Promoting My Web Site Post

I embarked on separate poverty related blogs today. All of these blogs had their own personalized styles and themes to it. I tried to pull the similarities between these blogs, and also took note of the differences. I did this because I aimed to better understand my own style of writing, and to see if any other poverty activists had relations to me in their writings. To my delight, I found that though, each of these blogs were quite different in some ways, they all had one derived purpose, which was to pass their intended message to their readers, in the best way that they could. This made me feel comfortable that my web site posts were worth sharing with other bloggers, and even worth being promoted. 

I emailed three different bloggers, in an hope for them to promote my web site post. I am still waiting on their responses, but I have learnt a thing or two from this process. My first paragraph illustrates what I believe is the most important thing that I learnt from this exercise. I learnt that blogging is a process. Though, it might take a while for a regular or mediocre blogger to gain the necessary experience required or the expertise to be a successful blogger, being honest to your readers and striving to be as unbiased as possible is a start. It is always good to realize that some people might have opposing views. Understanding their stand point and making it known allows them to welcome you better. 

Promote A Post

I shadowed two blogs that I presumed will be interested in promoting my blog, and that I was also highly interested in. I took my time in going through their blogs, and tried to undertand their perspectives of poverty. I tried to get to know them, through their styles of posting and through their response to readers comments. I also read their individual about me posts, to gain some background information on them. After doing all of these, I emailed both bloggers, introducing myself to them, letting the know of my purpose as a blogger. Of these two bloggers, one of them responded, while the other one I emailed was to no avail.

Paul Thomas EdD, the faculty director of first year seminars, council historian NCTE at Furman university, responded to my email, letting me know that he was going to review the post I intended on promoting, and also my blog in general. After he reviewed my post, he responded to my email, letting me know of my blog's potential and also how to improve on it. Though, he did not mention promoting my post, he gave me ideas on authors  that have writing about poverty eradication, and the specific books to look for.

Although, my main purpose of contacting Prof. Paul was not achieved, I have learnt something new on how to go about posting the most relevant issues on my blog. Also, through his blog, I have seen from a professional perspective, how to effectively respond to one's readers comment.

Sneeze Post

Below, I will include my previous posts and its links, that I believe made and will make an impact most on my readers. I hope you find them helpful.

• The "Product Recommendation" post talks about the organization CARE, and its mission in eradicating poverty, by empowering women. It also includes the six ways in which CARE plans on going about it. http://eradicatingpoverty.blogspot.com/2014/06/product-recommendation.html

• The "Review Post" has its focus on UNICEF, The United Nations Children's Fund, and its procedures and methods in eradicating poverty. It states UNICEF's goal to diminish poverty by emphasizing the importance of children and poverty's effect on them. http://eradicatingpoverty.blogspot.com/2014/06/review-post_24.html

• The "Link Post"talks about Austin Nichola's article on "We Can End Child Poverty. Or, At Least Do More." It goes off Austin's ideas on poverty eradication by adding my personal ideas to it. http://eradicatingpoverty.blogspot.com/2014/06/link-post_24.html

• The " Analyzing a Blog" post focusses on the strategic adviser of Oxfam GB and the author of "From Poverty to Power's" conversational blog, criticizing and praising it. http://eradicatingpoverty.blogspot.com/2014/06/analyzing-blog.html

• The "List Post" states five organizations that are dedicated to eradicating poverty. It explains how they distinguishably go about it and provides a little history of them. http://eradicatingpoverty.blogspot.com/2014/06/list-post.html

• The "Eradicating Poverty by Understanding Poverty" post gives a brief insight on my understanding of poverty, and why I believe it is necessary to understand poverty before being able to eradicate it. http://eradicatingpoverty.blogspot.com/2014/06/eradicating-poverty-by-understanding.html

Product Recommendation

Numerous resources are available to help with your aim of poverty eradication. Today, we will be discussing the CARE organization, and how it can help you with your goal towards poverty eradication. CARE, The Case for Women's Empowerment, is committed to ending poverty by attacking its roots causes, not only its consequences. The six main ways that CARE aims at attaining their goals include, but are not limited to:

1. Unlock Powerful Potential: Women and girls make up the majority of the 1.4 million people living in extreme poverty. Diminishing the majority makes the total number deteriorate. CARE delivers the knowledge and support that these women need to forge new opportunities.
2. Keep Girls In The Picture: Knowledge is key, and without school, a girl's future fades away. CARE aims at breaking the barriers to girls' education, and providing the stable education that they need.
3. Stop The Violence: Women and girls in under-developed and developing countries face daily domestic abuse, sexual assault, being harassed from going to school, and many more of the such, with no power to put a stop to it. CARE is determined to putting a stop to this, so each and everyone of these women can live in the freedom that they deserve.
4. It's a Man's World: Myths such as "it's a man's world" are targeted to bring women and girls down. CARE is putting a stop to these myths, by making these women realize their equality to men. 
5. Power Lasting Change: With CARE's ongoing change giving programs, their mission of enabling power lasting changes to prevail will come into effect.
6. Racing to Empower Women: Empowering women makes them realize their potential. Once CARE can help make these women feel and believe they are empowered, they create a lasting confidence in them.

Though, CARE has its main focus on women, its main purpose is dwindling the number of those living in poverty. I have provided a link to a CARE's website, which also includes their donation pages.

http://www.care.org/

Review Post

There are hundreds of organizations that cater to people living in poverty. Some have a centralized focus, while others deal with poverty as a whole. UNICEF, acronym for The United Nations Children's Fund, is one of the major organizations that focusses on children living in poverty. UNICEF has the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality, thereby building a world where the rights of every child are realized. 

UNICEF rooted itself in December 1946, after World War II, to provide food, clothing, and health care, to the European children that faced famine. This impacted many, allowing them to be a part of such movement. Today, UNICEF is active in 190 countries and territories,

• Advocating for children,
• Promoting girls' education,
• Immunizing children against common childhood diseases, and
• Fundraising on behalf of the children.

UNICEF had gone beyond just being an organization by itself, but has also reached out to students (colleges and high schools) to help them advocate, educate, and fundraise, in making their vision become a reality. UNICEF has also created a donations page, where anyone can donate any amount they would like to (can be found on their home page). Doing your part does not necessarily mean being physically there or donating, UNICEF has made it known that these kids need support as well. Advocating, Posting on social media, and any other type of support that one can deliver makes the child believe that there is still hope. 

UNICEF is a unique organization because it provides HOPE for children. It is an organization that not just tells the kids that tomorrow will be better, but shows them how to make tomorrow better by giving them the chance of a healthy tomorrow and living. 

I have included a link to UNICEF's website below.

http://www.unicef.org/

Link Post

Of all the articles that I read on eradicating child poverty, the one that I felt that directly spoke to me was that of Austin Nicholas. He wrote on the eradication of child poverty, and its effects on the economy and the nation as a while. I wrote a list post, conforming from his points on children poverty eradication, on my blog.

In writing my list post, I made sure I stayed on track with Austin's points, not because I was short of what to write, but because while reading his article, it was as though I wrote it myself; his writing was one of my thoughts and believes on poverty eradication. I listed what he attributed to be the causes of poverty (in the United States) and its effects on the economy. Generally, in writing list posts, one is to add other points. But while writing my list post, I realized that Austin said pretty much all that there was to say about the start of poverty eradication. Though, I added to his points, I believe knowing the history of poverty, its present effects, and its possible effects/consequences on the future, is a gigantic step in eradicating poverty.

For a person that has read a lot of different articles on poverty, I presumed I knew most of what there is to know about poverty. But in reading Austin's article, I realized that I am still an amateur. I knew quite of the history of poverty, but I was unknowledgeable of the reason behind it. I also realized that the reason and history of poverty is different for many countries, and knowing one country's history does not necessary indicate your knowledge of other countries' histories. The comments generated by Austin's post shows that other readers connected with his article as well. I included a link to the actual post for the benefits of all.

Link

On the 16th of September, 2013, Austin Nicholas wrote an article on the eradication of child poverty, on the Metro Trends Blog. I find his article for its straightforwardness, and his ability to pinpoint what he believes his readers would most likely relate to, and how he speaks on things that could help in the eradication of poverty. Some of the things that he discussed include:

• History of Child Poverty: He starts by discussing how cash is inadequate in eradicating poverty. With the quick evolution of poverty since the 1970s and 1980s, in response to the stagnation of wages by the shift to a sea change in American families, away from married parents and towards the single parents, child poverty has become an issue in the United States. The fight of child poverty hasn't been a straight one, since the 1970s, instead, it has been one of a wiggling line. There was success in the 1990s, but came the 2000s, and poverty rates rise again.

• United States And Child Benefits:  In many developed countries, the government constantly pays a child benefit stipend to all families. But the United States has considered the consequences of this and how it will largely affect the economy. The American economists believe that if cash benefits were to be given to all families in the states, people will start to take advantage of it, and parents will choose not to work if they can scrape by on a small cash benefit. 

• Economic Argument For Lifting Children Out Of Poverty: The argument for this is based more on the long run than the short run. The economy is concerned of what is going to the children when they become adults. Are they going to evolve and get out of poverty by the time they become adults, or 

I have included a link to Austin's actual post below.

http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/09/end-child-poverty/

Analyzing A Blog

Of all the poverty blogs that I have gotten the opportunity to review, there were two that mainly stood out to me. Though, very similar, one was more intriguing than the other. Duncan Green, strategic adviser for Oxfam GB and author of "From Poverty To Power," has taken the liberty of maintaining and managing a conversational blog. His blog is one that I found to cover the important ongoing issues that are related to poverty and other imperfect life aspects. Some of the categories that he covers in his blog include, but are not limited to:

• Poverty,
• Aid,
• Climate Change,
• Economics,
• Food and agriculture,
• Health and education,
• Human rights, and 
• Natural disaster

Though, he does not explicitly state how all of these categories interrelate, but after reading and following some of his articles, you can tell that one causes the other to happen, and if one category area is fixed, it can indirectly have an effect on another category. Also, given that it is a conversational blog, he leaves room for his readers to comment and give feedback. One can tell that he is an advanced blogger, with the layout of his blog, and his style of posting; posting almost daily, he shows consistency and dedication to his readers. 

In relation to his lack of concentration in only one area, he targets different traffic and generates a diverse group of readers. Some of his posts do not get commented on, while others seem to interest his readers, deriving their comments. Most of his more relatable post, such as what is being done to eradicate something or actions and steps being taken towards things are what seem to generate the most comments. 

Duncan took his time in sectioning his blog, providing an area for recent comments, recent posts, archives, categories, tweets, and even polls. He has created his blog to have an earthly feel, welcoming readers, and making it easy for them to manipulate their way through his blog. The only thing that Duncan's blog seems to be lacking is his unavailability of pages within his blog. That being said, he has created an opportunity for his readers to subscribe to his blog through email. 

List Post

Five Organizations Aiming At Eradicating World Poverty.

The saying "two heads are better than one" applies to the case of eradicating hunger and poverty. One man is unable to do it alone, hence, people from different areas/backgrounds/knowledges/races/ages and many more, have come together in the hope of winning the fight of poverty eradication. Here are five  organizations, known world wide, for their dedication to ending world poverty.

 1. UNICEF.org: The United Nations Children's Fund is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. According to UNICEF, 18,000 children die from preventable causes and diseases, and they aim at making that number ZERO!

 2. Feeding America: Formerly known as America's Second Harvest, Feeding America is the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief charity. Each year, the network provides food assistance to over 25 million low-income earners facing hunger in the United States, including over nine million children and nearly three million seniors. 

3. The Hunger Project: Founded in 1977, The Hunger Project is a non-profit, global, strategic organization that is committed to the sustainable end of world hunger, empowering people to lead lives of self-reliance, meet their own basic needs, and build better futures for their children. 

4. Mercy Corps: Committed since 1979 to alleviate suffering, oppression, and poverty, Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds.

5.  ONE: ONE is a grassroots campaign and advocacy organization, committed to fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

It is often nice to have the opportunity to join groups and organizations that have similar goals such as yourself. The aforementioned organizations, along with others, consistently welcome support and assistance from individuals and groups of people willing to help. 

Purpose Page

As a poverty activist, I have created a blog and a web page that allows others to see from my perspective, as well as the perspectives of others (articles, books, etc), what poverty truly is, and its effects on those living in it. Based on my intentions, I have created a mission statement that i deemed important and delicate with my ongoing aspirations of reducing the number of children (18,000) that are living in poverty, and making that number ZERO! My mission statement:

• "Dedicated to advocating for people living in poverty, with a focus on kids, educating and enhancing your knowledge of its effects on them and its indirect affect on you.

In order to be distinguished, one needs a unique name, symbol, or acronym that sets them apart and helps others in identifying the purpose of one's movement/organization/business. I have chosen "Eliminating Poverty" to be the name of my action blog. This could help remind me and you of what the purpose of the blog is. Also necessary is the unique proposition which I have coined to be "Understanding poverty brings its eradication." 

One might still wonder how this all concerns them. But the world is uniting; the world is becoming one. What affects one person in a country, indirectly has an effect on others, as well as indirectly affecting those in other countries. The people of an economy are those that fuel it and provide a circulation of its wealth. If a country's economy is limited in its ability of doing business with other countries, it affects both countries. The first country loses the opportunity of increasing its wealth, while the second country was unable to add the first country's resources to its. Understanding the circulation of wealth and the effects of poverty through "the eyes of others and their perspectives," is the first step to eradicating poverty

Eradicating Poverty by Understanding Poverty

Poverty sounds like a regular word that is used on a daily basis, but not until recently have I truly asked myself what the meaning of poverty really is. There are hundreds of different definitions of poverty. One of these definitions, which happens to be mine, is that poverty is when one is at a helpless state, whereby they lack the basic human necessities and the assurance of tomorrow because of their lack. A lot of people tend to assume that poverty only exists in third world and developing countries. To my belief, poverty exists in all parts of the world, though, some parts of the world are not as drowned in poverty as other parts. Poverty did not just start in one day, so there is absolutely no possibility in eradicating it in only one day. The eradication of poverty is a gradual process that starts with: 

• awareness,
• advocation, and
• proper education.

Understanding poverty and its effects on people and the world is what brings the togetherness of people like you and me in putting a stop to it. One might think, "oh! this does not concern me in any way, I have never lived in poverty, and will never live in poverty, so why should I be bothered of it?" But poverty goes way beyond affecting just one person. Poverty affects a conglomeration of persons, families, and nations. Poverty is sometimes what makes those that live in it commit avoidable crimes, making them feel inanimate to the rest of the world. Retrogressing the rate of poverty allows for world togetherness, adequate wealth circulation, peace, love, and ease.

About Me

Hello, I am a poverty activist (my pen name). I spent more than half of my life living in Africa, and moved to the United States about 4 years ago, to foster my college education. I am a student who got the opportunity to re-start an organization that is focused on improving the life of children around the world and reducing the number (18,000) of kids that die everyday from preventable diseases to ZERO. As an African that has lived in a more developed part of the world, I have come to understand and realize the effect that poverty has on a child and its retrogression of the child's development and growth. Though, a lot of people presume that poverty only exists in specific parts of the world (third world and developing countries), people all over the world live in poverty (lack of basic amenities). Originally, I started this blog because of its relations with a class (there were no specifications on topics), but it seems as though it is more than just the class that interests me in wanting to write in it everyday. Poverty goes beyond what the eyes see. Poverty is an everyday struggle for those who live in it. It holds an extreme importance for you and I to understand from each other's perspective, the effects of poverty on not just kids, but the world as a whole. To much comfort, people have come together to form organizations and build homes for those that are unable to do so, in an  attempt to eradicate poverty. But poverty did not start in one day, so there is absolutely no assurance that it will end in one day. In the hope of eliminating poverty, it is wise to first understand poverty and its effect. To contact me, please email ninalowoidowu@gmail.com.