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Bloom J

Bread for the world - 6 views

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    facts about hunger and how many people died a year and how to end hunger in the U.S and ways to stop it
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    It made me upset the nearly 16.7 million children struggle to put food on the table.
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    It made me upset that nearly one in four children live in households that struggle to put food on the table. It is very sad and depressing
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    it suprised me that only 13% of people in the u.s. live in poverty.
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    It surprised me that 26.9 percent of latino's have a hard time to put food on the table. I feel sad.
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    if america is one of the wealthiest countries we should be sharing the wealth instead of keeping it to ourselves. it surprised me that most people will go through poverty before they are 65.
Brown A

National Poverty Center | University of Michigan - 7 views

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    This artical gives information about how poverty has changed over a large amount of time and what it is like now.
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    I felt really bad when I saw that 20 percent of children live in poverty :(
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    I never really knew how people were considered "poor". This artilcle really explains how people are considered poor. This article really shows dfferent views on how people view poverty.
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    This site will give you facts of Poverty.
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    I was amazed that two adults with three children would make 25,603 dollars. I can't even imagine how they would survive this. Looking at the graph is really an eye opener to how little people really make.
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    This article has many frequently asked questions about poverty. It contains many facts about poverty and how it has changed over time, how it differs between different races, and how it is measures depending on how many people live in a household. I was surprised when i saw the graph of the poverty in different races. The poverty in thousands was pretty much the same until you got down to the asian percent. It was considerably lower then any other race which surprised me.
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    I really like this website because it gives you all you should know if you want to learn all about poverty. Along with descriptions of everything, it provides very helpful charts and graphs.
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    its amazing to me how africa has changed
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    I didn't know that In 2009, 14.3 percent of all persons lived in poverty. I also agree with luke.
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    It talks about the university of Michigan finding out about how many people in the U.S. are in poverty and won't tell anyone. It goes from a single individual to single parent to two adults.
Kading R

Feed The Children - 5 views

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    This website shows us pictures of kids who are hungry and tells us about poverty
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    Hopefully this man will have an impact on many people's lives
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    Wow these people are really determined to help fix extreme poverty go them!
Gonzalez A

Poverty Facts - 11 views

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    Overall it's just different facts about poverty. Some of the categories are Health, Agriculture and hunger. I wonder why women were mentioned more.
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    It really amazed me how little they live on a day. They live on a dollar a day and I go the mall and buy $100 worth of clothes.
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    It Disturbied me to learn that about every min some where in the wolrd a women dies giving birth. It also shocked me that about 40% of the worlds population doesnt have bacis sanitary water.
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    A lot of the facts in this are pretty suprising, like that every 3.6 some one dies of starvation.
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    It was really disheartening to hear that over half the people in the world live on less then 2 dollars a day
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    It made me feel really bad when it said that six million kids die every year from malnutrition before their 5th birthday.
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    I could not believe that 800 million people every day go to bed hungry, and that 300 million of them are kids.
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    800 million people go to bed hungry every night! I don't even know what it feels like to be starved or to go to bed without food. I can't even begin to imagine what these people are going through.
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    Tara's right...it's hard to put yourself in somebody else's shoes when you are so used to having basic things, like food. But it's important to try.
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    The Paragrapsh that really caught my attention was the phone tittled "Big corperations make poor pay higher taxes" becuase it just seems crazy to me that you would tax the people who are the most likely not to be able to pay? not to mention the majority who would be buying the corperations product?
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    If i was hungry before i went to bed, i would just walk downstairs and get a snack. It's hard to imagine that these people do not have that, and that they are almost always hungry. I just can't even imagine that.
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    mr reed the world sucks te rich are paying incentives to government so they wont raise taxes on the rich. so where are they gonna get the money? middle and lower class people!
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    This article is very depressing, the way it's written. But, it does have very interesting facts. It's hard to believe that basically 1 in 6 people are living on less than a dollar a day. In our country, a dollar can barely buy you a burrito or a burger. Although some people may use the excuse that stuff costs less in other places, so what? In our country, the minimum wage is about $56 dollars a day, and a lot of people have other money saved up. It seems like so much, compared to the less than one dollar, but people are barely getting by on that. It's just not fair that a lot of people have a ton of money, but there are more people living on pratically no money.
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    This article shows income poverty, health poverty, poverty effects on women, and poverty effects on children. From deaths to the struggles of surviving poverty, these charts and percentages show what is happening around the world to over 1 billion people in poverty.
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    This website really opened my eyes. I knew that there was an amount of people who live under a dollar a day but i didnt realize that ONE BILLION live that way. It was also horrble to see that ELEVEN MILLION children die each year because they cant afford to cure their sickness.
Foster H

Its everywhere - 3 views

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    About poverty in Africa. It has stories, facts and pictures. When reading some of the facts I just couldn't even imagine it being true.
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    Looking at the pictures made me really sad, and i can't believe that 15 million orphans in this one area of Africa have HIV
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    About poverty in Africa and it has stories, and pictures, and facts . i was really sad how the artical said "it is estimated that more than 18 million people have died to date, of which over 3 million were children. Additionally, more than 25 million adults " i was shocked
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    i think that this website has some good information but people arent commenting correcy bout it (this doesot as a comment, to the teachers)
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    if i could, i would totally go to africa and give everysingle child something to help them through the hard times. Just a little teddy bear will do the trick, just to have something to hold and love. that makes them feel happy inside. This artical is about how africa is such a poor country and they need halp and fast. children are getting water from streams that other people have to use the restroom in and take showers with. its so sad. D: my heart aches for them.
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    I think this website had a lot of things to read, but it was all good information. It was very interesting to read the left side, all of the short facts.
Pawluk M

How to Help you Kids get out of poverty - 0 views

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    It is sad that parents don't know how to deal with their children being in poverty. This shows how they can be more supportive of them and help with their growing.
Green C

Poverty and Hunger Facts - 1 views

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    Pretty much just some statistics on poverty and hunger in the US. One fact i thought was suprising was "Nearly one in four children is at risk of hunger. Among African-Americans and Latinos, one in three children is at risk of hunger."
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    I really liked this site! INstead of just talking about poverty, it also was talking about nutrition. I found it very interesting, and i really liked reading it. Thank you for sharing this!
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    This site talked about ways to help with poverty. I liked how it listed different sites you could go to for more information and besides that really just educated the reader. I feel that it's format could have been different though so as not to bore the reader.
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    That is rediculous how many people die every year from poverty! I cant even begin to imagine what it would be like to live in a situation like those people were in. Not having enough food, or a warm place to sleep at night
Smyth C

Share our Stregth - 0 views

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    This is a columbus based program that helps people in poverty, particulary children. They reccomened and give out healthy foods. THey have many internal programs, such as cooking matters, which teaches low income families how to prepare and cook healthy delcious meals.
Baker M

POVERTY: K through homeless - 4 views

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    This article is about a woman in New York who helps children who are homeless get free and reduced lunches, transportation and immediate enrollment.
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    I think what Miss Kilduff is doing is very unselfish--a great quality! It's a shocking fact that there are 51,316 homeless students in NYC alone! And 1.1 million in the entire state of New York! It's not hard to believe that poverty exists in such a city, but the numbers are outstanding. I really hope that Kilduff keeps up her work, and inspires others to reach out, too.
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    I very much agree with Roseann Kilduff. I used to go to a private school which people are not that wealthy but are not in poverty. Now in a public school, I found out it's very different. Their are people I know that are in poverty which has opened my eye more to reality. Poverty is scene daily, even if others don't recognize it.
Roesch D

Results of Poverty - 1 views

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    This article talks about people in poverty and why they struggle to survive. Iwas really sad when I saw the statistics about how 26,000 to 30,000 children in poverty die everyday.
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    I didn't know that Statistics show that 14 to 20 percent of the U.S. population lives in poverty.
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    14- 20% of America's population lives in poverty. Crazy!!!!!!
Borror D

census on poverty.. - 4 views

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    I was unpleasantly surprised when I read these statistics about poverty. I really didn't realize that so many people in the United States were poor. Oh yeah, and it's a good website. checkitout! c:
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    oh thats so eye opening
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    This article was really a wake up call. I never realized that that many people were in poverty, and i never really thought about how many children were in poverty. This is a really good article if you are interested in the statistics of poverty
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    I cant believe how many people are in poverty in our country
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    I was so surprised when i read this. I had absolutley no idea how many people were affected by poverty, especially children.
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    This is very interesting and its good to know the percentages for poverty rates and stuff. it is kind of sad, though, how extremly high all these percentages are.
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    I am amazed that the official rate of poverty was 14.3 in 2009. from the 13.2 from 2008
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    The statistics were crazy shocking!!!
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    It's sad how much the people in poverty goes up in only 1 year.
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    ahhhh! everyone's just like, "Oh how eye opening!" -_-
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    I think the saddest thing about this is that there is so much good info and statistics out there, like this website, but so many people don't know how bad poverty really is. I had no idea that poverty was this bad, or that it was increasing this fast.
Carnahan H

How people helped children in poverty - 0 views

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    A few stories about how some people donated money to a child each month. Very different stories, but all to help a child in the end.
Anders P

Who's in Poverty? - 2 views

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    It's a good website that tells you who is poor and gives you the numbers. It explains just about all the kinds of people who can become and are poor.
Matson K

Feeding America - 20 views

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    This site is really cool. They have statistics and facts about poverty. And then you can test your knowledge with a Hunger Quiz. And there is a section about the Hunger in America.
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    I like the quiz on this site. The facts and statistics were interesting too.
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    i know but its so sad the number of hungry people including kids (take the quiz)
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    I took the quiz and missed questions 9. good article Kristen
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    I was so sad when i found out that in 2009, 15.5 million (20.7 percent) children under the age of 18 were in poverty. Just imagen there could be some in are class.
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    it was sad that throughout the years the percent tile has increased but it is a good thing that some of the numbers are going down aswell. that means people are getting better with their life. :D but its still veeery sad that people have to live like this.
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    All the statistics started to scare me. With all of the percentages and numbers, and with them RISING< it just is kind of worrying me.
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    I can't believe 11% of all families are in poverty. That's about one in ten families. I know at least ten families... It's too bad that there is enough money and resources for everyone, but after preschool, everyone forgot how to share. Imagine how the world would be more serene if everyone had the same amount of money.
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    I was surprised to hear that 5.6 million people in the U.S. have used food pantries, that is a lot more than I thought.
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    i never knew how big of an impact food pantries had. i was surprised that 4.8% of people in the US had to go to a food pantry once...i thought only a few homeless people went there. and that 57% of people in poverty get reduced lunches in school...i could not imagine how embarassing that would be.
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    I really like how you can quiz yourself on poverty. I learned a lot from that. Some information was very surprising but at the same time very depressing/sad.
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    Woah. Holy crap, I didn't know that there was so much poverty in the world. when I read those statistics I was like O_O
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    "In 2009, 5.7 percent of households (6.8 million households) experienced very low food security." That could anyone you know. This tells what Mrs. Smith and what Mrs. Lanka was saying that you could know people that are in poverty but aren't aware.
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    Whoa. That was some high statistics. And that one about kids at the beginning , i was all "Awwwww thats so sad." :'(
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    I like how you can quiz yourslef over poverty. The stastics and facts are really eye opening/ interesting to learn about.
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    i got a hundred percent on the quiz! But it was really eye opening to find out that most people in poverty aren't in urban settings.
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    This is a great website. I love how it has all the statistics. It's just really sad to see how bad poverty has gotten over the years :^(
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    I was really surprised by how many people are in poverty and how fast it was rising.
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    All these stats iterally made my jaw drop. I'm sure everyone would agree that these are very weighted words.
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    I couldn't believe how many people were in poverty and how how fast it was rising. When i read this i wanted to donate food to food pantries so people in poverty could have more to eat.
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    I found it very shocking by how much the poverty rate increased from 2008 to 2009. It didnt even show 2010 or 2011 which means it must have rapidly increased again. Its a great website but a very sad one.
Carnahan H

The Effects of poverty on teaching and learning - 2 views

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    This article is about how kids that are in poverty and are going to school are more likely to fail because of their social circumtances
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    that is so sad that the children that live in poverty are more likely to fail in school. its not their fault
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    It isn't the children's fault they are going to fail. The poverty has effects that takes the child out of school for a few days and stuff.
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    With the amount of poverty rising (which means more kids that make up this country), I wonder how this will effect the country in the future.
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    Very sad. It says that it is most likely for a child to fail in education that is in poverty because of his/her's life circumstances.
Borror D

What are the Long Term Effects of Poverty? - 4 views

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    This talks about the long term effects of poverty and has a few paragraphs about understanding generational poverty. Reading the effects, I wasn't to surprised because I can see all of that happening to children and families in poverty.
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    This article tells the long-term effects of poverty, the different kinds of poverty, and how we can help stop it. I thought that this article was really helpful if you don't know much about poverty, or if you want to know how to help it. I think it's pretty sad that some people are born into poverty and they can't get the right education because of it.
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    The article seems to really talk a lot about how poverty affects the life of a person. It's terrible how those with less money have so many more difficulties than those who have money. Basic needs should have no price.
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    THis article made me so sad! I never knew all of the problems that can be caused by poverty! I agree with Pen Basic needs should have no price. I really want to reach out and help those familes in need. I also think I will understand people who are depressed or who are in poverty. I think I will become a better person because of this article.
Brown A

Poverty Facts and Stats - Global Issues - 5 views

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    It talks about facts about poverty, and gives percetages about the people in povery. it says there are 2.2 billion kids in the world, and 1 billion is in poverty. That's... sad.
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    I was shocked where it said, "At least 80% of humanitly lives on less than $10 a day". There's something wrong with humanity if this is all we have. This article gives a lot of surprising facts.
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    Some of the graphs really made me sad. There was $105 billion spent on alcoholic drinks and $400 billion spent on narcotics drugs, what really made me sad was that there was only $6 billion spent on BASIC education, and $9 billion spent on water sanitation throughout the world. It made me sad..
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    These are statistics about poverty. There are several graphs and charts that show how poverty effects different countries. Alot of the graphs are surprising and make me very sad. In 1998 more money was spent on Narcotics Drugs and Alcoholic Drinks than was spent on sanitation, basic education, and health (nutrition)
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    This is unbelieveable! 22,000 children die every day due to poverty? It makes me feel like we really need to do SOMETHING. We have enough money to make a big change in the poverty levels, if we did something about it.
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    i think its really sad that over half of the world makes less than 2.30 dollars a day. its also sad how many kids and people die each day from poverty and hunger. we should think of better ways to provide other people with food because there is enough for everyone.
Chapman M

Stop poverty from stealing a child's potential - 5 views

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    poverty is really hurting kids and thier future. Watching the video made me sad seeing all the faces of the little kids that are in poverty.
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    I really liked this because it gives you a chance to sponser a child, and it also tells you about what you have to do and what will happen when you sponser a child. This is a great site to look at after you look at poverty articles because it will really make you want to do something to help out. Thanks for sharing!
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    I cannot believe that 24,000 kids die each DAY just from poverty. I also like the way you can sponser a child, and they made it look so easy, it makes it so easy to want to do something to help.
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    i agree with kayla. im glad that so many people are trying to help children in poverty so that they can get the potential and education they need! when i get home i'm going to sign up for this website so that i can help them aswell as other people. :D
Semmelroth R

Even A short glimpse at poverty in ohio's appalachiaa is enough to break hearts. - 0 views

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    this article is about how poverty in southern Ohio has not gotten bad but has SKYROCKETED. A high school whizkid now 21 years old and living in her van with 3 children. when i read this article i just couldn't believe at how bad poverty is in Ohio epically in the Ohio Appalachian
Walouke A

Being in Poverty is Humiliating - 0 views

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    This story is about a women who is housing 4 children without food or money. She is offered help from her parents. She is humiliated to have to have food donated to her because how they can not afford any food. I never thought people would be humiliated to recieve food from their own family members.
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