B2 Poverty Vocabulary
Non-profit groups
A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.
Poverty trap
A situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of state benefits so that you are no better off
Philanthropist
A wealthy person who gives money and time to help make life better for other people
Destitute
Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
to donate
Giving something to a charity, often a sum of money / or the action
Living from hand to mouth
Having just enough money to live and nothing extra
Impoverished
Poor, without much money to live on
donation
Something that is given to a charity, often a sum of money
Deprived
Suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits.
Charity organisations
The organizations that helpd people in need
To live on the breadline
The poorest condition in which it is acceptable to live.
Money is tight
There is not much money
To live on the poverty line
To have just the minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life