2 Poverty Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living. Poverty means that the income level from employmer

Growing up in Africa is a really challenging thing if your family is not well to do. Whole my life I didn't know what I stand for and every morning came with problems and discomforts cause my parents were unemployed and didn't have a stable income source. In all words Poverty entails more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihoods. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making. Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter, because of the inability to afford them. human dignity.