Women will often give the food to the men and children first, and themselves only after that. But, thanks to you, these needless deaths can be cut by 85 percent by introducing improved seeds, teaching people to grow drought-resistant crops and to use improved farming and storage methods, providing a source of clean, safe water and making available a program of preventative health care. Back to the Quiz Questions True. The poor are the hungry. But the poor are more than just hungry.
Poverty is lack of shelter.
Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not being able to go to school, not knowing how to read, not being able to speak properly. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. More than anything, poverty is a situation people want to escape.