By Aung Kyaw Thant

POVERTY, the root cause of triggering various kinds of crimes, evil acts and malpractices including briberies and corruption, never benefits society. Since time immemorial, poverty has been brutally manipulating human society without sympathy for all living beings. Hence, all the global peoples are seeking the best way and mean for fighting against poverty as much as they can but they cannot totally conquer poverty till today. It is because poverty is penetrating the weakness of all measures to make trouble for society.

Search for the root cause of cases

Everybody needs to search for the root cause of a case which may be transferred into or automatically converted to the effect. The aforesaid crimes, evil acts and malpractices including briberies and corruption never automatically come out or break out in society. Anyone enjoying the fruits of wealth will not intentionally commit criminal cases which are a danger to their lives and lifetime. If possible, they wish to stay away from crimes and malpractices because everybody needs to have credited lives with prestige and integrity. So, it is undeniable that everybody wishes to avoid crimes as well as wishes to enjoy the good effects of life.

Actually, the life of humans happens randomly. Somebody misses the good fortune but some persons, fortunately, win the victories of life. Some people derail from their life procedures as expected whereas somebody is able to march towards their goals in a smooth process. How wonderful it is!

Hence, it is necessary to search for the root cause in occurring the unwanted events and wanted events as well as acceptable and unacceptable events. Finally, it can be seen that a circle of occurrence would specifically direct poverty as the basic root cause for happening various effects such as crimes, malpractices and evil acts. Hence, relevant authorities should not solve the problems of society by just overviewing the nature of society but they have to deeply seek the root cause of these events. Every event is based on some motivations. Actually, these motivations pave the way of happening the events in consequence. That is why all crimes and all events cannot be checked at first without scrutinizing the motivations.

The correct way of solving problems

Practically, daily problems of society such as various requirements of utensils and raw materials to make meals in kitchens, shortages of water and food supplies, high prices of commodities, rising bus and ferry fares, rising prices of electric meter bills, municipal tax and so on can be identified as the minor problems of human life. If the authorities provide cash assistance for needy persons so as to solve the above-mentioned problems, it will be derailed from the correct way to successfully solve these problems.

For example, solving problems can be identified as cutting the branches of the tree but it is not an act to remove the tree. To be able to take all the branches, it is necessary to dig out the roots of the tree. If so, the main stem including branches can be removed. So also, not only relevant authorities but the people need to alleviate poverty as the main enemy of society. It is noticeable that whenever poverty reigns in society, people will never escape from the impacts and side effects of poverty for a long time.

Process poverty alleviation consists of many priorities

In alleviating poverty, everybody needs to take care of work procedures for solving the problems. The process of poverty alleviation consists of many priorities. The first priority is to create jobs for those who are difficulty earning income. In fact, every family must be run with the use of incomes which can be earned by working. Only when job opportunities can be created will people especially needy persons have a chance to seek the appropriate jobs for their life. Similarly, it is necessary to provide capital for farmers to operate cultivation and livestock farms. Giving subsidies is not really helpful for their life. Cash assistance or loans and techniques to be applied in cultivation and livestock farms are really assistance for them.

Everybody values the incomes they actually earned. Likewise, assistance for farmers and workers must not be free. It is necessary to put thought into their minds that the cash assistance must be paid back at a time. If so, it will be an encouragement for them to work hard for earning income by spending cash assistance. So they must have thought no one is free. Hence, they will have a chance to show off their brilliant skills in the workplace while trying to earn income.

Important roles of school education and general knowledge

On the other hand, one more important thing for poverty alleviation is to learn education. It has two portions: learning school education and pursuing general knowledge in society. Both types of education are the most important. It is because education or knowledge can change the life of someone. Everybody needs to energetically try learning the school education. Likewise, they have to seek various items of knowledge in society with vigorous efforts. To have that knowledge and skills, they have to spend money and might on their efforts. As such, it is necessary to actually encourage the learning process of all without any exhortation. Only when someone has the capacity of knowledge and school education will they be capable of rationality in making the decision of how to do, what to do and when to do it. As such, they will have a successful work process in their respective professions. Hence, the point of priority is to encourage the needy persons to learn school education and accumulate general knowledge so as to attain the high skill of critical thinking. Consequently, they will have a higher level of knowledge for managing and operating their livelihoods. If so, they will have certain victories.

If so, the persons with the capability of critical thinking, and rationality having monetary and technical assistance based on school education and general knowledge will be capable of successfully tackling the poverty eradication measures. Hence, everybody can understand that it should not prioritize solving social problems and criminal cases but it can be done in the short-term plan whereas it is necessary to implement the long-term plan for seeking the motivation as well as root causes of any problems. Only when poverty can be alleviated can all the people escape from the social problems and unacceptable criminal cases. As such, poverty can be dubbed as a switch to control the problems of human life. Somebody who is able to switch off poverty will overcome the challenges of life. Otherwise, they will face failure in life.

Avoid selfishness but forge a charitable spirit

Significantly, both the government and the people should avoid the act of selfishness but culture the charitable spirit so as to give a helping hand to others without turning a blind eye to the persons facing suffering in all measures. In fact, nobody stands alone in society. The government cannot stand alone in the nation without people. Likewise, the people cannot stand alone without the government. As such, both sides need to march towards the goal of the nation together by giving a helping hand to each other and joining hands in solving all problems of the nation on a daily basis. But, they should not forget the motivation of any causes and root causes of all events in fighting poverty.

In summary, assistance and encouragement are playing a key role to convert the life of someone into an amazing life to be free from poverty but they themselves have to try hard to secure achievement in social problems. The government needs to take responsibility for assisting the people in overcoming the challenges of poverty and encouraging them to rebuild their lives whenever they fall down. Likewise, the people who face suffering based on poverty in their lives should never give these problems up and rebuild their lives again and again with a strong spirit.