“Poverty is not an accident, like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.” (Nelson Mandela) This quote is really significant because we have many poor people in this world. But humans can change this fact. People can help out. More than 1 billion people live in extreme poverty and half of the world’s population lives on less than 2 dollars. (Anup Shah) Half of our population is living in a poor situation. (Esteban Ortiz) Poverty was not just a problem now, there was a severe amount of poor people in the 20th century. (Esteban Ortiz) Governments and people around the world need to be able to help poor people because one reason is that a large percentage of the world’s population don’t even have access to the three necessary things we need in life, shelter, food, and water. Poverty is a global issue in today’s world. It has been a sustained problem throughout history. So many people just don’t have basic human needs. Poverty started for a long time and still kills innocent people. Rich people are getting richer and poor people are still trying to find a way to survive in this world. Let people make a change. We should all help each other since we live in the same world. Stop thinking that a person is different and richer than other people. People around the world are all the same but may have different economic …show more content…
Will that prevent someone from helping them? In these next paragraphs, the reader will understand why people and governors should change history and make history by helping these poor people to survive this dangerous and frightening world they live