In 2015, leaders from 193 different countries agreed 17 global goals they felt the world needed to achieve by 2030. The first of these goals is about ending poverty in all its forms everywhere.
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Poverty is a state in which a person lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects.
When I think about poverty it evokes images of malnourished children, entire families without shelter, food, water or sanitation. This is known as absolute poverty. One out of five children live in extreme poverty, and the negative effects of poverty and deprivation in the early years have ramifications that can last a lifetime. Often, people living in extreme poverty are not recognised as equals in society and experience discrimination, stigmatisation and exclusion.
But there is another type of poverty, relative poverty, which measures when a person cannot meet a minimu...
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