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| Alleviation of Poverty: Is a multi-pronged approach the way forward |
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A lot has been said about the issues regarding poverty. As one of the Millennium Development Goals, where the world vowed to come together to finish poverty by 2015, it has become one of the most thorny issue especially in the third world countries. If we could ask ourselves one question, "How can we ensure that everybody is uplifted from less than 70 dollars a day with the little resources that we have?".
A lot has been done including confronting our governments to do something towards these goal but nothing forthwith has come through. Therefore, another question begs for an answer,"should we not use a multipronged approach whereby even as we urge our governments to assist, we also encourage the poor to start with the little they have to uplift their standards?". At first, this could be a tricky idea. But let us look at it this way. If for example we try to encourage small scale production and incorporate it to large scale production by helping those who have entrepreneurial skills and objectives, would we not have created an opportunity for that small scale entrepreneurs to improve on their lives and if possible that of others? This however is possible only if those involved are aware of the benefits of entrepreneurship. One of the club I belong to, "Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) Egerton University chapter" has embarked on a mission to make this possible. This is by creating awareness of business activities and opportunity to the locals communities surrounding Egerton University while emphasizing the need for good business ethics. This has led to some businessmen and women improving on their earnings on a daily basis ans in turn investing more and more on other ventures. It involves using our classwork skills to change the world.
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Erick Ochieng Otieno
I was a student from Egerton University. I pursued a course leading to a BSc in Applied Aquatic Sciences. I believe that through writing, one can relieve a lot from the heart. Inspiration came from hearing and reading. Whoever said that you have to be an old one to communicate issues of policies, did not consider that even a newborn communicates through its own way, "crying". I would like to communicate to the world all my thoughts; However minor they are, I believe they will go a great length to straighten or strengthen a policy or two somewhere and I shall have contributed to the well being of the world. How noble that is, it is for my worthy readers to let me know. So what do you think? Tell me anytime. Bye and have a nice reading.
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