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