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Around
the world, several millions of people are presently trapped
in chronic poverty. They have experienced deprivation over
many years, a lot of them for their entire lives. Their legacy
to their children is likely to be lives of similar abject
poverty.
Chronic
poverty is not simply about having a low income. It is about
multi-dimensional deprivation: being hungry or poorly nourished,
having access only to dirty drinking water, not being literate,
having no access to health services and being socially isolated
and often economically exploited.
It has been highlighted that certain factors help trap communities,
families and individuals in sordid poverty:
Economic stagnation, low or narrowly based growth. Social
exclusion people are often deprived, discriminated against
and stigmatized, and then forced to engage in economic activities
and social relations that keep them poor (poorly paid and
insecure work; minimal access to social protection and basic
services; dependent upon patrons). chronic poverty traps
poor and disadvantaged agro-ecological areas, where there
are low resources, weak economic integration with the national
economy, and commonly social exclusion, economic and political
marginalization, creating disadvantage. Governance failures,
particularly problems associated with conflict and corruption,
failed states where economic opportunities are few, health
and education services are usually not available. International
factors, including failed and limited international cooperation
for poverty reduction.
Bridge-Gap
wishes to encourage government and international development
agencies to place greater emphasis on preventing and mitigating
the shocks and insecurities that create and maintain chronic
poverty. Chronically poor people need opportunities to improve
their situation. We are dedicated to the management of limited
funds in order to strengthen the quality of the life of poor
and disadvantaged people in urban areas and rural villages
in Eastern Nigeria.
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