Chrsitianity resources

When we look at the distribution of wealth in our world we very clearly see two huge extremes. Statistics show 25% of the world's population are currently living in the North, or developed world, and having 80% of the world's wealth, whereas the other 75% of the population who live in the South or developing world have the remaining 20% of the world's wealth. Is this fair? Those who live in the North or developed world have a huge number of advantages over those who live in the South, as well as more money, a longer life expectancy, better education opportunities, good health care and an income that is on average 20% higher than the income of those in the South. We all know that massive differences between places like this are not right and something should be done.

I did some research on the Internet, discovering that Switzerland is one of the richest countries in financial income, with an income of $30,270. In a poorer country such as Sudan this is much less. The poverty in a world is relative to the place that you live. For example, living in Sudan a person earning £500 per year may be thought of as rich, but to our standards this would be extremely poor and certainly not enough to live on.

Due to these inequalities the people of the South can be extremely exploited, making our clothes and shoes for incredibly low wages and in terrible conditions.

In Bangladesh, nearly two thirds of the country was covered in water following floods, destroying a huge amount of the rice crops throughout the country, the rice crops which many people of the countries population depend on to live. The victims of these floods live in a country that cannot afford to rebuild immediately following floods, and often need desperately to receive outside aid to keep people alive. For many, the loss of the valuable income from their rice crop could mean losing things that we in the developed world take for granted, such as regular meals and new clothes. This isn't right, which is why many people do try to help others who are in a lot more need of help and our money than some of us are.

Join now!

There are a lot of problems that occur in poor/developing countries:

Starvation - Many organisations try to help to solve this problem by either giving people food, or teaching them how to provide food for themselves. This is a much better way of doing things; people learn to support themselves without being dependant upon outside help. However food cannot be provided that will suit all needs so this may lead to Malnutrition, where people have food to eat, but this food does not give them a balanced diet.

Another problem is disease, which can occur for a number of reasons, ...

This is a preview of the whole essay