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Poverty over
Theme: Poverty eradication
Country: Afghanistan, Brazil, Mali

Workshop outline for students aged 16 and over to improve understanding of poverty, its causes, effects and what can be done to tackle it.

Why, in a world of plenty, are so people many living in desperate poverty from around the globe? What does poverty mean for people - and what causes it? This hour-long interactive session is packed with useful information to help students understand what poverty means - and what might be done to eradicate it.

By the end of this session, students will have engaged with the different approaches to defining global poverty and will have engaged with some of the solutions that could bring about a world free from poverty.

Age: 16+ / Sixth form
Subject areas: Geography, RE