<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:45:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/poverty/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[WHERE IS NIGERIA HEADED]]></title><description><![CDATA[source Where is Nigeria headed, the economics situation of the country is getting out of hand as it is so bad that people are directly facing poverty. In my country I don't think there is anything as the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@henrietta27/where-is-nigeria-headed-ken</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@henrietta27/where-is-nigeria-headed-ken</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-11060]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[henrietta27]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ6hGTUx3QF6TTcnrG6jRGoETpKmDpbUAmT8SKomDmiHfLqVzaUjKHQ62Z6AuGf66Pe4ud5y5rpoxjCHzQyp9XMfUBrJsAfzd2dVKV5D3EuDUb2sS37SsCS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty  A Serious Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone I hope all my dear friends and #freewriters community members will be fine.today my topic is Poverty is one of the biggest problems in the world. It means not having enough money to live]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@waseemniazi/poverty-a-serious-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@waseemniazi/poverty-a-serious-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[waseemniazi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:17:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqtFsaPg4FHgeTfWbjvoaKdnxNQCJPt9HP85P7yzfedxsbvgqjPvKsx8EfyPnt7ori5PtW92LetYLNXoVihTug?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real estate opportunity: invest in my rent payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Am I really going to post a public statement of my finances in order to find investors, as I promised in my previous post about calculated stable loans? Yes, I think this will be interesting for other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/debt/@edb/real-estate-opportunity-invest-in-my-rent-payments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/debt/@edb/real-estate-opportunity-invest-in-my-rent-payments</guid><category><![CDATA[debt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:20:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpfc4vnazPcDquTbbw39qAD77P26Ur5oxFD1ib7mAQryXXcHYCANFu1koURjCAYWSNfWUDHHQRr3LrqZN5gwo7gpKNJL82AwQHuLegmsY7XC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fayetteville, a truly awful part of North Carolina ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I normally write about how much I love my state of North Carolina and for the most part I believe that it is a wonderful place. We have a wide range of natural beauty, we have all 4 seasons - none of which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@beelzebubba/fayetteville-a-truly-awful-part-of-north-carolina</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@beelzebubba/fayetteville-a-truly-awful-part-of-north-carolina</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beelzebubba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Pk1cxLm7AJDmt8FkXszVNdqi31JJJwRmkUQ7tKwfqLEAkc8MFAaKUi71XkSCqsbj27ERnPHYqpXaJSL5RrPYwM7knZrrQRyd3XAVAnf5jHKKv3jaEMoYynbMkNWryNyUWgCSZiZq17st7QjgXVfSuN7U9J9J7ZFH9FLjyeBT1eGomjmKd9RgjVKXTYTBkReGT8cBfeGgBWGhh51tnCWUkz2v4rj9DrEVpCHJDUu3xLBLfWY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE DEBT TRAP: LIVING ON TOMORROW’S SALARY IN TODAY’S NIGERIA]]></title><description><![CDATA[image source The minimum wage in Nigeria is very low; it was recently increased from 30,000 Naira to 70,000 Naira per month, which is roughly equivalent to about 50 dollars. This sum is barely sufficient]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@rishagamo/the-debt-trap-living-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@rishagamo/the-debt-trap-living-on</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rishagamo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFc5ntfuipfg8oUptKPSKgdk8JMWeKqfqG2NitNzULjsFgDZjYGCkhzgQBEFBWC5oomuhTc8uKTi3s9prpWSDMGzKeYyPHVk76MVU3q4fUSmFfKvF5djeWjLiSkpB5qtTQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty: More Than Just a Number]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whenever politicians bring up poverty, they usually make it sound like a math problem — all about income. You fall below a certain line? You’re poor. Above it? Apparently, you’re not. It’s tidy, sure,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@revisesociology/poverty-more-than-just-a-number</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@revisesociology/poverty-more-than-just-a-number</guid><category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[revisesociology]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:37:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3Z6RXqCzbfv1WQ1sQhpdGGTQyVuHGqrDHT4rQMRWe5DJmLAy1pnzqi4KGC9MLRu4k368ntrT279Epzc6p9LiWtkH61xL9pPK4fKjyCgDiXtZHRSt6jjXrKPE4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Field Reflections: Observations from Bamenda to Njikwa – Community Challenges and a Call for Ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Readers, Warm greetings to everyone reading this message today. After publishing my introductory post, I felt it was important not only to introduce myself but also to begin sharing the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@mukumvicram1993/field-reflections-observations-from-bamenda-to-njikwa-community-challenges-and-a-call-for-ideas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@mukumvicram1993/field-reflections-observations-from-bamenda-to-njikwa-community-challenges-and-a-call-for-ideas</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mukumvicram1993]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:04:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9JANUZztRtiGuR9uUSHWoKfEsUWeioesLWMW2soVHWyRi2qs6Ckp56HH53oLa8yNZA9L7N9vawk5co6Q62?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children need a safe environment]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Mumbai sometimes when I am out on the road, there are these small children who are begging. Sometimes I help them and sometimes I do not. It's not that I do not wish to help them but giving them money]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/children/@nainaztengra/children-need-a-safe-environment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/children/@nainaztengra/children-need-a-safe-environment</guid><category><![CDATA[children]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nainaztengra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgW5vmApEngPXTqmrNtuoYneVvk4LHVWG3E16wTsP5B6WuZuJrpNTbDfqtchKzBu8JKrCvnK646?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine's human rights violations]  Martial Law Diaries, and other papers [corruption in the Philippines] #10/218]]></title><description><![CDATA[And so, while individual members of the AFP may not have any liking for the ruling elite (they may even hate these human leeches), at least they see to it that the gradually acquired vested interests in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/afp/@policeviolence/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-martial-law-diaries-and-other-papers-corruption-in-the-philippines-10-218</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/afp/@policeviolence/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-martial-law-diaries-and-other-papers-corruption-in-the-philippines-10-218</guid><category><![CDATA[afp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[policeviolence]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:41:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EMMY 'S LIFE chapter two ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Weeks later, as life became more complicated, something shifted within Emmy. He took an honest look at himself and his family and said to himself, “My school fees are unaffordable, so why]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178138/@loeranking/emmy-s-life-chapter-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178138/@loeranking/emmy-s-life-chapter-two</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178138]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[loeranking]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:34:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennApyU6DBFyHAm4UniauWYXKAUt1xBvg8kpnCmrMw2hqss3mvXF3D9E33PEDE1AHYPS1qntVCcffjQsyQzLJQvyJEkvHZg8gvXH7o43yM4nLXUH95p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Little Bit Matters!]]></title><description><![CDATA[What makes a difference, and what doesn't? Found myself pondering that question, following yesterday's post about food shopping. It is with some sadness (and maybe a little shame?) that I must admit that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/every-little-bit-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/every-little-bit-matters</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:12:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6i4hzsFiVjDiEU1behiYDBfBzNaysVD1fqzLgnTQYBFVTDwVAiQAaRYuQpPdBNbaLYEiKTgDoeU8nmAvCQuNNdtX3YkrbJhU6A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope in a Small Bag: A Doctor’s Call to Heal the Forgotten in Rural Yemen]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the remote, dusty corners of rural Yemen, a simple plastic bag containing basic medicine is worth more than gold. It signifies the difference between suffering and relief, and sometimes, between life]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humanity/@moqitalgozi/hope-in-a-small-bag</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humanity/@moqitalgozi/hope-in-a-small-bag</guid><category><![CDATA[humanity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[moqitalgozi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpodSptot63JW2kfbm4oLDZGYf3ybLnMQann3vQxkinbqaH72zBB2DCL1eHGrbzxj9sHtQhmFfp5oFF7Cbw8sg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Florida Project: Poverty seen from the innocence of childhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source "There is no worse monster than the annihilation of childhood." I wish this phrase had occurred to me, but it belongs to one of my university professors. A woman who had a very hard childhood,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166847/@chris-chris92/the-florida-project-poverty-seen-from-the-innocence-of-childhood-t9ms6b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-166847/@chris-chris92/the-florida-project-poverty-seen-from-the-innocence-of-childhood-t9ms6b</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-166847]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chris-chris92]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:56:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJuZuMNNwK2GMj4xyHtxF9B2WGDxCajkxHfJuFT4qWzmLrWGfWPytruuTYbHX4ME4KYkiYhvkfVUXK8FBgWTKhUxon76NdDQJFofboxK4J2J5GVA4NZ1STLnn2a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Only Have What You Have!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe it's just "how you have to play the game" but it has long struck me that investment initiatives spend a lot of time mired down in assumptions that don't necessarily hold water. I'm not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/you-only-have-what-you-have</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/you-only-have-what-you-have</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:06:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn97zWteMmviRDqq8CCqTvXsy1pah4nQCFuiXiPLxSQSrv6gLzyARajFMtFC4VpgwU6jQ7bTZ2ky6PXHF3Lv1cotJYuWgy32nBdGTas7ZCLcoP2jXk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medical Aid for the Underserved: Your Support Reaches Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Few Pills... Can Mean a Whole Life Hello wonderful Ecency and Hive community, this is Dr. Moqit Algozi. Look closely at this picture. Look at this little girl and how she holds this small plastic bag.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/charity/@moqitalgozi/medical-aid-for-the-underserved</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/charity/@moqitalgozi/medical-aid-for-the-underserved</guid><category><![CDATA[charity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[moqitalgozi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:07:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqpfkWzSC33BLZN75UU5GRkcAXeYN6KfQzDGBzkZdVvfdwhZMPHCY15SS2uZ4bo2Ny3FhzJ9Ya2FCRTC1A7iZc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Corruption in the Philippines]  A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines #3/82]]></title><description><![CDATA[DelimitationsFirst, this study limits the scope of poverty to a sense of powerlessness in the perspectives of development studies. In development studies, scholars and practitioners have defined poverty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@filipinos/corruption-in-the-philippines-a-theological-understanding-of-power-for-poverty-alleviation-in-the-philippines-3-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@filipinos/corruption-in-the-philippines-a-theological-understanding-of-power-for-poverty-alleviation-in-the-philippines-3-82</guid><category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[filipinos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  Oliver Twist #4/214]]></title><description><![CDATA[PREFACE TO THE FIRST CHEAP EDITIONAt page 267 of this present edition of Oliver Twist there is a de scription of “the filthiest, the strangest, the most extraordi nary of the many localities that are hidden]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sanitary/@literaturelovers/literature-charles-dickens-oliver-twist-4-214</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sanitary/@literaturelovers/literature-charles-dickens-oliver-twist-4-214</guid><category><![CDATA[sanitary]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[literaturelovers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:41:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PhotoFeed Contest - Street Photography Round 149. Cardboard seller. / Concurso ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[... PhotoFeed-Ronda de Fotografía Callejera 149. Vendedor de cartón. #photo #street #vendor #people #poverty #photography #hueso #ecency #alive #bbh #waivio #neoxian #cent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@osomar357/uia8cb9hoxionqzk8bsfih</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@osomar357/uia8cb9hoxionqzk8bsfih</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[osomar357]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennBU7AgBVbLVArqCfiTxzLQda8jJNDsBvsnWqE7T3FV4W6ozqXaY3Es7yvLJaFW46Pc7RFt5t74KdZWWDaSVhXup1sDXGPTYiKCPM4nrZ6rvsAXq2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[¡AI is getting closer to eradicate world poverty! ..it's my MeMe #207]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every day I realize more and more that most people these days don't like to read much to find out where they stand today and where they might be standing in just a few years. And the new year 2026 is already]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@por500bolos/ai-is-getting-closer-to-eradicate-world-poverty-it-s-my-meme-207</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@por500bolos/ai-is-getting-closer-to-eradicate-world-poverty-it-s-my-meme-207</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[por500bolos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:22:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu79fYh1Svf3mN2MBPH8KfWGu3cv2aX1wwDiKKPhrBiruC1xZZqfEFTYwkFFAoECczsHztBHm6rZSQwzSkhwyYasfPk64UhoQtjWQS6VLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOW FAILING SYSTEMS TRAIN OUR MINDS TO FAIL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prior to reading a particular book called The Battlefield of the Mind, I never really understood the important role our minds play in major day-to-day decisions in our lives. 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