What is poverty? What is it like to be poor? How does it shape your life? The stories in these films look at what poverty is and why it’s a problem that has to be solved. The effects of poverty such as living conditions, lack of resources, and inadequate child care hinders children’s development from impoverished backgrounds.
The Bernard van Leer Foundation is pleased to be supporting Why Poverty Campaign that is all over the world this week, people are watching films and asking Why Poverty? We want you to be part of this campaign. Please watch the films we’ve selected that stresses the issues of poverty and young children.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
― Mahatma Gandhi
Solar Mamas
Are women better at getting out of poverty than men?
Rafea is the second wife of a Bedouin husband. She is selected to attend the Barefoot College in India that takes uneducated middle-aged women from poor communities and trains them to become solar engineers. The college’s 6-month programme brings together women from all over the world. Learning about electrical components and soldering without being able to read, write or understand English is the easy part. Witness Rafea’s heroic efforts to pull herself and her family out of poverty.
Follow the link to the selection of films that ask questions on poverty and young children.
