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I’m Looking for A Poverty Relief Organization that Helps the Poorest of The Poor and Those in Extreme Poverty. Can You Help Me?

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Globally, around 736 million people live in extreme poverty. They often lack sufficient housing, hygiene, health care, and education. While the trend is going in the right direction, 1 in 10 people are still left below the extreme poverty indicator of earning $1.90 per day. These “chronically poor” are mainly found in South Asia 1 —where GFA World, a poverty relief organization is active. How can you help? Check out these examples of how GFA World is helping families in Asia and Africa: Animals Two chickens can make the difference to help a family out of extreme poverty. The eggs can be sold or hatched to provide ongoing income for the family. A lamb, cow, or goat can provide milk for drinking or to sell and dung for fuel or fertilizer. Work Supplies When a woman is gifted a sewing machine and some training, she is equipped for a new career as a tailor. Or when someone is given a pull-cart to make selling their vegetables more efficient, lives are changed. Educational Opportunities Per
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How Can I Donate to Poverty Organizations that Are Providing Income-Generating Opportunities?

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When you donate to poverty organizations that give income-generating gifts, you are making a lasting impact. These gifts provide an opportunity for a person struggling with poverty to have income in the future. The simple gift of an income-generating animal or item can be a big turning point for a family. Oftentimes, a simple gift enables families to afford education, nutritious food, health care, and other necessary items. Animals Cows, goats, pigs, lambs, and chickens are helpful income-generating gifts. For example, cows produce calves, which can be sold. They also provide milk for a family to drink or sell to neighbors. Cows can also help cultivate and fertilize their fields. Sewing Machines When a family is gifted with a sewing machine and trained in tailoring, it opens a myriad of income-generating possibilities. The gift offers more than skills, it offers hope. Pull Carts This may seem like a simple gift, but it can be life-changing. When a gardener needs to transport produce t
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Why Do Some Organizations that Help Poverty Use Locals Instead of Foreigners to Help Meet the Needs of The People?

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GFA World, one of the organizations that help poverty, has used local workers instead of foreigners for over 40 years. This proves to be an enormous advantage for a myriad of reasons. Locals are Free to Serve Since we have historically worked in Asian countries, it is important to note that over 85 percent of Asian countries don’t allow western missionaries to serve freely. Our local workers aren’t held to this restriction. These faithful people serve without interruption. Locals are One with the People In the eyes of the local people, national workers don’t represent a foreign land or strange religion. National workers are one of them. They know the language and the best ways to communicate effectively. They are sensitive to the needs of their neighbors and family. Locals are Able to Help Local workers are available to serve in a variety of locations—slums, villages, cities, etc. They are trained to readily see the needs of the people, step in with solutions and help. Locals are Cost
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Poverty Organizations

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There are many poverty organizations tackling the causes and results of poverty around the world. These organizations focus on different missions and purposes. While the basic definition of extreme poverty is earning less than $1.90 a day, 1 the economic definition is only a portion of the equation. Many organizations that help poverty also help people overcome spiritual poverty, educational poverty and generational poverty to name just a few. What should you investigate when considering which poverty organizations to support? Here are some questions to ask, followed by GFA World’s response as an example of how a poverty relief organization might respond: In what regions of the world does the organization work? Do I have a heart for a particular region of the world? Do I want to support a poverty organization near me? Consider whether you’d like to support organizations that help with poverty in your local community or one that concentrates on a specific region of the world. GFA Wor
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What Are the Effects of Poverty on Child Development?

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While studying the effects of poverty on child development, it is interesting to see how poverty impacts the entire person. It isn’t simply a need for material things such as food, water and shelter. Poverty impacts a child holistically. An exhaustive list of the effects of poverty would be volumes long, but here is a summary of some key ways poverty impacts child development: Poverty impacts cognitive development. Studies have shown that children who are born into poverty enter school with lower readiness scores. They often have fewer motor skills and lack the attentiveness necessary for school. In many areas around the world, parents cannot afford to enroll their children in school, so cognitive development is exasperated even further. In some areas, school tuition is provided free of charge by the government, but the families are still unable to pay for supplies, uniforms and other requirements. Poverty impacts physical health. Poor nutrition and a lack of food security, byproducts
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How Does Poverty Affect Education

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Poverty impacts education in a major way. An exhaustive answer to “How does poverty affect education?” would be volumes long, but to summarize, here are four main areas below. A report in 2014 estimated that 263 million children and teens were not attending school. More than 70 percent of the out-of-school children who should have been in primary or secondary education lived in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. 1 Even though many families know that education is key to escaping poverty, it is often out of their reach. Many families in poverty are unable to afford to send their kids to school. In many areas, school costs money for enrollment, uniforms and other supplies. This is a significant expense for families who are having difficulty meeting the basic needs of each person, such as food, water and shelter. When children attend school, they are unable to work to help provide for the needs of the family, which impoverished children may be forced to do. Those children miss the oppor
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What is Education Poverty?

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Education poverty , also called learning poverty , is defined this way by the World Bank : “Learning poverty means being unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10.” 1 According to that indicator, 53 percent of children in low- and middle-income countries “cannot read and understand a simple story by the end of primary school. In poor countries, the level is as high as 80 percent.” 2 It is estimated that over 260 million children are not even in school. This statistic will greatly impact the future economy of these communities. It is almost impossible for a person to break the cycle of poverty when he or she is not educated or is without the crucial skills of reading, writing and basic math. Educational poverty also impacts other aspects of a child’s life: Emotional development is often impacted. As children grow and attend school, they learn how their emotions work and impact others. Relational growth is impacted. Without consistent schooling, it becomes harder for children
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