The topic I have chosen to write about is Global Slums.
Worlds 5 largest slums in no specific order:
Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa Population: 400,000
Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya Population: 700,000
Dharavi, Mumbai, India Population: 1 million
Ciudad Neza, Mexico City, Mexico Population: 1.2 million
Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan Population: 2.4 million
In many of these places clean water is not even a topic, its more about having a place to even go to the bathroom, having electricity, proper schools, proper health systems, and having a working system to help get rid of waste and trash.
These countries leaders dont see anything except money and land to develop. In some places the land is worth billions and other places you cant even put a price on it. This is not just limited to countries that are different from the US.
What states in the US could easily be defined or become a slum?
What do the governments do with all the people?
What opportunities are provided to those in the slums?
When will we stop valuing objects over people?
Great questions!