Globalization and Sustainability

What is the main idea?

 

The main idea of this story is that there is this family in Bangladesh, which do not have that much money to afford eating 3 meals a day, they only ate one meal a day which was a plate of rice and chilies , but they got a loan, and they started a grocery shop and they got more money so they could afford 3 meals a day which is meat (goat) as well.

 

Who are the key characters?

• Asea begum (and her family)

• Richard geirer (the community) 

 

Where is it?

The location is in bangladesh

 

What is the problem?

Many families can’t afford to pay for 3 meals a day

 

What is solution?

the solution is for the poor families to be provided with food by the government.

 

What does it have to do with your MDG?

The first MDG is to eradicate extreme poverty, and this story has a relation to the first MDG because it’s about poor families but there aware communities to help these poor families that are eradicating extreme poverty.