I have been
unsuccessful in establishing any contact with my international communication
but I decided to research the poverty level for children in Mexico, about 25%
of Mexican children live in conditions with food poverty, this means they live
in homes were the income is not enough to buy the basic food necessities.
Almost 24% of children live in unsanitary housing conditions with 5 or more to
a room with dirt floors. Over 5% have no access to any sanitation and over 14 %
of Mexico’s children under the age of 5 years old are stunted in their growth
and their development caused by malnutrition. These rates are increased in many
of the rural areas and can reach almost to 35% and this is among indigenous
children. Children suffer from means of inequality in child rights and labor
laws.
I understand poverty
and how it can have a detrimental effect on the mental and physical well being
of children. I understand that it is wide spread across the world and affects
our children the hardest. We must find ways to minimize the effects that
poverty can hold on our children if we let this continue in increasing numbers
around the world. We need to put more into the early education systems to
improve the results of education early and attempt to prevent the increasing
number of individuals that drop out of school and continue the cycle of poverty
rather than working hard to prevent it.
Hi Kereba,
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I am finding that poverty is not just due to lack of education, but lack of jobs and good pay. Did you know that even our military families sit on the poverty line. I remember when I was single trying to pay rent, bills, and live. Ramen soup was my friend. It is so hard to make ends meet on one income. I just don't know how people do it. Thankfully there are many supports within the community.
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