Early childhood and Poverty

As  a child  I experienced poverty when I lived with my mother. We never had the best of clothes or shoes. We lived in many different projects. My mother received government assistance to help take care of her children. We received medicaid, welfare, food stamps, and day care assistance. We coped with poverty by appreciating what we did have, playing with children in the neighborhood, and always having family gatherings.



Poverty in India
India has about 400 million poor people living in their country.

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.

The perception of India as a fast-growing economy however has seen developed countries significantly reduce their aid. The United States has announced a 16 per cent reduction while Britain has announced it will end its £280 million per year aid programme.

Thomas Chandy of Save The Children said 200 million people had been lifted from poverty in the last two decades but the recent economic growth had left one third of the population untouched. "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. We would like to see focused interventions [because] the most difficult areas remain untouched," he said.

 This information and more can be found on the website below:

http://newindianexpress.com/nation/India-has-one-third-of-worlds-poorest-says-World-Bank/2013/04/24/article1559235.ece