"Approximately one-fifth of the worlds population, over one billion people, earns less than one dollar a day" . Living in today's society, as unpalatable as it may be, it is succinct that homelessness, hunger, lack of work, and illiteracy are direct effects of destituity among people today. As a result, this causes people to struggle throughout their lives. Nectar in a Sieve, a compelling story about a destitute family by Kamala Markandaya, illustrates powerful examples of …showed first 75 words of 1927 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1927 total…everything, it's obvious that somewhere in the cradle of humanity, there is someone that is worse off than you are. Children starving, cold on the streets, parents without work. Although hard to imagine, it is true. Homelessness, hunger, lack of work and illiteracy are all just tiny fish in a great lake of problems of poverty in the world today. Jump in and try to help one out. It is simple a matter of will.