Into The Eye of the Storm

I've decided to choose Poverty and Hunger as my MDG. I'm not sure how it relates to the country I'm researching for Social, which is China, but I'm sure I'll find a connection. In the library, I choose a book called "The Homeless," it's not so much of a narrative but more of an in-depth analyzation of homelessness and opposing viewpoints. Unemployment has triggered by the past few economic problems we are facing. Jobs are lost and now many people are finding themselves living in extreme poverty. It may not be possible to end poverty in 2015, but we will succeed if we keep trying.


I was lured in by a short and sweet video that ended up displaying frightful facts."1.4 billion people live on less than $1.25 a day." That's almost the population of China, the country I've been studying for my MDG. Thinking about it makes me gloomy because I haven't done any much to aid. We are blessed to live in such a prosperous and excellent society. In Canada, we are able to have access to clean tap water, that is unavailable to a billion people on this planet.

If we invest in disaster protection, we can speed up the process of completing our MDGs. Many life threatening earthquakes occur in China and the result is devastation. Death and economic loss are presently escalating due to the increased rate of natural disasters occurring in developing countries. Prevention from natural disasters will allow us to save money from reconstruction and use it for a more productive economy.