Well the time has come, and our project is coming to an end. POP was meant to bring awareness, with or without success, it did not matter to us. Bringing awareness to poverty and the value of natural human rights were our main goals and to whomever were able to see these values portrayed, thanks. We appreciate the support and despite the lack of attention we received, it was enough for us to be able to just get to do this. Please do continue to support our cause even if we are gone, help out the poor, and advocate for human rights always. Thanks for everything and farewell

-Ashley

This is the conclusion of our blog. Thank you for your support. Hopefully our blog inspired you to become better global citizens and take on the problem of poverty.

839,705 NYC public school students , or 74% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Often those who qualify for these programs can be considered as “poor”. This was as of October 2018, and it was the highest it had been in 5 years. There were 811,627 city students classified as poor during the 2013-2014 academic year. Unfortunately this shows a slight increase in students experiencing poverty. However, hopefully more programs will be in place to help students and their families. https://nypost.com/2018/10/29/poverty-rate-soars-among-nyc-schoolkids/

We have published more posts on yet ANOTHER website!

This time it’s Youth Voices!! You guys should definitely check it out we will have more information about our topic of poverty that I’m sure you guys will be interested in!

Check out my most recent post in which I talk about my YouTube presentation regarding how to alleviate poverty:

How to Alleviate Poverty

Quotable #79: Poverty

Quotable #79: Poverty
— Read on learnfunfacts.com/2019/02/12/quotable-79-poverty/

Here are some great quotes about poverty. The one specifically mentioned is poverty in cities is, most of the time, ignored or overlooked which quite frankly is true. In NYC for example many pedestrians do not even share a glance with a homeless person whether it be a child or elderly person. This is a problem, and despite cities being very much busy it does not hurt to take a moment out of your time to help. Spread support and don’t ignore the problem!

All values above are represented in billions. The poverty gap is defined as the differences between the threshold(previous post) and expenses. Blue represents all NYC residents. Gray represents single non elderly adults. Red represents families with children. Yellow represents families with children under 4. Pink represents families with children under 3. https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/opportunity/pdf/NYCPov-Brochure-2018-Digital.pdf

This Haiku is great, creative and beautiful. Some of the verses clearly portray the way many of those who suffer from poverty feel with lines like “Clinging on to dreams poverty has stricken them, share a bit of hope“. As well as ways to help those in need, “Pocket full of change could save for a rainy day, give someone in need.“. Reading this Haiku will give those insight on how one can help and how those people feel in a state of poverty through the use of a poem using literary elements to depict this message.

~ Poverty ~
(Extended Haiku)
 
 
 
Pocket full of change
could save for a rainy day,
give someone in need.
~
Clinging on to dreams
poverty has stricken them,
share a bit of hope.
~
Pocket full of change
help your fellow man and child,
give sunshine their way.
~
When we do our part
the beauty in gratitude
fills and warms their hearts.
~
We could do much more
United we can help build
a more loving world.
 
 

https://beckiesmentalmess.blog/2019/03/19/poverty-extended-haiku/