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According to the United Nations Development Programme, "while the number of people living in extreme poverty dropped by more than half between 1990 and 2015–from 1.9 billion to 836 million–too many are still struggling for the most basic human needs." More than 800 million people are living on less that $1.25 per day, making poverty the leading cause of family disruption. 

And poverty, as we know, trickles down into every other facet of life. When your bank account runs dry, everything else suffers . . . food choices, medical care, educational opportunities, etc. More than 90 million children under the age of five are dangerously underweight, while 25% of people across the continent of Africa continue to go hungry (UNDP). Each day, 16,000 children die from preventable diseases like measles and tuberculosis, while hundreds of women die daily during pregnancy or from child-birth related complications (UNDP). As of 2014, 795 million people worldwide are considered chronically underweight (UNDP). It's difficult to overemphasize the toll that poverty takes on families.

Beyond the physical affects that we can see, poverty impacts the mental and spiritual well being of individuals. Peter Greer, CEO of Hope International, asked a group of Rwandan women living on less than $2 a day, "How do you define poverty?" These were the top five answers he received:

1)Poverty is an empty heart

2)Poverty is not knowing your abilities or strengths

3)Poverty is not being able to make progress

4)Poverty is isolation

5)Poverty is no hope or belief in yourself