SDG1: No Poverty - Learning Resouce supports the SDGs - UN-Guidelines[1]
No Poverty - End poverty in all its forms everywhere[2]
Extreme poverty has been cut by more than half since 1990- however, more than 1 in 5 people live on less than $1.25 a day
Poverty is more than lack of income or resources- it includes lack of basic services, such as education, hunger, social discrimination and exclusion, and lack of participation in decision making.
Gender inequality plays a large role in the perpetuation of poverty and its risks; They then face potentially life-threatening risks from early pregnancy, and often lost hopes for an education and a better income.
Age groups are affected differently when struck with poverty; its most devastating effects are on children, to whom it poses a great threat. It affects their education, health, nutrition, and security. It also negatively affects the emotional and spiritual development of children through the environment it creates.
Explore strategies to reduce or eliminate poverty (e.g. activities performed by Government, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), individual activities).
Collect constraints and living conditions that increase poverty? (e.g. war, ...)
Explain, what can you do to reduce poverty in the world - collect options and access the feasibility!