PROGRAM AGAINST AFRICANS POVERTY
While
global poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 2000, one in
ten people in developing regions still lives on less than US$ 1.90 a
day - the internationally agreed poverty line, and millions of others
live on slightly more than this daily amount. Significant progress has
been made in many countries within Eastern and Southeastern Asia, but up
to 42 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to
live below the poverty line.
What is Poverty?
Poverty
entails more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure
sustainable livelihoods. Its manifestations include hunger and
malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services,
social discrimination and exclusion, as well as the lack of
participation in decision-making. In 2015, more than 736 million people
lived below the international poverty line. Around 10 per cent of the
world population is living in extreme poverty and struggling to fulfil
the most basic needs like health, education, and access to water and
sanitation, to name a few. There are 122 women aged 25 to 34 living in
poverty for every 100 men of the same age group, and more than 160
million children are at risk of continuing to live in extreme poverty by
2030.
Poverty facts and figures- 736 million people lived below the international poverty line of US$ 1.90 a day in 2015.
- In 2018, almost 8 per cent of the world’s workers and their families lived on less than US$1.90 per person per day.
- Most people living below the poverty line belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
- High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries.
- As of 2018, 55 per cent of the world’s population have no access to at least one social protection cash benefit.
Poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals
The SDGs’ main reference to combatting poverty is made in target 1.A:
“Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of
sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to
provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in
particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and
policies to end poverty in all its dimensions.”
The SDGs also aim
to create sound policy frameworks at national and regional levels,
based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies to ensure
that by 2030 all men and women have equal rights to economic resources,
as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and
other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate
new technology and financial services, including microfinance.
Measuring Poverty
There
has been marked progress in reducing poverty over the past decades.
According to the most recent estimates, in 2015, 10 per cent of the
world’s population lived at or below $1.90 a day. That’s down from 16
per cent in 2010 and 36 per cent in 1990. This means that ending extreme
poverty is within our reach. However, the decline has slowed. In April
2013, the World Bank set a new goal to end extreme poverty in a
generation. The new target is to have no more than 3 per cent of the
world’s population living on just $1.90 a day by 2030. By measuring
poverty we learn which poverty reduction strategies work, and which ones
do not. Poverty measurement also helps developing countries gauge
program effectiveness and guide their development strategy in a rapidly
changing economic environment.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development promises to leave no one
behind and to reach those furthest behind first. Meeting this ambitious
development agenda requires visionary policies for sustainable,
inclusive, sustained and equitable economic growth, supported by full
employment and decent work for all, social integration, declining
inequality, rising productivity and a favorable environment. In the 2030
Agenda, Goal 1 recognizes that ending poverty in all its forms
everywhere is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and
an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. While
progress in eradicating extreme poverty has been incremental and
widespread, the persistence of poverty, including extreme poverty
remains a major concern in Africa, the least developed countries, small
island developing States, in some middle-income countries, and countries
in situations of conflict and post-conflict countries. In light of
these concerns, the General Assembly, at its seventy-second session,
decided to proclaim the “Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027).”The objective of the Third Decade is to maintain the momentum generated by the implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(2008-2017) towards poverty eradication. Further, the 3rd Decade is
also expected to support, in an efficient and coordinated manner, the
internationally agreed development goals related to poverty eradication,
including the Sustainable Development Goals.
Department of Economic and Social Affars
In 1995, the World Summit for Social Development
held in Copenhagen, identified three core issues: poverty eradication,
employment generation and social integration, in contributing to the
creation of an international community that enables the building of
secure, just, free and harmonious societies offering opportunities and
higher standards of living for all.
International Day for the Eradiacation of Poverty
The
observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty can
be traced back to 17 October 1987. On that day, over a hundred thousand
people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris, where the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, to honour the victims of
extreme poverty, violence and hunger. They proclaimed that poverty is a
violation of human rights and affirmed the need to come together to
ensure that these rights are respected. These convictions are inscribed
on a commemorative stone unveiled that day. Since then, people of all
backgrounds, beliefs and social origins have gathered every year on
October 17th to renew their commitment and show their solidarity with
the poor.
PROBLEM
POVERTY IN AFRICA AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
Poverty in Africa is
a complex, multi-faceted problem characterized by high rates of extreme
poverty, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, driven by factors like political
instability, uneven resource distribution, climate change, and high youth
unemployment. Although the continent has potential, economic growth has not
kept pace with population growth, leading to an increasing number of people in
extreme poverty, with children often bearing the most severe consequences of
hunger, malnutrition, and lack of access to education and healthcare.
SCALE
OF THE PROBLEM
Prevalence:
Africa, especially
sub-Saharan Africa, contains the world's largest share of people living in
extreme poverty.
Increasing Numbers:
While global extreme
poverty has fallen, the number of people living in extreme poverty in
sub-Saharan Africa has increased significantly in recent decades.
Hunger:
The continent is also
experiencing a worsening food crisis, with millions at risk of increased hunger
due to conflicts, climate change, and economic downturns.
Key Contributing
Factors
Political Instability:
Conflicts and
political instability destabilize economies, destroy infrastructure, and hinder
investment and growth.
Economic Stagnation:
High fertility rates
mean economic growth translates into smaller increases in per capita income,
and a high number of young people enter the workforce with too few jobs
available.
Climate Change:
Climate variability
and extremes worsen food insecurity and affect agricultural output, which is
crucial for many economies.
Uneven Resource Distribution:
Natural and government
resources are not always evenly distributed, contributing to the poverty
problem.
COVID-19 Impact:
The pandemic reversed
some of the progress made in reducing poverty and worsened food security. Consequences and Impacts
Children at Risk:
Children are
particularly vulnerable, facing threats to their survival and access to
essential needs like food, healthcare, and education.
Malnutrition:
Chronic malnutrition
affects a significant portion of children under five in sub-Saharan Africa.
Lack of Basic Necessities:
Many people in Africa
lack basic necessities for survival.
POTENTIAL
SOLUTIONS
Agricultural Revolution:
Boosting agricultural
productivity could lift millions out of poverty.
International Aid and Investment:
Targeted aid and
investment can provide the care, tools, and opportunities needed to break the
cycle of poverty.
Addressing Root Causes:
Addressing political
instability, improving governance, and adapting to climate change are essential
for long-term poverty reduction.
For
accelerating take action on measure to implementig these USAfricaGov Program Against African
Poverty; Today the Federal Government of the United States of Africa is have an
Program Auto - Assistance.
PROGRAM AUTO - ASSISTANCE
Description of the program
The
Auto - Assistance Program of the Government of the United States of
Africa is financing a many African development projects in the everyone
State region of the African Continent;
The socials and economics
development projects that the communities concerned can perpetuate are
taken into consideration.
Our preference will go to projects from which a
large numbers in the African Continent will benefit. Project activities
should be Self-Sufficient capable of being implemented quickly and
having a rapid impact. Projects which only concern construction will not
be considered.
All projects from all African States in the African
Continent will be welcome.
This Auto - Assistance Program of the
Government of the United States of Africa is used to support accelerated
on moments of need for accelerating take action on measure to implementing the USAfricaGov Program
Against African Poverty.
Intelligibility and restrictions
Grant
applications are accepted between June 1st and December 31st of each
year, but please note that funds awarded will only be available around
June / July of the following year. A Selection Committee meets in April
to decide on the allocation of the available funds. Only applications
having completed the attached form will be considered.The amount
requested should be between 35,000 and 40,000 US Dollars. All projects
require a substantial contribution of money and / or labor and / or
materials from the group or community concerned. All funded project must
be completed within one year from signing of Individual Activity
Agreement around June / July.Please read the Instruction carefully.
Selection procedure
1- The community submits the duly completed application and provides additional documents
2-
Once the selection is completed, the managers of the selected projects
will be contacted towards the end of April If you do not receive any
calls your project has not been selected
3- A signing ceremony will be held around the month of June / July.
4- Once signed the project can start.
Project proposals should be sent to:
Federal Government of the United States of Africa
USAfricaGov Program Against Poverty
Email: usafrica.gov@gmail.com
Phone: +261340261111
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