Poverty
My dad grew up in a home that did not have a bathroom. He went to the doctor when he was 18 because he had a cyst on his spine. He had it removed and the doctor had told him to soak in the bath tub. He told the doctor that he did not have a bath tub or bathroom. His dad was told by the doctor that he had to have a bathroom in the house. They ended up having someone to build a bathroom in the house. My dad said that they would wash with using water used from the well. They had to heat the water on their wood stove in the kitchen. Later, they got a hot water heater and had water from the sink. They used a wood stove to cook their food as well.
Africa
The area of Africa is impacted by poverty, war, hunger, disease. The site I looked at mentioned that the disease there was Aids, Malaria, Cholera. Kids are used in war and receive no education. They are also sold as slaves. The poverty in Africa has been helped by china cutting poverty and thereby helping other places like Africa cut poverty. The site also mentioned that receiving aid in a non loan format from the government would help with the poverty.
References:
World Poverty. Poverty in Africa, famine and disease. Retrieved from http://world-poverty.org/povertyinafrica.htm
Wow....I could not imaging having to do so much to just take a bath. Makes me a little more grateful on this cold morning for my indoor bathroom. I also could not imagine being a parent in that situation and wondering if not having a bathroom, which was common in that era, could have been the cause of this or something worse.
ReplyDeletePoverty comes in so many different forms and levels. Once rich for one can be poverty for another. Poverty is a hard stressor to control because it has the potential to develop other stressors, like malnutrition, disease, and famine.