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 ** Title ** Poverty will it ever end in south America? by Ricardo Torres Why is their poverty in the world? I know that in south America their is a lot of poverty. In Ecuador there is especially a lot of poverty. I know there is a lot of poverty because of my own experiences in Ecuador. Being born in Ecuador i know that poverty affects kids a lot because when kids are poor they cannot get jobs and therefore have to beg for money. It is heart breaking seeing a four year old beg for your sandwich or having a pre-teen begging for money at your car window. poverty rates increase in many places i am disgusted by all this poverty and how governments don't help as much as possible.
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

Ecuador is a poor country filled with many inhabitants without money. Especially in places like Ecuador money is hard to get as even 8 year olds have to learn to work and beg. Many people never get past there teen years because of lack of needed nutrition and those who are lucky have okay jobs in the future but this couod be changed. People do not have to live in poverty but it exists and sometimes people are born poor with nothing they could have done to stop this. Sometimes it's someones fault sometimes it's the worlds fault. I would like to know how this happens and how this leads to drug dealing.
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **

My research has begun and so has my journey to find out a lot about he immense poverty throughout the world primarily in South America. During some of my research my teacher suggested i find a website which helped me specify my search. Throughout my search I was baffled by the numbers of people that live trough poverty everyday. I plan to contact an old friend from a poverty fighting agency in Ecuador "//Para que todos vivan una vida completa"// is their motto. By contacting him i hope to find out the struggles poor people in Ecuador and South America. I have also read a few articles on some web pages on how farming could save poor families in the mountain parts of Ecuador. Raising animals also help the citizens of Ecuador but this only helps families that live on farms. For families in cities life is full of labor and sometimes kids are forced to beg for every meal of the day. I found many websites that have statistics like encyclopedia of the nations and CARE i am powerful. By looking at these statistics i hope to have more info for my game.
 * Part III--The Search **

I have been searching for more websites and articles hoping to find more info for my isearch with no prevail. Everything i find about poverty in Ecuador is useless as they mention only statistics. I did find another interesting website called United nations though and i am hoping to use this as a part of my game in the future. This site will help me understand more about farm poverty and all parts of Ecuadorian economy. I still have not found my interviewee but i hope to contact him as soon as possible. In the mean time although i cannot interview an expert i will include a short interview with my native gand parents from ecuador. ( This interview is in spanish words will be traduced)

After i talked to my grandma i saw that natives know what goes on in their own countries. I plan to conduct an interview with an expert though so i an get specific information. In the near future i will have enough info for the whole world to realize how much poverty their is in Ecuador.I soon hope to be able to contact my interviewee. I also wish to find a good solid book on south american poverty. Hopefully my local library has what i need (fingers crossed!). At last i was able to contact my expert i will soon have an email chat with him and get some cool statistics. My expert is busy with some work so i can't get the interview until June. At least i have contacted him and been able to learn his name though..... Part IV--What I Learned ** // I learned many things throughout my search but i most definitely hated learning that kids live in dumpsters and search through the trash for specks of food like leftover food thrown away or pizza crusts after weekly Friday pizza.// I hate that adults and kids alike live in these conditions and that sometimes these people live like this through no fault of their own. It is heart-breaking after my mom told me that you could not eat a hot dog or sandwich in Ecuadorian streets without a child begging for a bite. As an investigator I learned that there is more to going on Google and typing in a question. You have to interact with people and there own experiences and ask any one you think might know something about your topic instead of using (sometimes) unreliable sources. Sometimes experiences can make reports or collecting info like this more fun for people.

Encyclopedia of the nations,. "Ecuador poverty and wealth ." //Ecuador poverty and wealth, information on povery and wealth in ecuador//. Encyclopedia of the nations, 2007-2009. Web. 22 Apr 2010. .

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United Nations Development programme,. "Raising animals to reduce poverty and hunger in Ecuador."United Nations Development Programme. United Nations Development program, 2006. Web. 25 May 2010. .======

Care I am powerful,. "Ecuador country profile." //Care I am powerful//. Care, 2008-2009. Web. 26 May 2010. .