Causes of Poverty
Majority of the people in this planet live in poverty. What causes poverty? Can we say that people have been lazy or can we blame people for their situation?
Some facts related to poverty:
Almost half of the world’s population survives on less than $2.00 a day.
Almost 1 billion people cannot even read a book.
The world spends
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Child Trafficking in Chaos Stricken Haiti
Ten US charity workers from Idaho based charity were apprehended and detained by Haitian police after they made efforts to cross the border into the Dominican Republic taking along 33 children without any proper documents. They were children aging 2 months to 12 years.
The Haiti Minister in Social Affairs Yves Christallin used the term abduction
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Child Labor and Exploitation
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has an estimate of 250 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 working in poor and developing countries. They work without living wage benefits, inside poor working facilities often verbally and physically abused.
They receive the pay which is not enough for their necessities, no way to save some
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The Life of a Volunteer Worker
A volunteer is a person who offers his/her services, who may or may not charge a fee. One thing is definite, that a volunteer’s work is for the benefit of another party. Some volunteer professionals are sent to another country to help in times of calamities, they are paid for their services by the government
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Saving Young People in Haiti
After almost two weeks, Haiti experienced again a strong aftershock on January 20 that made the already worn out children and families (from January 12 killer quake) more stressed and added more damage to the devastated country. The services and infrastructure necessary for aid distribution were paralyzed.
The earthquake has erased thousands of lives estimated at
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