The Rural People

The enormous task of fighting poverty and earning a source of livelihood has driven many rural dwellers into local mining.   The process of local mining is one whereby precious stones and other mineral deposits are brought/dugged out by untrained rural dwellers.   This method of mining does not take cognisance of all the safety measures that are needed to be in place for such vocation and also does not recognise the negative environmental hazards that this will cause the rural populace. Although this industry has the potential of reducing poverty through income and employment generation, the use of primitive methods of mining constantly contributes its toll to the degradation of our environment. http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jorind/article/view/42333 Regrettably, while the government spends lots of money on importing these precious stones and mineral deposits, lots of these rural dwellers can be trained and equipped in harnessing this profession as they have chosen it ...

The rural people have the largest percentage of idle youths without job, untrained in any formal learning, without skill and the greatest problem is that they do not see HOPE in any thing.  This negative mindset makes them believe that CHANGE is unattainable.  Here, at The Rural People, we go from creek to creek, village to village and community to community influencing their mindset by sensitizing and motivating them to use their resources in bringing sustainable development.   Initiating developmental efforts from one rural community to another is done in the form of giving learning/educational aids, introduction and training in skill acquisition programmes/farming tools, economic empowerment and others. We invite you to be part of our activities/projects so that together we can all make an ATTEMPT in bringing sustainable development in the rural areas by volunteering or becoming a donor in any of our projects that you have concerns for.  Visit our blog ...

Ending extreme poverty in fragile contexts - Getting to Zero: A USAID discussion series http://www.usaid.gov/endextremepoverty/fragile-contexts  Over the past 20 years, there has been encouraging progress towards the goal of ending extreme poverty, with nearly 700 million people rising above $1.25 a day since 1990.1 This impressive progress has made it conceivable for the world to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. To do so, we need to support legitimate, effective governing institutions and promote robust and inclusive economic growth, * but fragile states, † in particular, face difficult hurdles. Poor and undemocratic governance, weak and corrupt institutions, and entrenched power dynamics all contribute to extreme poverty. Support for country transitions out of fragility, therefore, is a key element for accelerating and sustaining broad-based growth and reducing poverty. Most of the gains in extreme poverty reduction over the past two decades have taken place in highe...

The UN has called the MDGs ‘the most successful anti-poverty movement in history,’ but what progress has been made on each of the goals? The millennium development goals have targeted eight key areas – poverty, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, disease, the environment and global partnership. Each goal is supported by 21 specific targets and more than 60 indicators. Below, we’ve looked at what has been achieved on some of the targets within each goal.   MDG 1   MDG 1: The number of people living on less than $1.25 a day has been reduced from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 836 million in 2015, although the target of halving the proportion of people suffering from hunger was narrowly missed.   MDG 2   MDG 2: Primary school enrolment figures have shown an impressive rise, but the goal of achieving universal primary education has just been missed, with the net enrolment rate increasing from 83% in 2000 to 91...

Partnering for a More Resilient West Africa | Ebola | U.S. Agency for International Development Until total awareness is done in the grassroot communities, Ebola will continue to peep into the lives of many through tradition and superstition.  New health habits and attitutdes must be curbed, enforced and felt like the wind by all and sundry especially in the rural areas for Ebola to die a natural death in West Africa.

To care can be a huge sacrifice that millions of people may never wish to get involved in it. Care is defined as efforts made to do  something correctly, safely, or without  causing damage; things that are done to  keep  someone healthy, safe; things that are  done to keep something in good condition. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care Infact the total idea of care is about preserving sacrifice which most people may not have the tenacity to achieve.  Lots of persons are always finding ways of enriching themselves from people while others are constantly complaining of the economy, situations or their inability to maintain their comfort zones.  Yet to these lots have been committed the gifts and passion to care for people in the rural areas.  For us at The Rural People, we care to provide food, shelter, health, education, skill empowerment, disaster relief and economic/community development to the...