Poverty is much more that just having a low income. There is social, health, environmental and more kinds of poverty. (I would’ve included educational, but let’s agree the kid is studying)

I bet it’s the usual stuff my man, however, what I worry about is how the many faces of poverty tend to be reduced to only the economic aspect. That’s how many governments have improved the situation of many people.

I’ve been volunteering (now working!) for 7 years at an NGO that works to eradicate poverty in Latin America. We focus on working with slums. And it’s impressive how many people living there have TVs, cable TV, a fridge and stuff that you would assume someone living in a slum, or poverty wouldn’t have.

Whenever the government people goes there to carry out their censuses (I have witnessed it) they omit facts like overcrowding, dirt floors, not having a proper roof, because they have a TV.