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# Blog Action Day: poverty is a strange thing when you think about it
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/blog-action-day-poverty-is-a-strange-thing-when-you-think-about-it/
- Published: 2008-10-15T04:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-10-15T04:02:00.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

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There is plenty of stuff in the world overall, it's just distributed unevenly. And poverty is around us even in rich countries like Australia.

A real question for those of us living comfortable lives is what can we do to make the world a better place?

Now I'm not advocating a socialist nirvana. But I am thinking about some positive steps I can take that could help other people to move out of poverty.

My current thoughts are around education since it is an area I'm passionate about and I know that fewer educated people live in poverty.

This is the question that it is worth considering on [Blog Action Day](http://blogactionday.org/?ref=katecarruthers.com)