The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an international observance celebrated every year on October 17 throughout the world."

#The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere” explicitly recognizes that #poverty results not from the lack of just one thing but from many different interrelated factors that affect the #lives of people living in poverty. This means we must go beyond seeing poverty merely as the lack of #income or what is necessary for material well-being — such as #food, #housing, #land, and other #assets – in order to fully understand poverty in its multi-dimensions.

2016 Theme: Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms.

The theme this year – selected in consultation with activists, civil society and non governmental organizations – highlights how important it is to recognize and address the humiliation and exclusion endured by many people #living in poverty.

In 2013, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) put the #population of #Nigerians living in poverty at about 112 million, representing about 67 per cent of Nigeria’s 167 million population at the #time. Nigeria’s income per capita GDP stood at $1,555. Today’s statistics will certainly show that the Nigerian situation, has worsened since then. (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/rescuing-nigeria-poverty)

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

Stop and think of ways that you can help to eradicate poverty in your midst?

Can you #educate ONE child?

Can you #feed ONE family

#Focus on sustainable endeavours that will not just solve the problem of a meal #today, but rather, make it possible for them to create income to take them out of poverty.

#MMWN #MoneyMattersWithNimi #UnitedNations #SDG #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #EndPoverty #PovertyEradication #Statistics #Activist #Nigeria #Africa #FeedTheNation #Food #Needy #UN