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The underprivileged awaits your action. An equivalent of $125 is all that some entrepreneurs are requesting to start off businesses which will provide employment to the entire household. Profits from these investments will be used to provide food for their kids, tuition, medical services amongst others. Rather than just resolving the instant problem of... Read More >>>>

    

Born and Raised Poor amidst Wealth
    

Things were tough in the best of times. By all standards, my family was very poor. My mother could have been elected the best candidate for the position of Secretary of State for the Poor, if such an election were ever organized. Yes! She like the majority of heads of households in our community, the North West Region of Cameroon, toiled daily applying survival skills to make livelihood for her family. It involved making decisions that have far reaching consequences including what basic needs had to be sacrificed. Clothing and shelter greatly suffered in favor of education and food. In those days having my belly full was all that mattered and not the quality of food. Read More >>>>

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Poverty is the lack of sustainable access to resources which are needed to acquire basic human needs. Poverty takes different dimensions across time in different communities.