Table of Content: Poverty

Table of Content
POVERTY
Activity 1 …………..………………………………… Page

Activity 2 …………………………………………….. Page
Activity 1
1.1 Poverty
Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and
shelter
1.2 Generational Poverty

Rural Poverty
1.3 Unemployment
Lack of Basic Education
Lack of government support
Lack of food and water
1.4 Health, Illness, and Medical Care

The poor are also more likely to have many kinds of health problems, including infant mortality,
earlier adulthood mortality, and mental illness, and they are also more likely to receive
inadequate medical care.
Family Problems
The poor are at greater risk for family problems, including divorce and domestic violence.
Housing and Homelessness

The poor are, not surprisingly, more likely to be homeless than the nonpoor but also more likely
to live in dilapidated housing and unable to buy their own homes.
Education
Poor children typically go to rundown schools with inadequate facilities where they receive
inadequate schooling.
Crime and Victimization

The deep frustration and stress of living in poverty and the fact that many poor people live in
high-crime neighborhood.
Unemployment
The personal and social costs of unemployment include severe financial hardship and poverty
1.5 Social Responsibility

When an individual or group takes responsibility to protect society and the environment, this
can work against social problems.
Ubuntu
Applying ubuntu principles in a community can help fight social challenges such as helping your
neighbour in times of need, respect and dignity it is hard for individuals in a society to hurt the
people they respect.
Social Activism
They build connections among groups and communities and disseminate information on
specific issues to create awareness and influence social change.
1.5 Health care, food, water and social security

Everyone has the right to have access to health care services, including reproductive health care
sufficient food and water and social security, including, if they are unable to support themselves
and their dependants, appropriate social assistance.
Education
Everyone has the righ to a basic education, including adult basic education and to further
education, which the state, through reasonable measures, must make progressively available
and accessible
1.6 The government programme aims to deal with the root causes of poverty in our country.
Programmes that will lessen poverty in the long term including education and capacity
development, land redistribution, promoting economic development and job creation, building
houses, providing water, sanitation and electricity, and building schools and clinics. Job creation,
improving conditions of employment and creating opportunities for all to sustain themselves
through productive activity. Unemployment. the government can be rolling out a food support
programme for impoverished families. It targets very poor families, pensioners, child-headed
homes and homes where breadwinners are ill. The Department of Social Development can
coordinate this programme and it includes food parcels as well as food growing starter packers.
Activity 2
2.1 Lesedi La Batho Community Centre
Mabopane Unit B, Mabopane, 0190
084 6010623
2.2 The team of experienced community care workers provide home-based care for community
members who are infected with HIV/Aids and TB.
The Gender Based Violence Support Group offers counseling sessions, social relief services, and
helpful referrals to various stakeholders for women (and men) suffering from or affected by
gender based violence.
2.3 Our Vision
Making South Africa a beacon of hope by providing our youth and community with the
opportunities and skills to realize their full potential and purpose. Ensuring members of our
society become empowered to make a difference.
Our Mission
Lesedi la Batho is a Christian faith-based non-governmental organisation that seeks to inspire,

empower, motivate, engage and equip the youth and the community at large through sport,
education, skills training and social enterprise development, community wellness and arts &
culture.
2.4 Started as a project under SA Cares for Life in 2004 and graduated into an independent NGO in
2011. To uplifting the unemployed youth and vulnerable women in the underserved
community.
2.5 The greatest challenge for Lesedi La Batho is, like many other organisations, the lack of access to
operational funding. Many donors are euphoric to fund measurable projects and the supplies
they need, but very few are willing to support the salaries of the human workforce required to
enable such projects.
2.6 They Accept donations such as money, food parcels and material donations.
Cash donations from companies and other organizations that want to help.
2.7
2.8 Skill Training -Every year, we conduct more than 1200 skills training courses to motivate and
equip community members to become confident, purposeful and financially independent .
Job Placement - Our Information & Referral and Job Placement departments provide information to
our beneficiaries regarding career guidance, job vacancies, learnerships, internships and bursaries,
with the vision to reduce unemployment in our area
Social Enterprise Development - Through our Social Enterprise Development initiatives, we

strive to be a catalyst for social entrepreneurship in Mabopane.
2.9 At Lesedi la Batho, we love working with volunteers! By bringing fresh perspectives, ideas
and skill sets into our organisation, we can expand and strengthen our impact for the
community. We believe in mutually beneficial volunteering - its not only about what a
volunteer contributes, it’s also about what you gain and learn, so we’re excited to welcome
you to the family.
2.10 There are not many activities for the youth there are mostly based on adults.
There is not a lot of youth in the organization so the youth can find it hard for them to relate
to them.
3. You can share your skills that you learned from them and teach others in your community.
Raising awareness on women abuse and child abuse.
Helping people in need.
4. Bibliography
Activity 1
10 Common Root Causes of Poverty
https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/root-causes-of-poverty/
The Consequences of Poverty

https://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/chapter/2-4-the-consequences-of-poverty/
Bill of Rights
https://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/constitution/chp02.html
https://www.etu.org.za/toolbox/docs/government/grants.html#:~:text=Programmes%20that
%20will%20lessen%20poverty,and%20building%20schools%20and%20clinics.
Activity 2
http://www.lesedilabatho.co.za/community-support.html
http://www.lesedilabatho.co.za/#:~:text=our%20MISSION&text=Lesedi%20la%20Batho%20is
%20a,community%20wellness%20and%20arts%20%26%20culture.
http://www.lesedilabatho.co.za/
https://www.npos.phambano.org.za/south-africa/lesedi-la-batho/
http://www.lesedilabatho.co.za/volunteers.html
Siyabonga Dlamini
Grade: 10(2)
Life orientation
Vaal High School
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Activity 1 …………..………………………………… Page

1.2 Generational Poverty

1.4 Health, Illness, and Medical Care

Housing and Homelessness

Crime and Victimization

1.5 Social Responsibility

1.5 Health care, food, water and social security

2.1 Lesedi La Batho Community Centre

Mabopane Unit B, Mabopane, 0190

2.3 Our Vision

Lesedi la Batho is a Christian faith-based non-governmental organisation that seeks to inspire,

Social Enterprise Development - Through our Social Enterprise Development initiatives, we

The Consequences of Poverty

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