Poverty nationally:


As I have mentioned in previous posts when people think "poverty," the automatically imagine a small child in Africa starving. Of course that's no fault of their own, and don't get me wrong its important that their is awareness out their but we also need to concentrate on the issues around us. I live in Dublin, Ireland. A city known for its culture yet we have a massive homeless crisis with rising numbers of homeless people each year. its so important that when we are being charitable we think of the people in our own country. House prices are ridiculous in this country making it nearly impossible to get a mortgage. Many people struggle with this and are forced to live in the streets. If you visit Ireland and walk around the city centre of Dublin you will notice the amount of homeless people of the footpaths.


There are so many ways in which we can tackle these issues. The first being that you can donate anything unwanted to organisations such as the Simon Community or various soup kitchens around city and towns.


Poverty in Ireland is admittedly much better then other countries, it surprisingly derives from different issues. The geography behind poverty in Ireland comes from economic issues quite like third world countries, however it comes from Ireland owing other countries huge amounts of money from loans and other aids. This debt caused a rise in taxes, rise in demand for land and companies not being able to afford employing workers. This caused a drop in employment stripping families of their homes and causing many people to move to the streets. It is so important that you look into the people in and around you.