Poverty
Nepal is one of the poorest nations in the world. Over
30 per cent of Nepalese live on less than US$14 per person, per month,
according to the national living standards survey conducted in 2010-2011 (Rural
Poverty Portal).
More than a third of Nepal’s 12.6 million children live
below poverty line (UNICEF, 2010). Nepal is a poverty stricken country, where
many children go to sleep with empty stomach or not even a proper bed to sleep.
Even shockingly, many people spent night on the street. It is a bitter truth,
which myself is an eyewitness and been there. Due to poverty, children don’t
even meet their basic needs such as food, shelter, water, clothing, etc, which
is an important need for human being.
Poverty causes many
problems and large portion of Nepal’s children suffer from severe malnutrition,
that is why 50% of children are short for their age or stunted and 10% of
children have inadequate access to schooling. Not every child gets an
opportunity to go school; it’s usually a privilege to get an opportunity to go
school because many little boys and girls have to earn for their daily bread.
According
to International Fund for Agriculture Development, poor families are
often obliged to send their children to work rather than to school, spreading
the cycle of poverty. About one quarter of children in Nepal are engaged in
some kind of family or wage labor (Rural Poverty Portal).
Nepal has made recent strides in
reducing overall poverty, and the appreciation goes to substantial inflows in foreign
remittances from its large contingent of overseas workers (Rural Poverty
Portal). If you look at the graph below, it shows the tend of poverty reduction
in Nepal.
References
Rural Poverty Portal. Internaitonal Fund for Agriculture
Development. Retrieved from http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/region
Child Poverty and Disparities in Nepal. United Nations
International Children Emergency Fund. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/rosa/Child_Poverty_Study-_Overview%281%29.pdf
Wow I enjoyed reading your post. I have found that poverty exist almost everywhere, especially in third world countries. There are several organizations that caters to to help eliminate this plague. We must find a better way to work toward ending this plague universally. $14.00 is nothing when you consider the ratio of children within the families depending on meeting their daily necessities.
ReplyDeleteGood One +Lhakpa !! The title of your post however would have been if it would have been a bit more informative like
ReplyDeletepoverty & child education in nepal or something like that... but the flow is amazing and the facts- fantastic-- Keep it up!!!
Wow , an amazing read. Poverty is such an interesting topic for me. Teaching children in a low-income community where poverty is prevalent is disheartening. Knowing that many of my kids sometimes come to school without eating and have so much going on at home takes an emotional toll. I have had kids who I buy lunch everyday and have even purchased groceries for to keep them fed because their families are too poor to eat. Poverty is everywhere and its definitely getting worse especially in the U.S
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