Monday 7 July 2014

POVERTY: AN UNAVOIDABLE HINDRANCE TO DEVELOPMENT

Poverty. For a long while now, this word has been synonymous with India on a global scale. As outrageous as it sounds, the fact remains that one third of the World's Poor are from our country.

 Many people fail to comprehend the gravity of the situation. Though poverty as a percentage of the whole has been reduced, in terms of absolute numbers, it is growing at an alarming rate. The scale of continuing extreme poverty in India, despite its economy nudging growth rates of nine per cent in recent years, highlights what government strategists have called its "ticking time bomb". Its population is expected to reach 1.5 billion and become the world's largest nation by 2026 but its economy is not growing fast enough to create the 20 million new jobs per year we will need to prevent poverty increasing further.

                                 There is no single cause for this social evil, instead a multitude of reasons which complement each other strengthen poverty. One of the major leading causes stated is Overpopulation. It is also stated that overpopulation is a result of poverty. Its problems are compounded by poor health services, child malnutrition and inadequate education and training. Almost half of pupils drop out of school by the age of 13 and only one in ten people have received any form of job training. India's status has gone down despite the economic growth, inequality has widened which makes the poor poorer. In child mortality, infant mortality and maternal mortality, India seems to have the largest populations in all these categories. Another reason factoring in for the growth of poverty in the 1980s-2000s is the economic policies of India. India had started out in the 1950s with high growth rates, openness to trade and investment, a promotional state, social expenditure awareness and macro stability but ended the 1980s with low growth rates, closure to trade and investment, a license-obsessed restrictive state (License Raj), inability to sustain social expenditures and macro instability, indeed economic crisis.


                                      Efforts to alleviate poverty have not been successful because the rate of poverty reduction lags behind the rapid population growth rate. Eradication of poverty is right now considered only to be a long term goal. But an indirect result can be achieved by curbing the rates of malnutrition among children as well as child mortality, infant mortality and maternal mortality. Better healthcare facilities and provision of food form the backbone for the solution to poverty. Another major factor is education. Educating children and improving the literacy rate in our country can catalyse poverty alleviation. Increasing stress on education, reservation of seats in government jobs and the increasing empowerment of women and the economically weaker sections of society are also expected to contribute to the alleviation of poverty.

 Fundamentally, poverty is the inability of getting choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society.Fundamentally, poverty is the inability of getting choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. Unless poverty has been tackled effectively, no real progress in development can be achieved. But now, we are better equipped to deal with poverty. Poverty alleviation is expected to make better progress in the next 50 years than in the past, as a trickle-down effect of the growing middle class. Reduction in poverty levels has a long way to go yet and in this battle Education is our weapon.                                     
                                                         


Human Helping Hands

Children constitute principle assets of any country. 
Children’s Development is as important as the development of material resources and the best way to develop national human resources is to take care of children. India has the largest child population in the world.
All out efforts are being made by India for the development and welfare of children.  Significant progress has been made in many fields in assuring children their basic rights.  However, much remains to be done. The country renews its commitment and determination to give the highest priority to the basic needs and rights of all children. Children are most vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

Human Helping Hands
 is an organization run by a number of dedicated volunteers who have keen interest in helping Orphan Children who at a very young age face many hurdles in the journey of life.
We being the upcoming youth of INDIA want to take part in social service to save and preserve present children, the future citizens.

'Giving education is our fight, it's your birth right'

This noble initiative was taken by a group of volunteers interested in helping unfortunate people to the maximum extent & decided to bring about a change in the lives of these un-blossomed seeds:
 *Educating children
 *Providing them with basic needs like clothes and housing etc through different orphanages
 *Helping poor children with books and stationary
 *Providing them better tutors and creating peaceful environment
 *By abolishing Child Labour, Child Marriages
 *Spreading Awareness

We are committed to provide the basic things to those unfortunate people. We have a continuous goal, to provide support, share experiences, make those unfortunate people realize that they are not alone in this battle of life.We choose to focus on the individual child and the challenges they may face. We emphasize their abilities, not their disabilities.

'Creating awareness is our intention and education is our weapon'
"Our goal is to continue to help the unfortunate people of this country, but we can only do that with your continued support! "