Poverty in Tirana Albania
Albania Capital Tirana
Despite recent years of economic growth, poverty persists in Albania as a result of continuing low employment and low income levels, particularly in rural mountain areas. Many small scale farmers lack access to market outlets for their produce, particularly in mountain areas. Without these outlets, farmers cannot increase their income and standard of living. Their problems are compounded by a scarcity of market information, lack of compliance with food hygiene and safety standards and inadequacies in packaging and labeling, which makes their products uncompetitive.
Farm production and productivity are hindered, markets are distant, there is a lack of financial services and the farming population is composed mainly of women because men migrate in search of employment. Unless processing industries are stimulated to act as catalysts in supply networks, opportunities for Albanian farmers will remain underexploited, and commercially oriented farming will remain a sporadic and unorganized activity.
I have found that having the exchange of information is a great resource. It gives me the opportunity to find out exactly what is going on in other countries. Something as simple as having enough food, secure shelter, good health, and access to education are the most basic needs rights every child should enjoy but these are well out of the reach of many children in Albania. In addition, violence against children in Albania is an area of concern.
The majority of adults maintain that physical and psychological violence are needed, both at home and in schools. One out of every two children at home, and one out of nearly three children in school, acknowledges that violence exercised against them is necessary. Poverty is weakening family bonds, causing the increase in the number of children living with one parent and one of those placed temporarily under the care of relatives or social welfare structures. You get to see that poverty not only exist where you live but other countries as well and in some cases more extreme.
The new insights I have gained is that poverty exist more than I thought and in many many countries. It is so extreme that it effects a child's growth and development as well as their education. Many of them have no where to turn to and the governments are not moving fast enough to put a end to poverty.
Resources:
International Step by Step Association, Quality Care and Education for All: Retrieved on March 22, 2014 from: http://www.issa.nl/
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