c. Adverse ecology and location: location of countries is also a factor of poverty. Geographical and ecological factors, such as mountains, swamps and desert have also made living conditions horrible in many places. This is why some natural areas are poorer than others, even in the same country. For instances, poverty in the Andes, Peru is six times higher than communities in the Amazonian region. In other example, some people are cut off from the main economic centers of the country. They find themselves located so far from the roads, markets, health services, schools and economic facilities. This …show more content…
Ill health and disability: poverty can also get worse if communities are affected with diseases such as Malaria, HIV, and Ebola. Diseases cause may deaths and children are left with no parents or care givers. In many communities, disabled members are located down upon and not allowed to inherit assets. They are considered as a stigma and excluded from public events and expression. This mentality can negatively affect the well-being of families. For example, the incidence of poverty is 15-44% higher in households with disabled head or adult.
f. Inheritance of poverty: families that have had a lifetime of poverty tend to pass on the situation to their children. They cannot afford education for their children and children grow with no skills. Children work on the same family forms, and marry into families with similar conditions as they turn adults. They in turn pass on the tradition to their children.
g. Education, training and skills: people who are educated or had some training or skills are in a better position to apply this ideas and knowledge into fixing basic problems and enhancing these livelihoods. They are able to plan, follow instructions and get reach out to