My whole class was told to right a report on what you feel is important, I wrote mine on poverty, Here it is,: (excuse the errors, if there is any)

At this very minute there are children suffering from hunger and sicknesses.
Children that are sleeping and trying hard to make a life on the street.
There are children all over the world spending their lives in slavery to try to help their families provide food.
The UK, Ethiopia and India are where you’re more likely to find children in poverty.
These children have no clothes, food or shelter to help them.
All they’ve got is the skin on the bones and the head on their heads.
Children like these are left to beg for food or die from illnesses.
They don’t get the chance to go to school to learn and they don’t get the chance to fulfil their dreams.
We take drinking water for granted.
For many children around the world it is very difficult to get clean water.
Most of them spend time collecting water from pools and drains and some don’t even see water.
This also leads them to getting severe sicknesses.
The water may be polluted with germs or very dirty.
We should all be thankful for what we have.
A good education, fresh food, water and parents to take care of us.
These are a few things we don’t really think hard about.
We have all of these but many children spread around the world don’t.
Many parents sell their children to help themselves survive and other are put into jail or are dead.
There are now organisations that try to help children in poverty like Save The Children and World Vision.
Eglantyne Jebb is a wonderful woman, who believed that children should have rights.
She was also one of the first people to start a charity for the children in 1920.
She had an article in the newspaper, which caught the eyes of many people.
Surprisingly a lot of money was sent to help the kids.
Thanks to Eglantyne, children now days have rights.
She wrote a declaration in 1923 demanding certain rights for children.
In 1989 it became apart of the United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child.
Now there are advertisements sent in the mail and on the television, trying to find sponsors.
Even just a dollar can be a big help to these children, and can bring them much closer to them achieving their goals and dreams.
It’s up to us to play the next piece and help these children’s lives, so they can have what other kids have and live a happy life.

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12% of the American people was below poverty level

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Yes, the United States has high poverty rates for the developed world, but poverty in this country is nothing like that of the starving children in Africa, and 3rd World Countries. We have programs to help...yes, there still is work to be done, but nothing in comparison to other countries.

Something to ponder:

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“Today, across the world, 1.3 billion people live on less than one dollar a day; 3 billion live on under two dollars a day; 1.3 billion have no access to clean water; 3 billion have no access to sanitation; 2 billion have no access to electricity.”

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Consider the global priorities in spending in 1998

Global Priority - $U.S. Billions
Basic education for everyone in the world - 6
Cosmetics in the United States - 8
Water and sanitation for everyone in the world - 9
Ice cream in Europe - 11
Reproductive health for all women in the world - 12
Perfumes in Europe and the United States - 12
Basic health and nutrition for everyone in the world - 13
Pet foods in Europe and the United States - 17
Business entertainment in Japan - 35
Cigarettes in Europe - 50
Alcoholic drinks in Europe - 105
Narcotics drugs in the world - 400
Military spending in the world - 780

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Poverty Facts and Stats

And actually, the US has quite a bit of poverty. In 2002, 12% of the American people was below poverty level (USA Statistics in Brief). No, that may not be as high as many other places, however, as one of the wealthiest nations in the world, that's pretty sad.

The UK dosen't have much except in torn Northern Ireland. I've been there 6 times, I should know.

You mean that the UK, as in the United Kingdom - that amalgamation of countries including Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, just off the western coast of Europe, is a den of poverty? Really? Have you been there? This is like saying that the US is one of the worst centres of poverty in the world.

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but as long as capitalism and rich, greedy *******s exist, there will always be poverty.

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Well put, kind of. There is so such phrase as "compassionate conservative" when it comes to economics.

but as long as capitalism and rich, greedy *******s exist, there will always be poverty.