What is the poorest country you have been to?
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Back in 1981 I went to Somalia, the city of Berbera to be exact. That was about a decade before the civil war started. If the world had an anus that's where it would be located.
In the mid 1980's I visited Pakistan, India and Egypt. Terrible poverty in those places.
I lived in the Philippines for over 6 years. I saw pockets of incredible poverty. The area of the big sugar plantations on Northern Negros Island were unbelievable. It's the same with Eastern Luzon and portions of Manila.
I'll round out my list with areas of Mexico's interior, including portions of Mexico City, Panama (the city of Balboa to be exact), Columbia and most of Brazil when you get more than a few miles inland from the beach.
Honduras is the poorest nation I've went too.
A corrupt government created the situation.
mexico....and its their own damm fault...people need to quit blamiong others for their own faults...if you aint helping to fix it, then you are part of the problem...
Moldova (Chisinau, to be exact, its capital city that is). That's one poor place.
Belize
Somewhere in the middle east asia. Forgot the name but it starts with S, and no, it's not Saudi Arabia. I've read that it has a 3000% inflation rate
India.
panama. i saw a lot of poor people there living in lil shacks n stuff.
I am not sure but I have been to a few. Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Fiji, Tonga and Philippians, were most likely the poorest but I have also been to the Middle East, Norway, China, Canada, UK, Australia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Singapore. What I have noticed is that the countries that are the poorest also have something else in common, they have governments that live high on the hog and don't answer to the people. Of the poor countries I list above only Tonga had a ruler that I feel truly cares about his people.
Mexico, And no it is not their fault! The government there steals money! My husband is Mexican and I went to Mexico with him and stayed with his family for about 8 months! I do not want to live there ever! It is really hot! Really boring, there is nothing to do there! The only fun I had was when we went to Acapulco to the beach! My husband and I had saved up money for the trip,But if you are born there and are not able to go to America to work then it is very hard to make money. I had to wash our clothes on a slab of stone! and hang them up on the roof! His mom did not have an air conditioner either! I had to go to the store and buy a box fan to stay cool. The house, floors, sink, everything was concrete! It was like the Flintstones! He sends money to his mother to help out, now that we are back at home!
I went to India over the summer. It is absolutely gorgeous and while I guess it is a growing economy, its still pretty poor.
India here also, i was shocked at the poverty there...
India
Very first day I was there, I lined up to get some freshly squeezed fruit juice. Then came a little boy who started to dig the rubbish bin in front of me. He found some white toast bread corners with ketchup on them. He collected those, sat down (in front of me) and eat them. I picked up my juice but I was so much in shock that I could not drink. My friend who happened to be Indian told me to ignore those.
I worked in Mumbai for 4 months and became very insensitive to such things. There si just so little one can do.
Mexico. The country exhibits what is known as a "social and economic dichotomy", meaning that in a single city or area you may have people living in adobe shacks just a few streets away from people living in pricey mansions. The lower middle class will work for the middle to upper class people cooking, cleaning and washing clothes for them while the upper class people, who tend to be lighter skinned, look down on the poorer classes.
Somalia and Haiti...pretty darn poor...
Aferica. we went over there too study animals but ended up studing the peoples.
Hello Sunshine, the USA has REAL Poverty. Have you ever been down to the Mississippi delta or driven thru the Alabama countryside. You should go there, it is like stepping into a surreal world where everything is delapidated and falling apart. There is no education and starvation is rampant. It reminded me of the gypsies in Spain. Ostrasized and forgotten by their own country. There is poverty everywhere in the world. It is the product of over-population and lack of education and it will never be completely eliminated.
USA is blind to its own dirt poor poverty. Florida and practically every other state has people who live on pennies.
Washington State has virtual slaves picking fruit in season,
as does California.
It is amazingly and morally corrupt for a christian nation.
Mexico. I was in downtown Mexico City looking for a public toilet....which is a rarity. The one I came across charged for paper which I have to have being a girl and they gave me a bucket of water to take in with me to flush. These toilets rarely even have seats on them. One I used was concrete. It looked like a flower pot. I saw dirty, hungry children living in the subway begging for money. I saw people living in shacks. It was shocking to say the least. People talk about poverty here in the US. They have no idea. If I had been born there I too would have come here by any means possible to find a better life for myself & my future generations....just as my ancestors did.
Azerbaijan
The poorest country I've ever been to is the upper east side of Manhattan. Everyone working late hours, kids never spontaneously playing, everything programmed, organized, and shallow. Never saw so many desperate, unhappy and nervous human beings anywhere else on the planet.
is this a concourse ? who wins ? can someone who lives in the poorest country in the world answer ? no, they probably don't have computers... i'm not proud to live in a rich country, for i don't like the way it has to stay rich.
I'm not a world traveler but I did go to Jamaica. Stayed at a lovely resort but then we had the chance to go to Negril for the day and the resort offered bus rides there. It was on that journey that I saw the stark differences in wealth and poverty. It reminded me of pictures in Africa. Women washing their clothes on stones in a creek. Carrying these huge baskets on their heads. Lots of basicly children always following you around wanting to sell something (Ganga and wooden carvings) or a service ( braid your hair up to sex). At the resort I went to we were instructed to not carry cash and we had to turn money over for a string of banana beads that were used as payment for anything on the island. I didn't get to Kingston or other areas so I don't know if it was better or worse. It just broke my heart though to see children basicly willing to sell themselves to strangers for money when there was obvious wealth on that island. They were very kind, warm and welcoming people......I never felt like my life was in danger or anything. But I figure crime was an issue or you wouldn't have a safe in your room for your valuables. This one little guy followed me the whole time we were there. I wanted to take him home he was so sweet. So full of life and a very persistant attitude. Warned me about the jelly fish and alot of fun to be around, not to mention a great little guide. I was thankful to get home though. That was a good 30 years ago so I so I don't know how it is now and I'm sure it's worse in other countries.....so that's my 2 cents for outside the US.
Hmmmmmmm....well, if we are going by our Americanized version of "poor", meaning material goods, shelter & living conditions, nutrition, education and health care, I would have to go with the following:
1) Haiti - I cried for months and I was only there for 24hours. grinding poverty at such a massive level - the children....man...
2) India - same thing, but in a different manner, since poverty in India takes on a severe religious slant
3) Eastern Europe - the plight of the Rom (gypsy) is one of staggering poverty and social misconceptions.
4) Mexico city - WOW
5) Native Hawai'ians and Native Americans. sad but true
However poor their country is it doesn't make it ok for them to ignore our limits on immigration of poor people too poor to pay their own way in education and other costs. It is ruining our children's education in areas where illegals and their children concentrate, and our children are NOT less important than theirs.
The poorest country I have been to is Afghanistan. The average daily wage is 6 dollars a day and the majority of the country (especially in the south) have no electricity. Families live together in mud style dwellings and by families, I mean 3 to 4 generations. One of my interpreters had two jobs. The pay from one all goes to the family and the pay from the second one he is putting away to pay for his wedding someday. Running water is only in the largest cities but, for about 1 dollar a week, you can go to the public bath about 3 times a week. The average citizen only lives to the ripe old age of 45 and there is a high mortality rate at birth. I am not talking about the Taliban because they have all of the money that is in the country. The Government and police are as corrupt as the criminals because they are doing what they can to feed a family. I could go on but, you get the picture.
Canada
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