Definitely the cycle of poverty, health and underdevelopment affects the quality of life globally in many ways, almost all negative. I think most of us agree on this.
But what are the solutions??? In the video we see, there are extreme poverty and hunger around the world. I mean it's not just the third world countries, even here in the inner cities, we have families worry about the next meal. When a human body is deprived of necessary nutrients, how can this being think anything beyond the empty stomach. The political dictators can take the advantage by keeping their subjects at the edge of hunger. There won't be any improvement for political or social networks since this type of control is a life and death issue. And the video clip also shows the women covered by white robes all over their bodies, the outside information can not penetrate their mind. The essential education is missing for these females. With an uneducated female population, we will have under-educated mothers. The ignorance pass down from one generation to another. Most likely in many parts of the third world, females need to depend on their spouses or families for basic survival. No economic power is granted toward half of the population because of their gender. The social infrastructures have little hope of being built if the cycle of war, hunger and deadly disease persist in that region. In this video, it does not mention wars. I think the civil war or regional war has aggregated the already bad situation. To breakaway from this kind of vicious cycle is no easy task. These countries need courageous and moral leadership and the awareness from the general public. They may also need the assistance from the more affluent countries. But these days, lots of industrialized nations are facing the recession problems domestically. They need first to help themselves to restore the prosperity then they are able to assist others. If the global economy is in the downturn cycle, developed or underdeveloped alike are going to suffer though the degree of suffering might be drastically different. When we talk about health, we need to be able feed and provide the clean water and sewage system to all around the world. On top of it, the political stability is also playing a crucial role. Every factor in intertwined and we can't say one element is more important than the other. Certainly a large sick population left untreated compound by poverty can not sustain a functional government. Chaos, despair and anger would be rampant. Aside from this, the environmental sustainability is in serious condition. Our planet earth has been contaminated or mismanaged by the human species. The love of our planet earth and the wisdom to manage our resources might be the very first step toward any improvement. This awareness has to be universally acknowledged developed as well as underdeveloped nations. Just a handful of nations care about the environment is not going to sustain our future. This is a global issue and every country which existed in this planet must be part of this cooperative network. Fragmentation, selfishness or ignorance would lead to the human extinction if we fail to sustain our habitation. No easy answers, but we need to focus on possible solutions otherwise we risk to cease to thrive on the only planet we know-the EARTH.
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