What do you think is currently being done about poverty in the United States and Globally?

After reading session 5, my initial opinon about this question has significally changed. I did not know that there was programs that the Nation as a whole was implementing to reduce the rate of poverty. After reading about the UN Millennium Project (http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/) I learned that in 2000 the United
Nations Secretary developed a plan entitled the "UN Milliennium Project" which should minimuize the rate of indiviuduals across the world in EXTREME poverty. A gathering of world leaders committed their nation to have a new global partnership with other nations so that they could achieve universal education, promote gender equality, improve health, fight diseases and ensure environmental sustaianbility.

How are they going to achieve these goals?

By creating Millenium villages which will allow individuals in extreme poverty to work and get educated while living in these villages. Japan has supported giving over $50 billion a year to Africa (our biggest counrty in poverty) , while the remainder nations are receiving half the amount. The money received will be invested into health care, food production, clean water and infastructure into the villages. Already in Kenya the results has been remarkable. Within 2 years of having a village created, the villagers were able to develop crop, not only for consumption but for production as well. The were able to sell their produce to local markets creating revenue for themselves while feeding their families at the same time.

Do I believe this will work? Absouletly, but what will happen when the village starts to fall into economic depression? When one individual fail the rest will fail because they all depend on each other to make their village run smoothly. What happens if the nations stop helping with grants for these villages. Will the villages eventually run into extreme poverty?