Sunday, November 1, 2015

Poverty in Peru


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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