Poverty: A Continuous Cycle

Haley Garr

Definition

• Poverty: “The state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.”1

Population of 1 billion

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TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program)

• Presented Sept. 19, 2008 by Henry Paulson

• Home mortgages in America were “taken off the books of financial institutions in America, and on the books of the fed. gov. (Troubled)”

• Prevented the U.S. from a second Great Depression

NAPO (National Anti-Poverty Association)

• Canadian organization

• Acts as “voice” for communities in poverty

• No political affiliation

• All board members have been touched by poverty

“Voice” of poverty

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CARE

• Began in 1945 during WWII

• Non-profit organization

• Directs efforts towards women

• Fight poverty directly

Beginning of CARE

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Aiding Emergency Funds

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Children Education

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Health for Mothers

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Ending Gender-Based Violence

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Adaption to Climate Change

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Enhancing Water Access

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Works Cited

• http://www.careforceinternational.ca/support-a-child/where/

• http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2011/12/investment-fund-manager-scammed-clients-us-charges.html

• http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/olympia/2009/jan/

• http://www.historybyzim.com/2011/08/care-package/

• http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=2572

• http://www.care.org/