An article posted in the business times on today's date, 28th may has once again awakened me from the realization of what poverty and how cruelty the world is and how the riches are the ever heartless and fake people they really are behind those smirking smiles they put on their faces with the agog of tales of the poor...
The story which made me remember what i had in mind was this...
The story of someone by the name Jehangir, one of the 'thousands' of people they interviewed.
It illustrated how tragic collision of dogged effort against a world of banks and laws that seems to plot against the poor.
Although we know that the cycle of poverty is hard to break, countries might try to break via by educating the people and subsquently hoping that they will break the cycle of poverty. The fact is, because of the differences in the status of one, prevents the benefits of the one to borrow money to assess while the one's in need of immediate attention be it health or housing, cause the issues relating to poverty.
Like the article had mentioned, he is a chronically poor man in Uttar Pradesh, northern india.l He worked decades as a labourer on other people's land hoping that one day, he's able to have his own bicycle, land and house. One day, his parents died unexpectedly. By then, he managed to own his very own bicycle but was unable to financially afford a funeral for his parents, he borrowed money from moneylender because banks don't lend out money because of his social status. Moneylenders, the thought of high interests obviously come into the picture.
His wife started working to repay the moneylender as well, as did his two young songs. Pulling a child out of school may be a good way to quickly help repay a loan, but it's a dubious long-term investment decision in a country where education determines everything. What matter now is more important than the future, the thinking of being in a poverty cycle.
Then it came that he managed to save enough to build his very own house but one day the wall collapsed, injuring his limbs.... He had to borrow money from moneylenders once again for treatment as well as accomodation by building new room for his family... This is tragedy... As he recovers, he's being paid lower than he used be being paid due to his not fully abled body... So tell me how to break out of poverty? In singapore, i see children wasting food, complaining these, complaining that... I do want to help out in the social organizations... I really want to do a part to help these people... Why can't the rich help to stablize their lifestyle, build something, provide them a job at least having a job enables them to have the light to live on...
Awwwww i don't know what i'm talking about...
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