Nov 02
Sylvia WongStudent Action, Student Voices 7 billion, Poverty
Photo: National Geographic
This week, the world welcomes the 7th billionth person on the planet. While many of us may not feel the immediate weight of this number in our everyday lives, here are a few facts to put it into perspective:
As World Food Program frames it, 1 billion people go to bed hungry every night and 2 billion people are online today in the world. Watch their video and think about what we can do if the 2 billion online users came together to fight hunger.
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Apr 18
Sylvia WongPoverty, Student Voices Concern, Poverty, Twitter, Writing Competition
Writing Competition tweets @concernGCC
We asked you – globally concerned writers - to send us a tweet summary of your Writing Competition article to @concernGCC so we could share your ideas. This year’s competition asked you to imagine you were a journalist stationed in a developing country, writing for an internationally renowned newspaper.
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Apr 15
Jolene SysakPoverty, Student Voices Concern, Poverty, St. Vincent Ferrer High, Writing Competition, Zimbabwe
Nutrition gardens in Zimbabwe (photo: Concern Worldwide)
Despair. Starvation. Poverty. These are some of the hardships that a child born today will be forced to face in a developing country. It is unimaginable to most of us how difficult and challenging their lives must be. Fortunately, for many children living in the U.S., they do not need to worry about dealing with those uncertainties. Here, we are lucky enough to say that we DO have a place that can be called a “home”.
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Mar 31
Claire FreemanPoverty, Student Voices Concern, Pakistan, Poverty, Writing Competition
Girls at a refugee camp in Pakistan (photo: Concern Worldwide US)
Read. Eat. Sleep. Play sports. Play computer games. Text. Shop. Ride bikes and scooters. Complete homework. Watch movies. Go to zoos, parks, museums. These are only several of the many things a child or teen usually does. At least, that is what most people think. Most of us classify those activities as what any ‘average, normal kid’ would do. But do we consider what those living in poverty are doing?
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