Blog #2 "200,000 Children Living in Poverty"

According The Press Association, more than 200,000 children in Ireland are living below the poverty line, while 500 vulnerable youngsters were recorded as homeless after the Census. Charities have demanded Government action after official figures revealed almost a fifth of households with children were struggling to survive below the breadline  and warned the rate would soar to 38% without family allowances. The article goes on to tell how the income of households with children also fell four times more than childless households between 2009 and 2010. Just like Dr Sean Healy the director of Social Justice Ireland, I absolutely agree with his words "It is crucial that government recognizes the scale of child poverty and take effective action to reduce it dramatically by focusing on cutting the number of households in poverty."

Without an effective action the poverty level will continue to reach pit bottom and who knows maybe one day it will reach a point of no return, in which the Ireland government will need to call for help from another country. These children are among the most vulnerable people in Ireland. They are inadequate to help themselves, unable to find dinner at night and not capable of finding a bed to sleep in at night. These children fall short of having what many American children take for granted. Nevertheless, even though some are getting helped by Social Welfare, poverty still continues. 200,000 is a lot of children crying from starvation, for a shower, clean clothes, or even for a home to call their own. This is an issue that needs to come to the attention, and an action immediately needs to take place before it is too late, and worse issues like death begins to rise. Perhaps this is a perfect issue for one of the high-visibility groups that are trying to focus international attention on this issue. Given it is a problem of extreme poverty.

 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/200-000-children-live-poverty-162559864.html