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Real Humanitarian is a registered Canadian and US Charity working in Africa and Guatemala to benefit vulnerable children, their families and communities.

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Mark your calendars! 🥳

Our annual Hues for Humanity Color Run by Canadian Humanitarian is BACK in Fort McMurray and Medicine Hat!

➡️ Registration is NOW OPEN, LINK IN BIO!

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Announcing our new name!
When we began 20 years ago, we dreamt of changing lives in Ethiopia. And we have!

We are now a global organization, registered in 5 countries, and working with program partners in 2 others. To reflect our global focus we have chosen a global name.

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🏥 Support us by donating to “Fill a Need” on our website (Link in About Section).
During COVID, medical care is more important than ever. With this donation, you will be providing medical care for one student.

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What is a symptom of Poverty?

➡️ Health

One third of all deaths – 18 million per year or 50,000 per day – are due to poverty-related causes.

• 90% of all maternal deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Only 1% occur in all the developed world.

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• 212 million new cases of malaria per year, with half a million deaths, 90% in Africa.

• Mental health, problem solving, and cognitive function are all adversely affected by poverty.

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Are there any more factors that you can think of which contributes to the issue of poverty?
The comments are open for discussion👇

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Canadian Humanitarian believes it is essential to recognize all factors that cause poverty. With a strong understanding of these factors, we will be able to efficiently expend our resources to tackle this issue.

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Some factors that cause Poverty include:
• Unemployment
• Inflation
• Poor management of resources
• Poor Governance
• Under-Education
• Debt
• Corruption
• Extreme weather
• Mental illness
• Hunger
• Epidemic diseases
• Over-population

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We are calling on all individuals to give back to our global communities in this dire time, as our efforts will help heal the impact of COVID-19 on our communities.

Check out our website to donate and learn more about our organization! THANK YOU (Link in Bio)

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Are you surprised by these statistics? Let us know why in the comments!

🌎The World Bank data shows that the percentage of the world’s population living in Absolute poverty fell below 10% in 2015 for the first time.

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Sub-Saharan Africa is still living in Absolute poverty

‼️It is to be noted that the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed poverty reduction progress. About 120 million additional people are living in poverty as a result of the pandemic.

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This is a marked improvement from the 52.2% of the world’s population that lived in Absolute poverty in 1981.

💡Canadian Humanitarian will continue to concentrate our efforts in places of the world that require the most attention, as over one third of the population of…

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Thus, our programs are based in sub-saharan Africa, where over one third of the population are still living in Absolute Poverty.

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What is Absolute and Relative poverty, and why does it matter?

Relative poverty is used to mainly measure poverty rates in wealthy, developed countries. It has more to do with the inequality of opportunities as opposed to survival.

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We at the Canadian Humanitarian believe that Absolute Poverty needs to be addressed in combination with Relative Poverty in order to eliminate poverty as a whole.

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When looking at Absolute Poverty, it is known as extreme poverty or destitution. In economic terms, the poverty line was set to $1.90 USD per day in 2015.

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Some consider poverty to be a violation of basic human rights.

How have your experiences come to shape how you define the poverty? The comments are open for discussion!

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How do you define poverty?
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Traditionally, poverty is considered to be a lack of money or material goods. This is known as “Income Poverty”.

Today, many recognize that poverty is not only financial, but it includes social, political, and cultural aspects…

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We hope you all engage in this conversation and learn something insightful in the coming weeks! THANK YOU.

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Hello everyone! For the next few weeks we are launching our online series, “Poverty as a Disease”

In this post, see how our founder Dr. Northcott explains the symptoms and treatment of “Poverty as a Disease.”

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• Small group workshops led by SERniña
• Tutoring provided by Las Manos and Juntos Podemos
Gardening activities led by the Garden of Hope

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SERñina by #REALgirl program opens the Hato Community Center! 🎉

In collaboration with Together We Can Guatemala (Garden of Hope) and Las Manos de Christine, we have opened a small community center in the community of El Hato.