2. To understand what is meant by the term poverty To appreciate that there are connections between personal wealth and the global economy

3. Poverty What do we mean by poverty? Where people's basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter are not being met. Poverty is generally of two types:  Absolute poverty is synonymous with destitution and occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources (measured in terms of calories or nutrition) to support a minimum level of physical health. Absolute poverty means about the same everywhere, and can be eradicated as demonstrated by some countries.  Relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum level of living standards as determined by a government (and enjoyed by the bulk of the population) this can vary from country to country, and even sometimes within the same country.

4. Poverty

5. True or false? Source: Barnardos/Save the Children/World Bank/Unicef

6. The UK 3.7 million children in the UK live in poverty True That’s 1 in 4 children Did you know: Number of children in the world: 2.2 billion. Number of children living in developing countries: 1.9 billion. Number of children living in poverty: 1 billion - every second child. 1 billion

7. Household bills Some families have only £18 a day to cover all of their household bills. False – it’s £13 and that has to cover food, gas, electricity, phones, transport etc Did you know: More than 660 million people without sanitation live on less than $2 a day, and more than 385 million on less than $1 a day.

8. Transport Even most poor families can afford a car False Did you know: In developing countries a high proportion of the poor walk or use non-motorised transport, particularly for journeys less than 5-8 km.

9. Diet Around 7,700 children cannot afford a healthy diet False In fact 770,000 children cannot afford a healthy diet. Did you know: About 21,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger- related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one person every four seconds, as you can see on this display. Sadly, it is children who die most often.

10. Most expensive items 85% of poor families say that buying school uniform is the most expensive thing they have to buy False Paying the bills is the most expensive. Did you know: Based on enrolment data, about 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57 per cent of them were girls.

11. Heating Around 85,000 children live in homes that are not heated properly True Did you know: Around 1.1 billion people worldwide still live without access to electricity. Another 2.9 billion rely on wood or other biomass for cooking and heating.

12. UK ranking The UK has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the European Union. True though it is improving Did you know: For every $1 in aid a developing country receives, over $25 is spent on debt repayment The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialised nation.

13. Poverty in action This is an activity about poverty The aim is to demonstrate what the distribution of wealth is across the world Wealth will be represented by a sweet or biscuit – do not eat until given permission! Listen carefully to instructions Appoint a spokesperson for the group when it comes to discussion time

14. Stage one  You are all equal – you each have a fair share of wealth.  How do you feel ?

15. Stage two Now you are two groups: – The wealthiest – The poorest How could your group divide up the ‘wealth’ you have fairly ? How fair are things? Particularly when you compare your wealth to that of the other group. If you have lots of wealth what is your argument to protect it? If you have little wealth what would you say to persuade the wealthiest to be more generous ?

16. Stage three Now you are three groups: – The very, very wealthy – The wealthy – The poorest Again, how could your group divide up the ‘wealth’ you have fairly? How fair are things? Particularly when you compare your wealth to that of the other groups. If you have lots of wealth what is your argument to protect it? If you have little wealth what would you say to persuade the wealthiest to be more generous ?

17. Redistribution of wealth Many agencies and organisation exist to try and redress the balance Aid and grant funding can make a difference to those countries struggling to build their economy The International Monetary Fund a big player in the arena of world affairs = your teacher! Now that wealth has been redistributed – eat and be happy!

18. Think, pair, share First think about the questions individually Then exchange your ideas with a partner and agree 2 key points for each question Finally share your combined key points with a larger group. Each group should present six key ideas (3 for each question) to the class as a whole.

19. Taking action! 1.Why don’t countries share out their wealth more evenly ? 2.Should we all, but particularly those very wealthy individuals be more generous ?