Insights from CHIP – Childhood Poverty Research and Policy
Centre
“Over 600 million children world-wide live in absolute
poverty - an estimated 1 in 4.”
From reading the article, “CHIP – Knowledge for Tackling
Childhood Poverty”, there were some insights that caught my attention. I was having a conversation with a friend of
mine last night about how poverty is a revolving vicious cycle. I think that
tackling childhood poverty is the key to reducing the poverty rate in our
country. Today's poor children are all too often tomorrow's poor parents. (CHIP,
2012). Poverty can be passed on from generation to generation affecting the
long-term health, wellbeing and productivity of families and of society as a
whole. (CHIP, 2012). From reading the
case studies of children, my heart cried for them. Children who have to work
towards getting a better life and overcoming poverty have to work harder than
some children ever will. I believe that
you truly have to have a desire to become better. Many people do not have any
motivation because they feel that it is impossible to better themselves. Organizations
like CHIP are what give people the hope and support to reach higher. Children especially
need to have the support and love of others to realize that they have
opportunities to have a better life. Tackling childhood poverty is therefore
critical for eradicating poverty and injustice world-wide. (CHIP, 2012).
We have to start as a community working together to stop poverty. If we don't work as a team our efforts may not be successful. I have worked with intercity children and seen poverty passed from one generation to another. The children learn this is all that they can have. Our school offered a program to educate the parents so that they could work with their children. We need more of these programs.
ReplyDeleteChildhood poverty is a vicious cycle. I think it takes all of us to educate and assist....starting small and building upon programs within our own communities can make a difference.
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