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Food, Medical, and Educational Relief
PROJECT MERCY
PROJECT MERCY
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Medi-Shipments
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Home Restoration
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Disaster Relief
Medi-Shipments
Clothing Relief
Home Restoration
Build-A-Center
Goat Supply
Disaster Relief
In These United States
Poverty In South America
A Closer Look At Argentina
Poverty In Africa
Poverty In Columbia
Will Poverty Ever End?
Poverty In South America
A Closer Look At Argentina
Poverty In Africa
Poverty In Columbia
Will Poverty Ever End?
Poverty in Colombia is a serious problem of misdistribution of income, characterized by some of the worst poverty statistics in Latin America . Both the Colombian government and the private organizations have been managing the poverty problem with the approach of charity-type programs like Project Mercy. The challenge remains great due primarily to the effects on the economy of social, political and economic events throughout the country's history and more recently the effect of the Colombian armed conflict.
A CEPAL [United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean] report included data about poverty in 45% of the general population and 17% homelessness or extreme poverty, with an estimated 9,654,722 homeless people. (In comparison, the average figures in Latin America as a whole are 18% and 5%, respectively).
Unemployment
Colombia has the highest rate of unemployment in Latin America, and a work market dominated by informal jobs, with no significant prospects for the creation of new work opportunities. The National Department of Statistics in its current report, points out that the unemployment index in the 7 main cities in the country is above 15.6%, meaning that about 3.7 million Colombians of working age don’t receive any income. About 32% of the people who do have work don’t have any formal work contract, nor access to the healthcare system. 48% of the Colombian work force derive their income from small scale informal economy such as street vendors and garbage recyclers . The unemployment situation in Colombia has been described by the CEPAL general secretary, José Antonio Ocampo, as “dramatic”.
Inequality
Colombia's Gini coefficient a measurement of inequality in wealth distribution ) was 0.51 in 2000 and 0.56 in 2006, making it the second-most unequal country in terms of wealth distribution, after Brazil. This means that 10 percent of the wealthiest homes have incomes 30 times higher than the 10 percent of poorest homes. In Colombia five financial groups control 92% of the assets. 36% are controlled by the Antioquian Trade Group (Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño) and 28% are controlled by one person (Julio Mario Santo Domingo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Mario_Santo_Domingo>). An estimated 5% of the population owns and controls over 90% of the property in the country. Over 60.1% of Colombian homes are below the poverty threshold
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Economic Recession
The coffee borer beetle has impaired the Colombian coffee industry since the late 1980s
Since the late 1990s, many important economic sectors in Colombia have experienced recession, worsening the poverty situation in the country. The most affected sectors are the agricultural, manufacturing, transportation and building industries, which are the main sources of employment in the country. The global growth of these economic sectors, compared with the population growth in the same period gives an index of 0.7, indicating a larger growth in the number of people needing jobs than the number of employment positions on offer.
Illiteracy
The current index of illiteracy in the country is 7.6%, with areas such as Chocó Department and Sucre Department having a 16% level. These rates shows a worsening of the illiteracy index, compared with those 20 years ago, when in the same areas the rate was 13.5%. Probable causes are the Colombian armed conflict and the insufficiency of funds destined for education in Colombia
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Malnutrition
Over 500 000 children under 5 years old (13%) in Colombia suffer from acute malnutrition and up to 30% suffer from chronic malnutrition, the most affected areas being Boyacá and Nariño.
A CEPAL [United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean] report included data about poverty in 45% of the general population and 17% homelessness or extreme poverty, with an estimated 9,654,722 homeless people. (In comparison, the average figures in Latin America as a whole are 18% and 5%, respectively).
Unemployment
Colombia has the highest rate of unemployment in Latin America, and a work market dominated by informal jobs, with no significant prospects for the creation of new work opportunities. The National Department of Statistics in its current report, points out that the unemployment index in the 7 main cities in the country is above 15.6%, meaning that about 3.7 million Colombians of working age don’t receive any income. About 32% of the people who do have work don’t have any formal work contract, nor access to the healthcare system. 48% of the Colombian work force derive their income from small scale informal economy such as street vendors and garbage recyclers . The unemployment situation in Colombia has been described by the CEPAL general secretary, José Antonio Ocampo, as “dramatic”.
Inequality
Colombia's Gini coefficient a measurement of inequality in wealth distribution ) was 0.51 in 2000 and 0.56 in 2006, making it the second-most unequal country in terms of wealth distribution, after Brazil. This means that 10 percent of the wealthiest homes have incomes 30 times higher than the 10 percent of poorest homes. In Colombia five financial groups control 92% of the assets. 36% are controlled by the Antioquian Trade Group (Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño) and 28% are controlled by one person (Julio Mario Santo Domingo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Mario_Santo_Domingo>). An estimated 5% of the population owns and controls over 90% of the property in the country. Over 60.1% of Colombian homes are below the poverty threshold
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Economic Recession
The coffee borer beetle has impaired the Colombian coffee industry since the late 1980s
Since the late 1990s, many important economic sectors in Colombia have experienced recession, worsening the poverty situation in the country. The most affected sectors are the agricultural, manufacturing, transportation and building industries, which are the main sources of employment in the country. The global growth of these economic sectors, compared with the population growth in the same period gives an index of 0.7, indicating a larger growth in the number of people needing jobs than the number of employment positions on offer.
Illiteracy
The current index of illiteracy in the country is 7.6%, with areas such as Chocó Department and Sucre Department having a 16% level. These rates shows a worsening of the illiteracy index, compared with those 20 years ago, when in the same areas the rate was 13.5%. Probable causes are the Colombian armed conflict and the insufficiency of funds destined for education in Colombia
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Malnutrition
Over 500 000 children under 5 years old (13%) in Colombia suffer from acute malnutrition and up to 30% suffer from chronic malnutrition, the most affected areas being Boyacá and Nariño.
POVERTY IN COLUMBIA
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