​Learning Objectives

​At the end of the chapter, the students must be able to:

​1. Discern the various causes of poverty

​2. Be familiar with poverty trap

​3. Empathize with those who are in less fortunate conditions

​4. Know the importance of foreign aid

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​Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man made and can be removed by the actions of human beings

​-Nelson Mandela

​Poverty is a situation wherein people experience the land of basic essential necessities that human being must have thereby having extreme difficulty in merely surviving.

​This includes;

• ​Food and water

• ​Clothes

• ​Shelter

• ​Education

• ​Medical and health care

• ​Security

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​Poverty surpasses all social, economic, and political confined