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Education, the key to eradicating poverty

This is a letter addressed to the world, a wake up call.The world is slowly but surely leaning towards its destruction and humans hold the key to a better world for future generations.

It’s about time that we unite and fight for a better world for our generations to come. Changing the world does not take a rich person or a miracle, but it takes a series of small effective efforts towards eradicating one problem at a time.it takes unity, it takes nations united together with a common purpose to make a better world today and a brighter tomorrow.

Research shows that poverty is at the core of environmental degradation and resource depletion, predominantly in developing countries mostly found in the sub Saharan Africa, parts of Asia and the middle east. The gap between developed countries and developing countries has grown wider and wider over the years. This imbalance and wide “gap” between developed and developing countries is greatly affecting how resources are made available and consumed in certain parts of the world. Poverty is promoted by lack of education. The majority, if not all people suffering from poverty lack education. We think of many ways to eradicate poverty and to over come poverty in all aspect and a sustainable development goal towards eradicating poverty was put in place but that will not get us anywhere as long as humans are still greedy for money, as long as human which education and knowledge charge a fee to share their knowledge to less fortunate people. We can not help the poor by giving them money, by buying them a meal for one day or by donating item we no longer use; yes, maybe that will be of help for a short period of time, but what about in the future. What are we honestly doing to eradicate poverty?

The first step to solving any problem is education. To educate those who can not afford to be educated. People do not choose to be poor, most people end up In this situation simply because they could not afford and education. Its is a simple chain of event that led to them being in that situation. Below is a simple scenario: Steve needs a job to provide food for his family. But in order to get that job, Steve needs to be literate (educated). But to get a job, companies require skills and knowledge ( an educational background),which Steve’s parents could not have afforded due to lack of funding and the expensive tuition fees set in place by academical institutions, as a result Steve didn’t gain access to education hence now Steve can not find a job to provide for his family. Steve has no choice but to sell whatever his parents owned, which is still not enough to provide long term food security, it is not enough to cater for his family’s basic needs. So Steve is left with no option but to beg for food on the street.

The above is one of the scenarios on how poverty starts. Education should not have to be paid for, but instead it should be treating as a basic right each and everyone is untitled to. What will happen when the percentage of educated people drops? What will happen to future generation when there is a depletion or shortage of education ( people to provide education )? We are so focused of solving other problems, we forget to solve the core challenge the world face. There would not be a depletion of natural resources if the majority of people were educated on how to preserve available resources. There would not be over-population if people were educated on family planning. There would not be pollution if people were taught of a better way to recycle waste.

This is a letter addressed to the world, a wake up call.The world is slowly but surely leaning towards its destruction and humans hold the key to a better world for future generations. Make the right choice, for a better tomorrow.