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=Poverty Group= By: Jesse,Jocelin, and See Yoon

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Our group is focusing on poverty in Uganda and what organizations are doing to help with this problem. Even though 80% of the country's population are involved in agriculture, 37 % of its people still lives in poverty. Although Uganda has enough food to feed its citizens, their food accessibility and utilization are big issues. The main causes of Uganda’s food poverty are basically because of their lack of money and technology. Uganda's lack of money limits the expansion and output of their agriculture. Their farmers also feel that satisfying their own family needs is more important than making a profit, and very few wanted to invest in new technologies to prevent pests. Farmers in Uganda are scattered around the country in distant locations with limited money and technology. People have little access to transportations and roads, which means delivering products to other parts of the country is a problem. Without the introduction of pesticides, Ugandan farmers only uses the traditional methods of farming. Therefore, many harvests are lost each year because of pest diseases. Organizations such as the The Food Project, United Nations and UNICEF are working towards reducing poverty in Uganda right now by creating programs such as "Education For Food" and "Food for Work" that provides both children and adults for food in exchange for education and work. Poverty is passed down from one generation to the next. Parents living in poverty would often give birth to underweight babies. As each generation grew weaker, their chances of getting themselves out of their poverty became slimmer. If people don't do something to help them right now, things will get even worse in the future. "We can make a difference."======