Many people have referred to poverty as a mind set or a frame of mind. That is simply put for such a huge global epidemic. Think of poverty as a cancer eating away at the cells of our local and global communities. Over the past decade, a new world of communication has opened up to us, yet we still choose to ignore our brothers and sisters that are in need.
Did you know that every year the government approves zone changes that take down affordable housing to make way for new condominiums? What happens to the people who lived where these condos go up? Those who cannot afford to buy and those who rely on subsidized rental apartments must uproot their families and seek out alternative areas to live. Many just end up on long waiting lists.
This is a method taken on by many cities to chase families in lower income brackets further and further away; an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ approach. This needs to stop, and it is our job as responsible citizens to raise the awareness. We need to make the government pay attention to the needs of its people. It is important for us to recognize that stressful living conditions is a leading contributor to acts of desperation. The age old saying comes to mind, and I am not a man of religion so this will be paraphrased, ‘treat your neighbor as you yourself would want to be treated’.
Let’s work together and together we can conquer poverty one step at a time.
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