Poverty Without Borders

“Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn’t commit.” – Eli Khamarov

What is Poverty?
Imagine not having money to buy yourself a loaf of bread. Imagine having to scrounge in dustbins for leftover food. Imagine watching your loved ones die due to lack of food or clean drinking water. Imagine a whole family sleeping on road in a harsh winter because they cannot afford shelter.

Hard, isn’t it? Poverty exists. Poverty knows no borders, no religion, no caste, no colour, no creed, no gender, no age. As per the World Bank, “extreme poverty” is defined as a condition in which people live on less than US $1 per day. In 2001, approximately 1.1 billion people around the globe were living in conditions of extreme poverty. With exploding population levels and diminishing natural resources, poverty is bound to rise.

But why should all this bother us?
Because the effects of poverty are far and widespread. Increasing poverty leads to increasing crime rates, as poor people are forced out onto the streets, and are willing to resort to dubious means to feed themselves. Increasing poverty leads to an increase in crime and substance abuse. Increasing poverty means that young people can no longer educate themselves, no longer earn a steady income to support their families. Increasing poverty means increasing homelessness, increasing unemployment, a general decrease in the living conditions of society and increased probability of death by contracting lethal diseases like Cholera, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS or Malaria. On other side, Poverty creates unrest among the masses, it destroys our social fibre and it shows us how weak we still are as humans? And how fragile and weak our social structure is?

How can we help?
Raise awareness about poverty. Encourage your family, friends, acquaintances, coworkers, bosses, teachers, classmates to join Poverty without Borders, a non profit organisation created for the sole purpose of helping those 800 million people around the globe who go to sleep hungry. Our immediate goals are to save the dying from a starvation-caused death; our long term goals will be to donate to worldwide charities, which will in turn help open schools for poor children, and help find the homeless suitable jobs so that they can get back on their feet.

We believe poverty can only be fixed by long term sustained effort and we welcome you to join and support us in this united effort towards eradicating poverty. Your help and support brings us one step closer to our goals.

Imagine this: One dollar can buy 4 children a square meal in third world countries. Just one dollar!

Together we can make a difference and we will.