Key words

Key words

1. Absolute poverty: is when household income is below a certain level, which makes it impossible for the person or family to meet basic needs of life including food, shelter, safe drinking water, education, healthcare, etc.

2. Aid : help, typically of a practical nature.

3. Breadline : A line of people waiting to receive free food.

4. Charity: An organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.

5. Corruption: Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

6. Crop surplus: dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

7. Employment: The state of having paid work.

8. Exploit: make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

9. Hungry: a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.

10. Illness: a disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.

11. Inequality: difference in size, degree, circumstances, etc.; lack of equality.

12. Malnutrion: is the condition that develops when the body is deprived of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and organ function.

13. Marginalized: to relegate (see relegate sense 2) to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group We are protesting policies that marginalize women.

14. Microredit: Table of Contents. microcredit, also called microbanking or microfinance, a means of extending credit, usually in the form of small loans with no collateral, to nontraditional borrowers such as the poor in rural or undeveloped areas.

15. Policies: a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual.

16. Relative poverty: Relative poverty describes circumstances in which people cannot afford actively to participate in society and benefit from the activities and experiences that most people take for granted. It is conventionally defined as 40, 50 or 60 percent of national median disposable income.

17. Welfare: the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.