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A review by bookitqueen
Uplift and Empower: A Guide To Understanding Extreme Poverty and Poverty Alleviation by Danielle Hawa Tarigha
5.0
First, thank you to Danielle Hawa Tarigha for this book in exchange for an honest review. And here it is...
This is one of the most organized books I’ve ever read. The author is clear about the objectives for each chapter. Each chapter is broken into digestible, snack-size pieces. And the conclusions wrap up everything with a bow while also preparing you for the next chapter. The book is scaffolded in the sense that each chapter builds on its predecessor. It’s almost as if a canvas is gradually being sketched and then painted. By the end there’s a masterpiece canvas, and I can’t say that it’s all beautiful, but it’s certainly realistic and hopeful.
Perhaps we’ve made poverty into an ugly thing that’s only for certain kinds of people living in developing nations without realizing that we could be contributing to systems of poverty. This book has made me think differently about poverty, the role the US claims to play and the role that it actually plays, and what can be done to stop the cycle. Not only does this book provide the historical and numerical contexts but it provides solutions. I knew certain aspects of poverty but not necessarily why or how they occurred.
While I felt bogged down by the numbers and statistics at first, I understood their greater purpose of creating context. As the book progressed, they made more sense to me and I was able to conceptualize what the author was talking about. Using the names: Robin, Drew, Taylor and Cameron were used to humanize and categorize people in different circumstances; this was particularly helpful to me to organizing my thoughts and feelings around new information presented. This book is truly what it claims to be: a guide. The steps are not as easy as 1, 2, 3, but it definitely provides a launching pad if you’re serious about helping to alleviate poverty in your community. And that phrase right there is key: in your community. We love traveling far to help those in poverty when there are families near us living on less than $1.90 per day. Thank you Danielle for the time and energy placed into this guide.
This is one of the most organized books I’ve ever read. The author is clear about the objectives for each chapter. Each chapter is broken into digestible, snack-size pieces. And the conclusions wrap up everything with a bow while also preparing you for the next chapter. The book is scaffolded in the sense that each chapter builds on its predecessor. It’s almost as if a canvas is gradually being sketched and then painted. By the end there’s a masterpiece canvas, and I can’t say that it’s all beautiful, but it’s certainly realistic and hopeful.
Perhaps we’ve made poverty into an ugly thing that’s only for certain kinds of people living in developing nations without realizing that we could be contributing to systems of poverty. This book has made me think differently about poverty, the role the US claims to play and the role that it actually plays, and what can be done to stop the cycle. Not only does this book provide the historical and numerical contexts but it provides solutions. I knew certain aspects of poverty but not necessarily why or how they occurred.
While I felt bogged down by the numbers and statistics at first, I understood their greater purpose of creating context. As the book progressed, they made more sense to me and I was able to conceptualize what the author was talking about. Using the names: Robin, Drew, Taylor and Cameron were used to humanize and categorize people in different circumstances; this was particularly helpful to me to organizing my thoughts and feelings around new information presented. This book is truly what it claims to be: a guide. The steps are not as easy as 1, 2, 3, but it definitely provides a launching pad if you’re serious about helping to alleviate poverty in your community. And that phrase right there is key: in your community. We love traveling far to help those in poverty when there are families near us living on less than $1.90 per day. Thank you Danielle for the time and energy placed into this guide.