POVERTY

GLOBAL ISSUE

• Over 3 billion people make under $2.50 a day
• Over 1.3 billion people make under $1.25 a day

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

• $2.50 per day is only $912.50 per year
• $1.25 per day is $456.25 per year
• The average American as of 2015 made $56,516 a year

MORE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING

• Many make more than $2 a day, but cannot afford the basic necessities
• Almost zero Americans makes less than $2 per day, but 544,00 people are still homeless.

CHILDREN ARE IN PAIN

• 1 billion kids live in poverty
• Over 22,000 children die to poverty each day
• Many of kids are malnourished and their growth is stunted

SOLUTIONS

• Raise minimum wages on a global level
• Create more job opportunities
• Giving people money is not sustainable

RAISING MINIMUM WAGES

• Raise on a global level
• Raise slowly
• Stop raising at a certain amount of money throughout the world

BENEFITS

• Keeps companies from moving to other countries
• Helps global economy
• Allows people to make more money everyday

CREATING MORE JOBS

• Supporting and developing companies
• Similar taxes for corporations on a global level

BENEFITS

• Enlarges companies
• Creates more jobs
• Keeps companies from moving to a place with lower taxes

In real life, we are not given in all the money in the world, so it takes the support of everyone make a difference in ending poverty. What can you do to impact change?