Helping Hands
When you give food, clothes, or money to someone in need, you are giving this.
What is charity?
According to the UN, about 10% of the world’s population lives in this condition.
What is extreme poverty?
A place where you can keep your money safe
What is a bank?
This program provides food for low-income families to ensure they don’t go hungry.
What is SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)?
Everyone needs this to drink and stay alive
What is water?
Groups like the Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity help people in need. They are called this.
What are nonprofits?
In 2021, approximately this number of people around the world lived on less than $1.90 a day.
What is 700 million?
What is income?
This government program helps provide health coverage to low-income individuals in the U.S.
What is Medicaid?
A place where people live
What is a home?
When people work together to help their neighborhood, it's called this.
What is community service?
This region is home to the majority of the world's poor, with over half of the global population living on less than $5.50 per day.
What is sub-Saharan Africa?
This is the term for government efforts to provide housing assistance to families that can’t afford to rent or buy homes.
What is public housing?
Hospitals and doctors provide this important service
What is healthcare?
A place where people can get free food if they don't have enough
What is a food bank?
According to the World Bank, this percentage of the world’s poor live in rural areas.
What is 70%?
If someone puts their money aside every month for the future, they are doing this.
This type of program helps ensure children in food-insecure households get at least one nutritious meal during the school day/
What is the School Breakfast Program?
This energy source gives light and powers homes
What is electricity?
If a family gets food stamps to help buy groceries, they are receiving this kind of help.
What is food assistance?
The number of people in the world without access to electricity is estimated to be around this many.
What is 1 billion?
A small amount of money borrowed that is paid back later, often used by low-income individuals to start a business
What is credit?
This program provides free or reduced-price meals to students from low-income families to ensure they have enough to eat during the school day.
What is the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)?
This organization provides emergency food, shelter, and medical assistance worldwide, especially in areas of conflict or disaster
What is the International Red Cross?