written response

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The Non-government organization that I chose “care” is trying to develop the idea that the most effective way to end poverty in the poorest countries is to empower women.

Non-government organizations vary in deferent ways. Most of them have the goals to help with the millennium development goals. Care is one of those Non-governments that help out with the millennium development goals. Care works in more than 70 countries and their main focus is on women and girls. Care believes that the most effective way to end poverty in the poorest countries is to empower women.

If the women or girls are empowered, then the entire family will begin to prosper. Women are the one who are mostly affected by poverty. So if the women are empowered that means the whole family will not be affected. Women are the one who always cook, clean; take care of children and etc. so if the women are empowered they will have the knowledge of how to cook health food, how to give the proper education to their children and how to have proper sanitation. Most of the women that got empowered are living free of poverty and passing that knowledge to their children.

Most other economies suffer because women are not empowered. If men are the only ones who have to give ideas, then most of the potential from women is wasted or lost. Other women might have great ideas on how they can improve their economy and if they are not empowered they will not be able to share those ideas with everybody. The potential that’s lost end up making women think that they are not as good as men, affecting the whole family. As a result the economy suffers from lack of enough ideas.

With enough education, women have the power to change their world. Every time a girl is educated that means that, her children are also educated. In the future, with enough education a girl will be able to a give birth to a healthy child and pass the same knowledge to her children. Families in developing countries that do not experience poverty are families with empowered women who have good education. Every time a girl goes to school her future income adds up to 20%. As a result women have the power to change their world.

Therefore Care’s idea of empowering women to end poverty is the most effective one. Care also needs people’s help to them empower women. This idea also solves the goal of gender equality, universal education, poverty, child mortality, HIV AIDS and many more. I suggest that many other non-government organizations use the same idea as Care.