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why poverty

Knowing why people are experiencing poverty helps us to better design strategies to help. In fact, the ancient philosopher Aristotle believed that knowing why something occurs is of such significance that we cannot truly say that we know about a ‘thing’ until we have grasped why it came to be. So, do we want to understand poverty? Then we must understand why poverty happens. 

miranda’s story

Miranda’s story was a story with which Dr Barnard became all-too familiar. The details may have changed – at one point a single mother, at another a retired gentlemen with enormous health costs, at another a young man newly-released from prison – but the question remained the same: how can we intelligently and compassionately act in this situation in a way that meets the need, takes steps to prevent the need from arising again, reflects a faithful stewardship of the resources at hand, and encourages the God-given dignity of all parties concerned?

Current Research

If you are a church leader, with authorization to speak on behalf of your church, we would love to invite you to take part in this research. By taking part, you are adding your voice to potentially the largest-scale research of its kind ever to take place in this country.