Introduction Poverty is described as a condition where an individual or individuals are not access to basic needs. When the term poverty runs into the minds of many people, they picture lack of food. Food is one of the main basic necessities that make people toil day and night. Poverty may differ from one person to the other and especially if it is measured in terms of what people consider as basic needs. As much as people who are having some sought of shelter and food for their day many consider themselves poor, there are others who live a day at a time. They do not have a shelter and mainly live in the streets hoping that someone will drop something their way. They care less about their clothing and shelter and only wish they could get some food for their stomachs. Food being the main reference to the extremes of poverty, it comes with it many other situations that that are related to their conditions. One of such issues is health which has a lot to do with what someone is eating and where they are staying. Places that are hard hit with poverty will also report a lot of cases of ill health due to poor leaving conditions. Other issues that are related to poverty include overpopulation, immorality and other criminal offences. In this paper, we will be looking at the situation of poverty in the world, its causes and the efforts of the international organizations to manage the same (Seabrook, p. 78). The situation of poverty in the world The rate and extreme of poverty differs from one nation to the other. All this has a lot to do with the growth domestic product of the nation. Poverty in developing nations is different from that in developed nations. Despite this difference, it can not be denied that every nation and society has a group of people who can not manage their daily basic needs. The causes of such poverty vary from individual to individual. Extreme poverty was being experienced before industrial revolution due to high levels of illiteracy. It was hoped that after industrialization, the problem will be solved greatly. Even though a lot has happened since then, poverty remains to be a crisis that takes a different shape even with modernization. Improvements in the field of technology are also making some people that would have otherwise been considered to be well off to be lacking in a way. The world is growing at a very faster rate and requires people to have something extra that will enable them manage the changes. For instance, in the past, being without shoes was considered to be poverty, but as shoes flood the market, it is now illiteracy that is considered as poverty. This is the main reason why poverty shall remain to be a permanent crisis that is likely to increase with improvements in technology. Poverty has hindered especially many developing nations from achieving their goals and targets. There is so much exploitation especially by the leaders who take advantage of the situations that their people are into. Most African nations that have records of extreme poverty are also having poor leaders who are doing little to deliver their nations from the pain of poverty. What happens is that they get so much exited about their leadership positions that they forget what t