“Changing the Face of Poverty” by Diana George is meant from what I understand to say that American organizations, and people against poverty, generally give poverty the wrong face in this country as others agree. Organizations such as “Habitat for Humanity”, "Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly", and "Home for abused women" give off the impression that when we think of poverty we should think of a third world country, and people who look sad because they don’t have a home. Quoted in the article was, "You don't have to leave your country to find third-world poverty". Instead poverty is all around us and that it can be very hard to recognize and understand. Well I’m well aware that most people living in poverty in this country don’t look like they live in third world country, and they don’t go on camera to look all torn up and sad about how their living conditions. Diana George specifically chose Habitat for Humanity to elaborate more on for the simple fact that it is more popular and far-reaching nonprofit with affiliates not only in the United States but throughout the world. Regardless of how people live in poverty, they should be treated as needed, and Professor George is wrong to criticize organizations like Habitat for Humanity saying they give poverty “the wrong face,” and that they are wrong to tell people they can make a difference by helping such organizations, because they can for those who need housing. But she is right in the sense that those are not the only kind of people living in poverty, a lot of those people can be people just struggling to raise their children, keep a job, and a house at the same time.These people deserve help when they ask for it!
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