January 13, 2010
India case study workshop A5 at the 20th IAVE World Volunteer Conference Panama 2008
IAVE IRC
Workshop A5
Sudha Subramaniam
Need of the hour-practical solution to poverty alleviation-mass networking. Case of India.
NEED OF THE HOUR-POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PROBLEMS OF POVERTY:
PROBLEMS OF POVERTY:
HUNGER DEATHS THIS HOUR HAVE CROSSED 730, AIDS DEATHS THIS HOUR HAVE CROSSED 180, PNEUMONIA DEATHS THIS HOUR HAVE CROSSED 202, DIARRHEA DEATHS THIS HOUR HAVE CROSSED 140, TUBERCULOSIS DEATHS THIS HOUR HAVE CROSSED 132, DEATHS FROM MALARIA HAVE CROSSED 110, DEATHS FROM MEASLES AND OTHER CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES HAVE CROSSED 76.
DEATHS THIS HOUR ON ACCOUNT OF ACCIDENTS, IMPOVERISHMENT AND DISEASES HAVE CROSSED 150 IN THE ADIVASI AREAS IN NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH INDIA, SUICIDES BY FARMERS HAS BEEN RECORDED AS APPROXIMATELY 10 EVERY MONTH IN INDIA, CHILDREN DISCARDED, TURNING TO BEGGING AND PROSTITUTION HAS CROSSED 250 IN INDIA THIS HOUR
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