C.1. What Is Poverty?
Poverty is a situation where individuals, households or communities lack the necessary resources to meet their basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education.
According to the World Bank, “Poverty is hunger. Poverty is a lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job; it is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation, and freedom”.
[Title: Poverty Trap]