The Gretest Poverty of All Bieng Unwanted, Unloved and...

â€Å"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.† (Mother Teresa) South Africa’s poverty affects the country in numerous ways; however and the most vulnerable margin in the country is the most effected. Children are the most vulnerable aspect in any country, as they are still developing, and don’t have the resources to be independent; they are also only able to take what they are given without being able to change or produce anything. So children being uncared for and abstained from a healthy atmosphere that helps them develop properly, does not only traumatize the child permanently on the long run; but also provides an unpromising†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"In sub-Saharan Africa where about 51% of the people lived in extreme poverty when the poverty line of $1.25 per day was used (UNEC for Africa 2010). Although South Africa is a middle-incom e country, a large proportion (26.2%) of its population lived in poverty when the same poverty line of $1.25 per day was used.† (Gouws 1202) This being said South Africa has a vulnerable economy due to the constant political change, and inequality. This vulnerability has a huge affect on the country as a whole, on individuals, on families, on households, and especially on children. Knowing that will help explain the curtail affect that poverty has, specifically on a vulnerable country such as South Africa. Poverty is not only a word reflecting an economic term; it is rather a profound word exposing a conception of a country, which makes it a long lasting phenomenon. Many poverty researchers suggest that ‘poor’ (origin of poverty) means lacking not only material resources and health but also capabilities, such as social belonging, cultural identity, respect and dignity, and information and education. (Engle and Black 1) Poverty is in most situations, a state of a country, which lasts for decades, as a country couldn’t retrieve for example it’s identity in a couple of years. The establishment of individual’s rights is also something requiring a lot of system reformation, which takes a great deal of time. Above all developing a country’s economy is as hard as it can get.