Food Security and Poverty - Personal Perspective

1. Who is affected?

People who suffer from poverty are those who are unable to have a proper home, have access to proper clothing or enough money to spend without having to lose access to other resources. People who suffer from poverty are those who have suffered from the financial meltdown or are uneducated and have to survive on a minimum wage job with very little benefits from those jobs.

2. How many are affected?

I believe that about 3.5 billion people suffer from poverty and food insecurity out of the 7 billion people in the world today.

3. Is this a major problem?

I believe that this is a major problem in the world beacuse it causes a divide in society. It creates an unbalance in the way poor people can do this which leads to overpopulation. The mentality poor people have is: More children equals more money. For this reason, many poor people come from a family of 5 or 6 children. The parents are unable to pay for the education of the five or six children causing the children to be uneducated. These children, when they grow up, will also contain that same mentality of the parents and the cycle continues.

4. What are some solutions?

The main reason why poverty occurs, in my opinion, is because people are unable to find access to a good educational system. I believe that the first step to decreasing poverty and increasing the idea of food security is by allowing people a free education. This is something that governments in the third world countries should aim towards.

Mr. Krishnan - a CNN Hero

What is the purpose of this video?	What are the claims being made?
The purpose of this video was for CNN to show their audience the kinds of people who do good in the world. It is also to teach people to give back to those who need help. Here, CNN is trying to show their audience that doing a little bit for people can go a long way.	I believe that there are two claims that are being made in this video. One claim is clearly stated by Krishnan at the end of the video, which states that “life is about giving back.” The second message is less obvious. The video states that it doesn’t matter where you come from – what background you belong in, or what country you are from – helping others is just that, helping and sharing your little “wealth” (not necessarily money) to those who are less fortunate.
Do you agree/disagree with the contention of this video? Why?	Is this video factual or telling a story? In what way?
I agree with this video because the second message reminds people to give back. There are many a times when all of us state that we will go out and help the needy but end up getting too preoccupied with our own lives to see that there are others out there who need help. This video shows us that if a man can give up a major job to help the poor, then there is no reason why we can’t take an hour from our day to help those in need.	This video was aimed towards telling a story. This video hit the heart instead of stating facts and figures. This video showed a moral at the end and made it’s audience question and speculate on their own lives. For this reason, those this video was true, told a story and allowed people to look deep into their own hearts.