HumanDevelopmentICSSA15

=Human Development=


 * ===What is the poverty rate in your state? In your county? Does this surprise you?===
 * ===What are the ways that you show love and walk humbly in your life with God?===
 * ===How does CCHD show their work for justice? Why does CCHD believe it is important for local groups or communities to be involved in the issues affecting the daily lives of people living in poverty?===
 * ===What is a good example of a charitable organization in your country or state? What do they do? How are they providing charity in your community?===
 * ===What is a good example of a social justice organization in your county or state? What do they do to provide social justice to the people they server?===

Essay Answers

 * It doesn't surprise me that the poverty rate in my state is so high. Although, the statistics for my state did shock me a little, seeing that so many in America can be so poor really is a tragedy, It makes me feel very grateful to be able to go to a private school and have a good home to go back to.


 * Some of the ways I show my love for God is by donating my time to my city every year. I do about 48 hours of volunteer work every year. I not only donate my time, but I also donate my old clothes that I don't wear anymore to the Salvation Army and to the Red-cross.


 * The CCHD shows their work for justice by advocating for just public policies and helping to change the social structures that contribute to suffering and injustice at home and around the world. It is important to help your community so you can put yourself in that position, making you think about how grateful you really are to be able to have such a wonderful life. It's also important that we help those who are in need of our service, whether it be feeding the poor or visiting and ministering to those who are in prison. By helping our community we can give back to those who make it possible for us to live in a wonderful place. Through volunteering and helping others we can feel more empathy towards those who are less fortunate.


 * Metropolitan ministries is there for those who are need in the community. People can go to migrant ministries and can apply for food, clothing, and can even go to the soup kitchen and get meals. They can get a free meal and they also provide home assistance for those who are in need of a temporary living environment. They not only provide for single households, but for whole families.


 * Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality. They have helped increased access to healthcare, education reform, and improve the services for the homeless. They also promote justice and fairness for all. They hold officials accountable to improve the systems affecting the quality of life in our communities.

Poverty Rate


 * Hillsborough County poverty rate - 19.1%
 * Florida - 17%

1 in every 5 children are struck by poverty. 1.6 million children in 2012 were homeless in the US. The poverty rate for the elderly is about 14.8% (2012 census)

Althrough the last part did not show, it shows on Open Office. Here is what I wrote:

In my closing paragraph I will talk about how I walk humbly with God

And the ways that I as a person show my love for God and how

Others can show their love for God as well.

Opening sentence: You see that man in the park sleeping on the bench, you think to yourself he is homeless. You don't know that he was a war veteran. He fought in the Vietnam War. He had a family at one point. He lived in a middle class home with his perfect family in the perfect home.