in this country are not able to afford healthy food, nor are they in the position to spend time exercising, both of which could help reduce their chances of obesity; lowering the cost of healthy foods through government subsides, and creating programs that support healthy living and exercise in poor neighborhoods could be two solutions to this growing problem.
This means that people are not getting enough money to help buy food and decent homes for their families. Also 10 percent of the people are unable to even buy a meal a day. Others cannot afford to eat and they have to hope for charity from neighbours and
In America we have child labor laws in place to ensure that employees under the age of 17 years old are not working too many hours in a row or in an overall week. Other countries may not follow the same regulations therefore the underage employees may be working harder than they should be. Another ethical issue that McDonald’s has faced is other countries not accepting them as a decent company. In Europe McDonald’s has come under ethical criticism due to the food health, supposed ill treatment of animals, the exploitation of children as employees, and destruction of rainforests. While some of this onslaught may come because they are the leading fast food organization in the world therefore they are coming under fire because of their size.
The more common form of racism today is religious racism, such as the Muslims killing as many Jews and Christians as they can. Most of these terrible atrocities do not happen as much as they used to, such as in the 1950’s, but they still do exist, and The United States, as a nation, should strive to stop racism in all forms. A second, and equally important, societal issue in the book, A Raisin in the Sun, is poverty. Poverty affects us all. With today’s economy being as it is, people have a hard time finding jobs, or a place to live; some people even struggle to keep food on the table for their families.
Some people who are food insecure will overeat when food is available. Exercise is also another issue for those who live in poverty. The reason being is that a lot of people are unable to find the time to exercise as they would work extremely long hours just so they can get by. Even if the job requires a lot of physical labor doesn’t mean that it can keep them from becoming obese as their eating habits can help prevent them from being able to keep the weight off. Another factor is depression which those who live in poverty have a high chance of developing depression due to all the stress to make sure they make means meet.