For these reasons, humanists oppose the vast inequalities and injustices that cause so much poverty and misery. They know that if we are to improve matters it is up to us, and that we must use our knowledge and skills to help others in the way we would want to be helped. We should care about poverty, however remote from us it is, not because our god or a holy text tells us to, but because we are all members of the same species, co-existing on our small planet, and treating others fairly is the right thing to do. It is in everyone's interest to work towards a more just world - injustice and scarcity cause wars and mass displacements of population which only increase suffering and can affect us all. When thinking about moral issues, it is often useful to explore the causes of a problem before deciding on the answer.
Poverty has many causes, and people differ about which are the most important.
Education can provide doctors, teachers, nurses, engineers, agriculturalists, vets - all of whom can help to create a better future. Exploitation of the poor by the rich. This seems to be an unfortunate aspect of human nature, linked with the desire for power and status, and goes on everywhere. It is worse when authoritarian governments deny the poor a political voice, or when rich nations use their bargaining power to drive down the prices they pay for products from developing countries. Some people think that the massive debts that poor countries have been allowed to accumulate are a form of exploitation.