Global Poverty: Understanding and Acting

Global poverty is a complex issue, extending far beyond a simple lack of money. It involves limited access to fundamental resources such as food, water, healthcare, education, and equal opportunities. Millions of people struggle daily to meet their most basic needs, a situation often rooted in deep historical, economic, and social dynamics.

In 2013, over 800 million people lived on less than $1.90 a day. Today, this figure remains high, with over 700 million people surviving on less than $2.15 a day, which characterizes absolute poverty, where vital resources are inaccessible.

This extreme poverty is primarily concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, regions where access to basic services is severely limited. Poverty also manifests in other forms, even without extreme conditions, through the absence of education, decent work, healthcare, or protection from climate disasters.

Structural Causes of Poverty

• Economic Inequalities: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few exacerbates inequalities, excluding and hindering the development of the most fragile nations.
• Resource Exploitation: The economies of Global South countries have often been exploited for the benefit of other nations, depriving local communities of autonomy.
• Climate Crisis: Climate change, with its extreme events (droughts, floods), severely impacts populations dependent on agriculture, exacerbating their vulnerability.
• Armed Conflicts and Political Instability: Wars, violence, and repressive regimes destroy local economies, healthcare, and education systems, forcing millions to flee and depriving children of their childhood.
• Denial of Rights: Discrimination against women, ethnic minorities, indigenous communities, and people with disabilities perpetuates systemic exclusion from education and work, trapping these groups in the cycle of poverty.
• Illiteracy: Lack of education deprives individuals of knowledge about their rights and the ability to claim and defend them, condemning them to hunger and misery.

Our Contribution to a World Free from Poverty

Eliminating poverty is an achievable goal that requires collective commitment. It is essential to transform the economic and political systems that fuel inequalities, ensure equitable access to resources, protect fundamental rights, and invest in the future of new generations.

At My Adoption Site, we work in the most fragile contexts to break the structural causes of poverty. Every action we take, every child we help find a home through local or international adoption, is a concrete step towards a more just world.

Supporting a child, whether through legal adoption or remote sponsorship, is an investment in the development of an entire community: improving schools, strengthening healthcare systems, promoting women's empowerment, and creating opportunities for youth and families. Your contribution is not just a donation; it's an act of social justice that restores rights and dignity to those who have had them denied.