What is poverty?

Poverty means not having enough things to live comfortably, like food, clothes, or a safe place to sleep.

Imagine you have a piggy bank with just a few coins in it. Every day, you need to buy snacks for lunch and maybe some crayons for drawing. But if your piggy bank is almost empty, and you need to save up for weeks just to get a new pair of shoes, that’s like being in poverty.

If you’re in poverty, it’s hard to plan ahead. You might worry about whether you’ll have food tomorrow or if your family will be able to pay the rent. It's like having only one toy to play with, and sometimes even that breaks.

Sometimes people get out of poverty by working more, learning new skills, or getting help from friends or neighbors. It’s a little like when you save up your coins in the piggy bank so you can buy something bigger, like a cool new game or a better backpack for school.

Poverty isn’t about being lazy, it’s about not having enough to start with. Poverty means not having enough things to live comfortably, like food, clothes, or a safe place to sleep.

Imagine you have a piggy bank with just a few coins in it. Every day, you need to buy snacks for lunch and maybe some crayons for drawing. But if your piggy bank is almost empty, and you need to save up for weeks just to get a new pair of shoes, that’s like being in poverty.