As part of the Poverty eradication plan of the Region, we had a discussion this morning. I couldn't be part of it full time but for the first hour that I could be present, it was interesting to note what Palli brought our attention to. Namely, that eradicating poverty is never a direct approach. Tackling poverty headlong is going to take us nowhere except into desperation and discouragement. There is no magical formula to drive out poverty. All we can do, and do so wisely, is to link processes that will eventually drive out poverty.
Listening to him I was imagining the death pit where riders spiral and the only way they can get out of it is to spiral out, rather than attempt a steep climb. That's exactly how needs to work out of the death trap of poverty.
Very many confreres feel, the only sensible way to rid the society of poverty is to distribute money! And they are convinced of it! The former method is the only viable, but a long shot. For example, the governments scheme of scholarships to students. Now that's one way of tackling poverty, indirectly. By offering incentives to young people to study, they are offering a possibility to the young of gaining education, basing on which they can get a decent job and earn for themselves. A dignified self-made person, living off his own livelihood, based on his hard work, with a bit of support from the government.
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