Love, and acceptance. These values emit beautiful thoughts, vibes. They are more powerful than hate, and ignorance. They can turn a tsunami of frowns into a wave of smiles. A chorus of laughs. All these happy, wonderful feelings, all feelings of love and care. I’m sure everyone wants to feel that. Wants to smile, to laugh, to be happy. The key for that, and for everyone in the world to feel it, they must integrate it into their lives. For example, if you call someone a bad name, and you expect for them to reply with a laugh and compliment back, you are obviously very wrong. There has to be kindness through and through. You must be kind to receive it back. I think that the key to ending poverty is not only to provide sustainable, paying jobs but to send help to build simple homes where people can live, instead of landing on the streets. These are people we are talking about, they aren’t to be treated like animals, they should have the resources to become the best they can be. Among the resources and material things, I really think that with ending poverty, comes acceptance and wanting to understand the situation that these people are in.
When I was researching how Morocco was attempting of climbing out of poverty, I found this, “In 2005, Morocco announced a project called the National Human Development Initiative Support Project (INDH). Over a five-year period, and for a budget of $1 billion, the aim was to improve the living conditions of citizens, reduce poverty in urban and rural areas, assist the most vulnerable groups in society and support families in difficult economic situations.
What was the result? According to the World Bank, Morocco has made substantial progress in reducing poverty over recent decades. In 2007, 8.9% of its population was considered poor, compared to 16.3% in 1998. But the picture is far from rosy. As of 2014, the poverty rate in Morocco fell to 4.2%, but “nearly 19% of the rural population is still living in poverty or are vulnerable.” And while 3.1% of the population lives on $1.90 a day, as many as 15.5% live on $3.10. Morocco has 4 million people living below the poverty level, as per the Borgen Project. So, the fact that 3 million of these reside in rural areas is telling of the geographical divide.” So, this project has been helping to decrease the number of people in poverty in Morocco from being 16.8% of the population to about 3% as of 2005.
To contribute to this solution I have been going on these service trips to help towards teaching and occasionally do labor work to make their living conditions more comfortable. The more opportunities I get to travel and help people around the world I will. I want to every time get donations from others of toys, clothes, etc because when they go home to the conditions they do, I want them to be happy and have hope that there are things that others and that they can do to make things better. Another thing I want to do to contribute would be contacted or become part of programs that help install water wells, or help build homes or help just take care of people who do suffer in poverty. I hope to become the best person I can be and help others do the same, no matter the circumstances, no matter race, language. Because I accept people the way they are and think they have as much of a chance as anyone else. Qabul, the Arabic word for acceptance. Here we come Morocco.
