Rural households are the most heavily burdened by the consequences of poverty and hunger. In addition to causing hunger, poverty limits a rural community’s ability to invest in its own development. Often, rural girls living in poverty will be kept out of school to save money. This contributes to the disparity in the education of rural and urban girls. Studies have shown that lack of general education leads to higher adolescent birth rates; births that in turn over-burden an already economically strained community, perpetuating a cycle of gender inequality, poverty and hunger (The Hunger Project, 2019).
Their approach for this project is to Boost women’s economic impact to the economy, Help implement Microfinance programs, introduce income-generating activities, facilitate self-reliant food banks, and Provide agricultural support. And all these approach all leads to one thing, boosting the countries or the places economy, which can at the end, eradicate poverty slowly (The Hunger Project, 2019).
The Hunger Project takes a holistic approach to hunger, which means addressing its root causes, including poverty. In this project, they build the capacity of women and men to move beyond poverty, training them in skills, methods, knowledge and leadership needed to take self-reliant actions so they can meet their own basic needs, improve their communities and build better futures for themselves and their children (The Hunger project, 2019).
(www.thp.org/issues/poverty/)