Jocelyn Barrera
English 114
Prof. Maskery
Sep 27 2012 Poverty In Third World Countries Poverty is a major issue in our world today where people cannot afford the basic necessities required to survive. Although 1st world countries have more then what is needed, people still suffer from poverty. Poverty is a lack of goods and services necessary to maintain a minimal life style. However, in 3rd world countries poverty is more present then in 1st world countries because of the lack of resources, power,money, and education. The struggle to survive often results in having more children, however, people in poverty usually are not educated about safe sex practices. As a consequence, sexually transmitted diseases run rapidly. When the parents are HIV positive, HIV is passed to their newborns and the cycle of death by AIDS rages. Not only is diseases a problem but the causes it brings to families, children and the country as a whole.The reality is poverty is a silent killer that is ignored by most especially by the 1st world countries. They tend to ignore other countries and not try to put an end to poverty.

There is about six billion people in the world as of 2012, and from that half of the population are suffering from poverty (Anup Shah). Which brings us to the question, Is there ever going to be an end to poverty? From research I have made poverty has been present to back to centuries even before BC and is still happening today. We would think that poverty would be decreasing as the years progress, because of special programs we are establishing and the changes made, but little do we know we are still having issues due to the population getting larger jobs are decreasing, gas is expensive, and everything else the prices are getting higher. Third world countries are still at a high population of poverty who suffer the most due to the lack of