Peru is a
country with many natural resources and rich culture, but struggles with a
major problem of poverty. Poverty is
frequent to South America and other parts of the world. This task of finding an end to poverty has
been on the minds of many humanitarians for years. However, the task is too large to take on
alone.
Poverty is an
issue that encompasses all globalization topics we’ve discussed from human rights
to environment. Hunger and poverty aid
is the driving fore of many NGOs and humanitarian organizations. Poverty in Peru is generally a rural
problem. Many farmers and people who
live out of the cities most commonly deal with poverty. The rural poverty rate is over 50
percent.
According to Rural Poverty inPeru the contributors to poverty are as follows:
§ High
rates of illiteracy, particularly among women
§ Lack
of essential services, such as education and electrical power
§ Insecure
rights to land, forests and water
§ Inadequate
agricultural research, training and financial services
§ Ineffective
animal and plant health services
§ Poor
transportation infrastructure and marketing systems
§ Lack
of well-defined territorial organization and planning.
In a country
with poor natural surroundings to live off of, poverty is higher. According to How to Peru, “Water quality in
Lima and Peru is a huge issue, not just for tourists and backpackers, but for
the health of the country in general…”.
If farmers and the poor cannot obtain a means to boil the toxins out of
the water survival is rare. The reason
there are so many pollutants in the drinking water is because of the Rio Rimac.
“The source for Lima’s water is the Rio
Rimac, one of the world’s most polluted rivers. The tributaries that feed the
Rimac are full of runoff from mining operations, so the water that comes out of
the tap in Lima is very high in heavy metals, and you can’t remove those with
filters or with the treatment methods that SEDAPAL uses in its plant in Lima.
Those heavy metals are a huge hazard for anyone who drinks the water.” A solution to remove pollutants in water would
be the huge step Peru needs to end suffering.
Peru, like other
countries, has countless groups working towards an end to hunger. The globalization of poverty is seen through
the vast amounts of people all around the world suffering. This issue is so sad, but with the help of
NGOs and other aid there is hope for an end.
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