Poverty
As
a little girl I remember that my parents welcome this couple into our home
because
they were having a hard time with financial
problems. My mom was a manager at Byrd’s
grocery store and it was a her co-worker. The
co-worker had just started working because she
Just had a baby and her husband were paying all the
bills while she was on maternity leave.Well
her husband could not afford to pay all the bills so
they water and lights was turn off and they
was hungry. My
mother knew he co-workers very well and she could tell that was
something was wrong with her because she was not
herself and looks very stress. Eventually she
told my mom what was going on and my mother called
my dad to talk over the situation to see if
her co-worker could come and stay with us. They
stayed with us for three days until they got
their lights and water on. This family was a
Caucasian family and we are an African-America
family so my
mother reached out to help this family and their baby. While staying with us
for three days they took showers, and ate dinner around
the table with us. I remember when my
mom put me to bed and I ask her “mom why are they
staying with us” and my mother respond
“they are staying with us because they are having a hard
time and it is good to help somebody
because you never know when you need help”. I remember that and my mom always had a
heart with people.
The
country that I wanted to learn more about poverty is Sweden. Sweden
affects
children in their development. Children that are from Sweden grew up in
poverty,
absolute or relative, suffers from bad health,
produce worse school worse school results, lack
self-esteem, and more likely to be victims of
violence. People speaks so highly of the country
of Sweden. but is one of the 35 rich countries who let
children fall into deep poverty if compared
to the population as total. The Urban Partnerships
for Poverty Reduction program has improved
living conditions in Sweden and it also promotes
inclusive and sustainable human development
and works to reduce poverty in all its dimensions.
It helps people in equality and to produce jobs.
Your blog was very interesting and enjoyable. It seems poor children have increased infant mortality, higher rates of low birth weight and subsequent health and developmental problems, increased frequency and severity of chronic diseases such as asthma, greater food insecurity with poorer nutrition and growth, poorer access to quality health care, increased unintentional injury and mortality, poorer oral health, lower immunization rates, and increased rates of obesity and its complications. There is also increasing evidence that poverty in childhood creates a significant health burden in adulthood that is independent of adult level risk factors and is associated with low birth weight and increased exposure to toxic stress.
ReplyDeleteYes Tiffany poverty creates a stress factor for parents and a child so it is up to teachers to get resources and to help the community and families a positive environment to help them to get out their situation.
ReplyDeleteShartaka, it was amazing to learn of the poverty people in Sweden are experiencing. I beleived it was a country that would not relate to poverty even through poverty is a issue for many people. I had to but myself in the stereotyplical group of povery only effects counties such as Africa. Thank you for the insight that poverty is a issue all over the world.
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