You have at one point or another come across someone who has nothing. Sometimes it's a man on the street trying to get a few coins from you in the morning, sometimes it's the family next door whose lights are always out for some reason, and sometimes it's people we interact with, who seem fine outwardly, but grapple with the enigma of where their next meal is going to come from. Poverty looks different from place to place, and person to person. And yet each scenario has some similarities; it rips victims of their dignity, and deprives them opportunities through which they would thrive were these availed. Although I may not be directly impacted, I see it so much in my community, people who have so much potential and would do so much good were they given the means.

The UN Sustainable Development Goal to end poverty in all its forms involves “ensur[ing] significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources...in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions." (https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/ending-poverty)
In making a change, I'm inclined to believe that a big impact can be achieved by small and simple things. I'll admit, I'm not quite certain where I'd even want to start (and I'm open to suggestions) but I know that it is of great importance to start sharing the skills I have already gained to those who do not have them. There are so many ways to share these skills, and one of them will be to help learners use the Hour of Z application and other coding tools for beginners. There's a tremendous future in the tech industry and I strongly feel that sharing these skills, little by little, will help someone out there make a better living.

While trying to make these important strides in fighting the plague of poverty, it is futile if I don't show immediate kindness to those around me who struggle. While trying to devise long-term and far-reaching solutions, I encourage you to give that random person on the street a smile and treat them with humanity. That will also make a difference. 

Of course we could come up with an infinite list of things to do to end poverty, but the most important thing is to act. It is so easy to brush off compassion, and get caught up in our own lives, but I'm confident that as we look outward, and look to make a difference, no matter how small it seems, we will reach the goal. I am eagerly awaiting the day when we can finally declare zero cases of poverty.