Poverty is everywhere, in developing nations and in our own. Even here in Durango we can see the effects of poverty. Durango has a sizable homeless population but many people do not even know it exists. For most people, the words hunger and poverty bring up images of children in some foreign culture who need help. Rarely, if ever, do people think about the local issue of poverty and hunger.
The global aspect of poverty should not be forgotten, but it is also important to look to our own community. By fighting poverty in our own community, we can learn how to better fight it on a global scale. If we could end poverty here in Durango, then we would serve as a case study for how to fix the global problem.
Donations play a large role for any group trying to fight poverty. Each of these groups deserves donations. Donating to a large campaign, like One or the Make Poverty History Campaign, can help out a greater number of people, while donating locally will help the people on our own streets. Both are important and hold equal value. One benefit of donating locally to groups, such as Manna Soup Kitchen or to the Durango Family Center, is that you can directly observe the effect of the donation. Each person must decide for themselves who they would like to help.
So when you are looking to donate to a campaign to end poverty, look to the local groups as well as the global and remember that we have problems in our own community. Whether in our own country or in another, poverty is one of the most pervasive and important issues that we have to deal with. There are many ways to help people and many people to help so whether local or global please continue to support the fight against poverty.
Ben Rogers
Coordinator
Media Communications
Environmental Center
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poverty = college students
hunger = college students
you could equate local poverty and hunger by determining what factors influence why college students, our future leaders of this country can barely even get by with enough food in their stomachs or money in wallet. to me there is a vast difference in degree in global hunger and poverty vs the local hunger and poverty. with our economy in recession, i've even seen hardworking durangoans forgoe paying rent or mortgage, because living in the car is a lot cheaper. i've also met a subset of homeless who dont care for the attention. they exist without receiving handouts, because they find more empowerment not being tied down to a 9-5 job, or having thoughts of what i 'want' every 15 seconds. its as if being homeless, poor or hungry is the only way we can really connect with who we really are, because we are free from that want for things all the time (no $$ to buy them). thats the issue that has to be addressed more in detail, the reasonings that lead up to the consequence of being poor and hungry.
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