For the past 15 years under the
umbrella of the millennium goals the world had worked hard to try and reduce
poverty. At the end approximately one billion people have been lifted out of
extreme poverty, falling from 1.9 billion people in 1990 to 836 million in 2015
(the millennium goals report 2015).
Despite the succession of
reducing poverty globally, we still have a big obligation, millions of people
are still being hunted with extreme poverty, and it has reached to a point
where humanity is being suspended for a daily bread. Poverty sounds creepy but
trust me it comes with a package very disastrous.
With poverty I barely name this
world as a horrible place, since it’s obvious that people love being human but
what is human for, with no hope for tomorrow, homeless, nothing to feed in,
young people loitering around in hopeless streets looking for hope not knowing
that the streets are also searching for hope from their feet.
I might sound creepy, but how do
we expect a poor mind to wake up into a thousand million dollar plan in his
mind, while he just woke up in another starving long day, adding up to the
destroyed atmosphere where the sun hits directly on our heads, how do we expect
productivity from unfertile land.
I may be sounding too
pessimistic, concentrating to individuals of who we barely think of them as
much- as we care of the nation’s survival, as long as the ocean exists let the
dead fish rest in peace, no offense though!
Having questioned my instincts
what is a nation without progressive minds, what is a nation free from poverty
with approximately 70% of the population living below poverty line, with the
imports higher than the exports making the expenditures higher than the
earnings.
You and I and everyone else can’t
deny that no matter the efforts made, and the succession met through the past
15years global development plan under the first goal of reducing poverty, a lot
is still to be done, for instance ownership of land have been improved but yet
the possession of productive assets such as mechanized equipment and big
livestock is still limited.
Poverty is indeed a tragedy; with
poverty we would scarcely make progress towards sustainable development, making
this world a better a better place will be a locked up map in our thoughts. For
it is due to poverty man losses faith in hard work and the next course opted
gives birth to theft gangs, prostitution, and
drug dealings few to mention.
Most of the world’s threats are
being associated with poverty as their core courses. Having realized this, the
world’s responsible peacemaking organ the UNITED NATIONS in September,2015
launched a 15year global development plan named THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
with 17 goals, 169 targets and 230 indicators structured to cover all spheres
in the world thus being people, the planet, prosperity, peace and partnership.
With SDGs the world aim to achieve all goals in 2030 also by any means to
achieve extraordinary goals that are to end all forms of poverty, combat
climate change and reduce injustice and inequality without leaving no one
behind.
April 7 2015, few month before
the introduction of the sustainable development goals, the president of the
World Bank group, HE. Jim Yong Kim made a statement on poverty and he stated
possible measures in ending poverty. From his speech he insisted on partnership
of the wealth institutes, he mentioned some including the Asian infrastructure
investment bank and the new development bank established by BRICS countries as
potential strong allies in the economic development of poor countries and
emerging countries.
“First, agricultural
productivity must increase. Second we must build infrastructures that provide access to energy, irrigation and
markets. The third, we must promote greater and freer trade. Fourth, we must
invest in health and education of women and children. And fifth, we must
implement social safety and provide social insurance including initiatives that
protect against the impact of natural disasters and pandemics.” -JIM YONG KIM. (2015/APRIL).
Now, me and you my fellow youth
and everyone around being men or women what is your stand, remember none of us
is to be exempted from this movement for we are all affected in one way or the
other for it is in human seeing your brother dying for hunger while you have a
whole bag of flour inside, we should all understand that if we won’t act we
won’t have a pleasing generation years to come.
I finally call upon everyone
being young or old, women or men, for both races and believes, poverty isn’t an
individual case it’s a global threat, threat to peace and humanity threat to
well being and prosperity. None of us should be left behind this movement is
meant for all, our future and our generations. Mind you we will once be held
accountable for our silence. Speak up, act and be part of a successful
tomorrow.
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