Many people here in the US or abroad, are forced to live a life in poverty. There aremany various types of poverty that exist with several causes. The people who live inpoverty are different from the people that don’t. These people face many social,physical, and mental challenges that impacts themselves and their societies. Manymeasures have been taken to attack and thus limit the spread of poverty and or decreasethe amount that exists. Poverty affects all aspects of life on an individual. There are many different types of poverty that exist. The first type of poverty islack of material well-being. In our society you might be considered poor if you madearound $20,000 a year, lived in a small house, drove an old, used piece of junk and soon. In other societies you are doing well as long as you can provide the materials neededto survive everyday, which are food, water, shelter and clothing. As long as you havethese four things you can survive. The problem with some poor people is that they don’thave these things. That is why it is hard for them to survive. It is very important thatpeople have material well-being in order to stay away from poverty. Basic materials areprobably the most important thing needed for survival and also to prevent poverty. Another type of poverty is lack of physical well-being. Physical well-being dealswith health, strength, and appearance. Without these things, the poor man is screwedsince the body is the only means of making money and surviving. These people areliving on a day to day basis. Each day they have to struggle to get money, which is whatgets people the basic materials needed to survive. Because they are living day by day,people in poverty have no chance to improve their status.“Poor people cannot improve their status because they live day by day, and if they getsick then they are in trouble because they have to borrow money and pay interest.”(Tra Vinh, V...
