What is Poverty?
We are all familiar with the word poverty. We know who in the world lives in poverty and who certainly doesn't but how do we know? What are the indicators that we use to work out whether someone lives in poverty or not?
“Poverty is the severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services.”
Poverty is multidimensional and complex and, as a result, needs a holistic, sustainable, community centred approach to ensure families and individuals have the best chance of escaping poverty and becoming self-sufficient. It is important for governments and NGOs to assist poverty relief through empowerment and the nondiscriminatory provision of opportunities, leading to income stability for families and a boost in economic growth for both the local community and the wider country.
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In October 2016, Chris (UK Director) and Mark (Co-Founder) went to visit Francis (Uganda Director) & Joshua (Co-Founder) in Uganda and had many conversations, looking at ways to improve and refine the HFLKatanga programs. The conversations they were having together, and with friends, were so interesting, they started to record them.
Instead of posting the entire transcript, or dodgy audio recording, we have broken the conversation up. Below is Grace's contribution to one of those conversations. This conversation began as the team wanted to learn from the experience that others had of being a sponsored child.