Opportunity’s approach
Poverty is a vicious cycle...
The cycle of poverty can be defined as a set of events that bring about and perpetuate poverty – a phenomenon that is likely to continue unless outside intervention occurs. Without change, families can be trapped in the cycle of poverty for generations. Around the world, there are approximately 2 billion people living on less than US$3.20 a day.* But poverty goes beyond a low income. It means having limited access to basic needs such as nutritious food, clean water, healthcare and education. People in poverty are also more likely to experience hunger and poor sanitation and contract preventable illnesses, diminishing their capacity to work. As this cycle repeats itself, families living in poverty struggle to survive. *World Bank 2017
2019 Annual Review
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