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Helen Campbell Prisoners of Poverty Women Wage-Workers, Their Trades and Their Lives

Fiction
English
67234 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

Helen Stuart Campbell (born Helen Stuart; July 5, 1839 – July 22, 1918)[1] was a social reformer and [more]

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Okiri Justus Oz. MIND-SET

THE PLAGUE CALLED POVERTY

Self-Help
English
2547 Words
Ages 16 and up
37
0

Approach to becoming a better you >> To inspire the i-CAN-DO-it spirit from within, to uplift souls spiritually and physically to live their best in actual and not imaginary through unconventional ways = ART - DEPICTIONS - HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES. This is to help you overcome negative thoughts which is actually poverty in real sense and be the best, because poverty (negative mindset) will always create the worst kind of living, unbearable burden and even constitute lawlessness in the society. Human disability is only a definition of perception and not a reflection of reality. You will be empowered to become the best of you as you read this art - MIND-SET this is not just a book but a practical guide. I hope this book has helped you discover you regardless of your current realities which is only a distractor of your future greatness. [more]

Keywords: religion, motivational, inspirational, memoir, success poverty, building, christianity, thinking, family, relationship, marriage

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Isioma Jemimah Okonicha The Life I didn't think existed

Poverty and Wealth

Short Story
English
3066 Words
Ages 12 and up
98
0

I wish I was the daughter of the wealthy family that lived in this mansion, my God! I’ll be the happiest person on earth, and I’ll definitely not be bothered about Mr. Okuku’s silly marriage proposal that mama is already considering. I thought, still staring at the beautiful mansion that’d caught my attention as the driver drove to the house, where I was supposed to work as a maid. Please stop. This is the house. I told the taxi man. The address on the piece of paper was the same as the mansion I admired. It was the same structure I met as a child, when I’d been brought years ago to work for the Adamas, the rich, business couple. It’s been over ten years. I remembered being convinced to enter into this “thing” as I called it, by a woman that’d brought me. She had had to convince me that it was heaven, before I’d agreed to enter. I was so scared of the size of the house. I was only nine years old at the time, and I'd never been to the city, and so it was the first time that I saw such a building, that was why I was afraid, the mansion was a wonder to me with the big pine trees around it. I remembered the cool breeze that blew softly in the garden when I watched Ebuka, the gardener at that time trim the flowers. It was the colored petals in a pot that almost resembled the one we drank from in my home at Gboku village that surprised me the most - I was later told it had a white-man’s name, by Ejiri, the only daughter of the rich couple that I nicknamed “oyinbo girl” because of the way she sounded when she spoke. Few days at the Adamas mansion were enough to write a book on “luxury” which was the exact word I would use to describe the experience at their home. They were cocoa business moguls that had defined wealth and were living a good life. I walked straight to the gigantic gate and gave a loud knock twice. "Who is that?” a male voice answered. “Abeg dey send me come here,” I replied. “Wetin you want?” The voice asked without opening the gate. “Dey send me to work.” “Who sent you?” he asked and then he opened the pedestrian entrance. “Na Madam Rukky send me here,” I said. “Wait, make I go tell madam.” He said after I’d greeted him. And then, he closed back the entrance leaving me under the unkind heat of the sun. After some minutes, he returned and asked me to follow him. “Waka fast.” He said. [more]

Keywords: Wealth, Poverty, Marriage, women, labour, man, character, business, maid, work, garden, girl, detrmination, aunty, village, travel, bus

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Tingy The price women pay for fish at Lake Victoria

Essay
English
2000 Words
No Age Recommendation
1959
6

Poverty leads women to unwanted sex in exchange for fish at the lake Victoria in Kenya.

Keywords: Poverty, Africa, Kenya, subordination

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Fernando Lachica OFW: The Game Of Life

Book 2

Fiction
English
37375 Words
Ages 16 and up
81
0

A weak young man…A first true love…A beautiful rich woman obsessed with love…A kind loving wife…A circle of friends…Chasing their dreams abroad as OFWs…All brought together with their destiny to love aflame with conflicts, ambitions, lies, hatred, revenge and friendship. Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW): The Game of Life is a struggle of a young man from a small island of Negros Occidental, the Philippines, who discovered his life in a city and found his true love. He never thought that life in Manila (The City of Hopes) is a rugged terrain of heartaches, lies, hatred and revenge. He found his true self when destiny engulfed him working in a faraway place called Dubai (The City of Dreams) as an OFW. Lied and played his game so well to reach his dreams, used his charms to build corporations, and became a Billionaire. Marco Fernando’s new status in life was confronted by a series of discoveries he never imagined. Poverty consumed him to continue his journey until a rich woman Danielle Gustilo shed light playing the game he mastered; she never thought that Marco became her enemy for life. Marco decided to play the dirty game of love without the knowledge of his wife Ayah Isabel Gonzales while reaching his dreams abroad and a lifetime journey in molding his future. He longed for happy-family-life through his money, but boredom surrounds him that nearly broke his family. [more]

Keywords: struggles, life, family, OFW, employment, Dubai, revenge, love, hate, marriage, money, poverty, business, ambition, famous, children