Our goal at 2Feet Out Ministries is to help those in generational poverty get ‘2 Feet Out’ and stay out!
Generational poverty is different from situational poverty. Situational poverty is usually caused by a sudden crisis or loss and is often temporary.
Generational poverty is poverty in families where at least two generations have been affected, and they are not equipped with the tools to move out of their situations.
Here is what we know about children born into poverty:
THEY THINK IT’S THEIR FAULT: THEY FEEL GREAT SHAME.
(FROM EGMISSION.ORG BLOGPOST 10/9/2015)
THEY BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE JUDGE THEM.
LACK OF EDUCATION IS THE MAIN CAUSE AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE
MORE LIKELY TO FOLLOW IN THEIR PARENTS’ FOOTSTEPS
AS THEY ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DROP OF OF HIGH SCHOOL.
TEEN PREGNANCY IS ALSO MORE LIKELY.
THEY GIVE UP HOPE: THEY SEE HOW MUCH THEIR PARENTS STRUGGLE
AND FIGURE THEY ALWAYS WILL TOO.
THEY CAN’T IMAGINE THEIR LIVES EVER BEING DIFFERENT.