Helping to end poverty in Peru

A short video originally prepared by ADRA-UK and authorised for me to broadcast on youtube

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• Jeynes
• ADRA
• peru
• poverty
• middlesbrough
• adventist
• Christian
• charity

[thelonelyspanishboy]

well sir with all due respect my homeland needs work not a handout if one problem that permeates most third world countries is any is corruption and people who dont want to work so instead of giving us food and water give us a job help us stop being dependent on foreign aid NGO's sometimes damage countries economical assets people need to work hard first and worry about standards of living later thank you for the help but i would think those people would like to work instead

[Peteradvent]

Hi, I am glad that you are taking this seriously. Your point about simply providing aid is good. ADRA is largely in the business of Development (though it does aid very well. Have a look at the video response on 'The Dry Zone'

[thelonelyspanishboy]

the poverty has been reduced to 36 percent i have no idea where you get your statistics from

[Peteradvent]

Hi, the statistics come from ADRA sources. Even if ONLY 36% that means that something needs to be done to help in Peru - and so many other people in so many other countries. That is where ADRA and organisations like it comes in.

[Peteradvent]

The figure of 50% is now recognised as wrong - the video is a few years old. The reduction MAY reflect the work of NGO's in the country. A quote from ADRA in April 2010 is this, Almost half the population is poor, significantly higher in the rural areas, and 20 percent are classed as extremely poor. In the urban areas poverty is the most unequal. More than 39 percent of the total population and two thirds of the rural population in Peru live below the poverty line."

[Peteradvent]

God bless you - and I hope your journey back to Peru this year is really enjoyable

[greenbaycity]

@thelonelyspanishboy Less than 30% now

[Hellena44]

regardless of the info's accuracy, 36% is still a large number worth addressing. I am also Peruvian, it's undeniable that poverty exists, and i'm glad that community development initiatives are taking place. Most of us shouldn't be in a position of judgment unless we are engaged in ending poverty ourselves. Let's not devalue their work or label it as colonial imposition. How many people in the 1st world take action like this group does and care what happens to the rest of the world?

[cacotonzo]

this video is such a lie. i am from peru and we do not have 50% extreme poverty. We are a very poor country but however, now in 2009 Peru has a poverty rate of about 36%, where in that 13% is extremely poor.

I am very proud to be a Peruvian and I hope that the best happens to it.

[jimenasa]

I thankyou, and I hope God guides and bless you too. I hope you also have the opportunity to go to Peru :)x