User:Ratsameelee/Causes of poverty

Historical causes

 * War - armed conflict that result in bloodshed, siege, fleeing, and the disruption of the social and economical aspects of life. Withs known conditions, war cause damage and disruption on infrastructure, institutions, production line, and daily life. In specifics the impact that war has on people and communities is that it cause further complications through breaking communities and families, force migration or refuge, and often push people further into levels of poverty. In historical contexts, many countries and people have been negatively effected and further pushed into poverty because of war, thus causing them to retreat or be forced out of their homes.
 * Hmong people - an ethnic Asian group primarily from Southeast Asia and Southwest China. Around May of 1959 until December of 1975, the Secret War or Laotian War broke out between North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao against South Vietnam. The United States of America and CIA assisted to South Vietnam and recruited many Hmong soldiers. During the war, thousands of Hmong people were either killed, fled to the jungles or to Thailand. After the United States and CIA drew out of the war, genocide was called upon the Hmong people. Many important Hmong leaders and the wealthy easily fled on plane, those left behind were either poor or Hmong soldiers, and was forced to flee into the jungles and cross the Mekong River - entering the overcrowded refugee camps and adjusting to new life, poverty increased and supplies became quickly scarce.Ban Vinai Revisited a098.jpg
 * Karen people - primarily from Burma (also known as Myanmar) and refugee camps in Thailand. Being one of largest ethnic minorities, the Karen people are of approximately nine million people; speaking S'gaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Karenni, and Pa'o. In January of 1949 an ongoing war of over 74 years between Karen people and the government of Burma set forth. This ongoing conflict caused many Karen people to flee, be driven out of Burma, and seek refuge in upper western to northern border of Thailand and Burma. According to recent reports, today, nine refugee camps remain with over 400,000 Karen with no housing and are displaced. Today, Karen people reside and live in Thailand, United States, Burma, Australia, and other parts in the world.
 * Ukrainian people - from Ukraine bordering western Russia, the Ukrainian people are East Slavic ethnic minority to Ukraine, being the sixth largest nation in Europe. In 2014, the Russio-Ukrainian War erupted, but it was not until February of 2022 that Russia invaded and occupied parts of Ukraine, leading to thousands of deaths and Europe's largest refugee camps since World War 2. With the ongoing conflict, Russian soldiers invading Ukraine, over 5 million Ukrainian are displaced, over 8 million are reported refugees in bordering countries, and are in need of humanitarian assistance - women, children, and the elderly make up approximately 90% of the population, and are vulnerable to danger zones.
 * Syria - an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant, bordering Western Asia and the Mediterranean Sea. In March of 2011, the ongoing civil war between Syrian government led by Syrian president Assad, Syrian Democratic Forces, and regional support from Turkey, Jordan, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. The ongoing war effects over millions of Syrian women, children, elderly, leading to displacement and refuge. Already living in poverty, the ongoing war leaves many Syrian with no other choice but to escape, thus, causing more extreme poverty.
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 * Refugee - groups of people that were forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, natural disaster -- find asylum in bordering countries.