Thu 12 May 2011
India has over one billion people and approximately four hundred million of these live on less than one dollar a day. Around five hundred million live on less than two dollars a day. Unbelievably, eighty percent of the population of India that are living in poverty. Nearly half of all the children in India are undernourished, much more than in Sub-Saharan Africa. The lack of health care in India
There are some relief programs that are supplying free samples and other stufffor the poor in India, such as food and toys. Some are trying to teach the poor people more about computers so they can become more informed of what is going on around the world. Multinationals and entrepreneurs are making poor people in India their target for a hub of the computer innovation. Computer literacy has become one of the more effective tools in combating poverty, opening up windows of opportunity for many who would otherwise not be aware of those options. This is particularly important in poor India.