Initial+Proposal

Why is poverty most commonly found in the inner-cities of America? The reason I want to do my project on poverty in the inner-cities is because my hometown, Philadelphia, inhabits thousands, maybe millions, of impoverished persons. I have not decided how I will present my project yet. Possible areas of research are an interview of someone who runs Philabundance, research on the internet, and research in the books about inner-city poverty. I anticipate to do a fundraiser for poverty in our school. My mentor can help me with the fundraiser. The only problems I see happening is with the fundraiser and I have not decided how I will handle the problems yet.

The question I am attempting to answer is why exactly poverty is more commonly found in the inner-cities of America. I have always been interested in the topic of poverty, but more specifically poverty in America. I have found that when I research poverty international poverty would appear. I feel that poverty in underdeveloped nations such as India and different countries in Africa is extremely sad and something needs to be done about the devastation, but poverty is right next door. Hundreds of cities in America are struck with poverty and it seems nothing is being done about it properly. America can not turn its cheek and ignore its own struggles with poverty. For my project, I want to do a school-wide fundraiser to raise money for the poverty in Philadelphia. I was planning on donating the money to an organization that helps with inner-city poverty in Philadelphia. As a part of my research, I had wanted to set up an interview with a worker at Philabundance- a non-profit organization that donates food and supplies to those in need. Hopefully if this works out I could find out more information about poverty in Philadelphia and the reasons behind it. I anticipate much work involved in this project. I would need to contact Philabundance and see if an interview would be possible. Also, I need to speak with the school administrators to make sure my school-wide fundraiser would be possible. If either of these approaches do not work out I plan on researching other fundraiser ideas for inner-city poverty. My mentor would assist me in setting up an interview with Philabundance and possibly organizing the fundraiser at school. Overall, I am excited to work on my project and research, hopefully discovering more about poverty in the inner-cities of America.