I Live In Poverty

Maybe to show how poverty was and will be in the future.With humor, but certainly interesting.http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html

poverty cannot be measured in this country or any first world country for that matter ... we cannot plead poverty if we measure ourselves by those of the human population who truly have nothing and really have to face the reality to...

I am 39 years old now.  I still fight the "black dog" frequently.  My kids are 10 and 11 and I am "unschooling" them now since they were so miserable at the public school they were going to.  I try to...

The most frustrating thing about poverty is the lack of resources. Most things cost money. If you're poor it means you don't have the money to purchase resources. In a lotta cases the very resources that might enable you to get out of...

I battled severe recurrent depression throughout college.  I went to three different universities and a junior college before I finally graduated with a bachelor's in Elementary Education.  I couldn't handle classroom teaching...

Wow!  I am looking back on my original stories and I can tell I was depressed when I wrote them.  Fortunately, I am feeling a lot better these days.  My doctor has added a new antidepressant to the ones I am already...

Why do I live so far below poverty line? Not a whinge, I do promise. But, this is a story of coping and acceptance.
At first, I would whinge about the situation I was in. I had wanted to be a doctor every since I was a small...

I live about 2 grand below the poverty level... I do everything I can to try to save money and spend the least amount possible. I have the cheapest car insurance (liability only) and I have the lowest cell phone plan for now. The...

I'm hungry. There isn't anything left in the cupboard. My cellphone has been disconnected. I've run out of quarters.

The internet I'm using is the neighbour's. I still have power. Maybe not for much longer.

I'm hungry and I feel weak...

In 2004 i was arrested and imprisoned for 5yrs for breaking someone arm in a fight,since i was released in 2007 i have found it impossible to find work, no one wants to employ someone who has a criminal record especially when there is a...

I used to live on $320 a month most months. I am in Canada and 2 new services from the government have opened since my last story.

One service, I will get an ADDITIONAL $222 from and a second service, I may get around $200 or so...

i am near 40 and have nothing .. no home of my own
no job no income or business
i have no friends
i cant get a bank loan I can't get a credit card either... I really needed my course to pay off with a job and I blame Kelly College and...

Poverty Has had a huge influence on my life and still is because I am still living in Poverty, do you really want to know what true poverty is?
Well here you go, I dont have a dad And I dont even want to go in to that sort of detail...

I came from a simple family in the province of Surigao Del Norte. My mother is a housewife while my father is a farmer. I have 8 siblings, 5 sisters and 2 brothers. My parents’ income is just enough to support our daily needs. Farming...

Both I & my mother live well below the poverty level. I am working to change this fact, but as of now, & probably for a great while longer, it's the truth. Money was something we just never had much of as a child. My mother has always...

every thing is poo it is sad people dont have money and rich people dont do anything help save poor people in great danger and poverty

I remember my childhood being basically happy until I was about 10.  Although my parents were both professionals who made good money, by that time all three of my sisters were in college and my older brother had been in the...

I don't know what defines poverty but I think that defines myself and my family. I live in a two bedroom home that my cousin is letting us rent because they could no longer afford the payments and were going to let it go back to the...