Reduction of Back-to-school Poverty in 2022

Welcome to CENFACS’ Online Diary!

14 September 2022

 

Post No. 265

 

 

The Week’s Contents

 

• Reduction of Back-to-school Poverty in 2022

• Green Spaces-focused Note for Week Beginning 12/09/2022: Green Spaces and Socio-economic Inequalities

• Coming in Autumn 2022: The 77th Issue of FACS Newsletter which will be titled as Financial Security for the Poor

 

… And much more!

 

 

Key Messages

 

• Reduction of Back-to-school Poverty in 2022

 

Back to school is a challenging time for many families and parents especially for those on low-income brackets or just poor.  It is even controversial for many of them as they are trying to strike a delicate balance between building forward educational life for children and still dealing with the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic.  It is deeply demanding for them during this painful time of the cost-of-living crisis as the expenses of sending back their children to school are fiercely competing with soaring living costs.

Amongst these challenges, the greatest one for these families is back-to-school poverty.  Back-to-school poverty is what we are trying to help reduce or eradicate within our back-to-relief programme this Autumn 2022.  In our latest post, we explained what we mean by back-to-school poverty.  In this post, we shall expand further on it and the way of working with the community to reduce this type of poverty.  We are tackling it while carrying on back-to-relief programme and services.

For more on back-to-school poverty and its reduction, please read under the Main Development section of this post.

 

 

• Green Spaces-focused Note for Week Beginning 12/09/2022: Green Spaces and Socio-economic Inequalities

 

Before presenting this second note of our Green Spaces theme, let us first try to understand the meaning of socio-economic inequality.  Then, we will deal with it and the way in which we can work with the community on socio-economic inequalities or injustices linked to green spaces.

 

• • What is a socio-economic inequality?

 

There are many ways of perceiving or defining socio-economic inequality.  One of these ways is the one provided by ‘eachother.org.uk’ (1) website which argues that

“Socio-economic inequality relates to disparities that individuals might have in both their economic and social resources that are linked to their social class.  These disparities include but aren’t limited to their earnings, education, and/or income”.

These disparities can prevent some individuals, particularly the socio-economically deprived ones to have access to quality green spaces; spaces that can have bearing on the reduction of poverty.

 

• • Green spaces can have bearing on the reduction of socio-economic inequalities

 

The distribution of and access to green spaces can have bearing on the reduction of socio-economic inequalities or they can reinforce these inequalities.   People living in deprived neighbourhoods with lack of access to green spaces may experience socio-economic inequalities and have the high price to pay for inequality.  In contrast, those dwelling in areas with equalitarian and good distribution of green spaces could live with less socio-economic inequality.

Having argued the above, the purpose of this note is not only to depict the link between green spaces and socio-economic inequalities.  This note is also about working with the community so that our members can mitigate the effects of socio-economic inequalities relating to the asymmetrical or uneven distribution of green spaces in an area.

 

• • Working with the community to tackle socio-economic inequalities or injustices linked to green spaces

 

There are ways of working with the socio-economically disadvantaged members of our community living in deprived neighbourhoods or wards to tackle various issues related to the access to green spaces.  One of these ways is to work on geographic accessibility to green spaces.

For example, we can work with them on the following matters:

Check if they live in a socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhood since there could be correlation between this type of neighbourhood and lack of access to green spaces

Look at the quality of green spaces they normally access compared to the centroid of their neighbourhoods

Evaluate the benefits of accessing green spaces by these socio-economically deprived

Work out their distance to local green spaces, the number of green spaces in their local area, the conditions and features of green spaces (like water, aesthetic, parks, threes, recreational activities, etc.).

The above examples illustrate some of the ways of working with the community.  For those members of our community who are socio-economically disadvantaged and would like to work on issues relating to green spaces, they are welcome to contact CENFACS.

To end this note on socio-economic inequalities relating to green spaces, we would like to quote what Joseph E. Stiglitz (2) says about the Price of Inequality for the Unted States of America (USA), which is:

“I believe it is not too late for this country to change course, and to recover the fundamental principles of fairness and opportunities on which it was founded” (pp. 362 & 363)

Although Stiglitz speaks about the USA, it is possible to refer to the argument he made in his book and apply it in order to help reduce socio-economic inequalities linked to the lack of fair and equal access to green spaces.

The above is our second note for the Green Spaces.  To add your input and or enquire about this second note, please contact CENFACS.

 

 

 

• Coming in Autumn 2022: The 77th Issue of FACS Newsletter which will be titled as Financial Security for the Poor

How to reduce financial worries and stresses for the income poor at this challenging time of the cost-of-living crisis

 

• • Abstract for the 77th Issue of FACS

 

The lingering effects of the coronavirus and the current cost-of-living crisis are making worried and stressed many ordinary and poor people and families.  They are making them worried and stressed as prices of goods and services keep rising while people’s incomes and financial support do not match the level and scale of soaring cost of living.  These people and families need some form of financial security if one needs to avoid the current crisis to become a humanitarian one.

The 77th Issue of FACS, CENFACS‘ bilingual newsletter, will help not only to understand their financial worries and stresses, but also to explore with them positive coping strategies to calm their mind and find peace of mind.  In this respect, the Issue could provide some tips and hints to avert the transformation of the cost-of-living they are experiencing into a humanitarian one.

Many of those making our community are looking for financial security in order to make ends meet or just to cover their basic life-sustaining needs.  There are income deficit and indebted amongst them; those having their amount of income falling short of their spending.  They all need financial security to avoid that the current crisis pushes them to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe or collapse.

The 77th Issue will explore ways of building financial security with and for these people and families.  Although the Issue will not list organisations and institutions that provide financial security cover, it will bundle a number of financial security fixes with and for them.  However, by arguing that they need financial security, what do we mean by that?

Financial security here has to be viewed from the perspective of what ‘quicken.com’ (3) argue about, which is:

“Financial security refers to the peace of mind you feel when you aren’t worried about your income being enough to cover your expenses.  It also means that you have enough money saved to cover emergencies and your future financial goals.  When you are financially secure your stress level goes down, leaving you free to focus on other issues”.

The above-mentioned definition will be the one we shall refer to in the 77th Issue of FACS.  Financial security here has to be differentiated from the financial instruments (like shares, bonds, stocks, gilts, bills of exchange, treasury bills, etc.) issued by firms, financial institutions (e.g., pension funds, investment funds, banks and insurance companies) and government.  We shall approach financial security from the perspective of ordinary and poor people and families, those who do not financially have.

At the current challenging time of the cost-of-living crisis, the 77th Issue of FACS will be a journey with those people and families on how they will raise the finances they need and erect the basic foundations of financial security.  Through the 77th Issue, we shall try to identify the levels of financial security they need, whether high or low or medium.

Financial security is not only about our closer community, CENFACS Community.  It is also about our extended community; that is the people with whom our Africa-based Sister Organisations (ASOs) work in Africa.  For these distant communities and people, financial security is about how they are trying to develop their coping financial strategies (for example, if they got any financial bailout) in order to mitigate the combined side effects of the coronavirus and other diseases, the cost-of-living crisis and changing climate.

The 77th Issue goes further mile in exploring how these ASOs are adjusting their not-for-profit or charitable model in order to continue to serve their communities in this context of spiralling prices of money, food, energy and other goods and services.  Likewise, it will contain an appeal for a portion of financial dividend created (e.g., from illicit financial flows in Africa) to be channelled to ASOs working with poor people and communities.  In appealing in this way, this could provide a starting point or a new development in connecting the above-mentioned poor people and families with financial niches that are supposed to help them, but they are not doing it at the moment.

Finally, the 77th Issue of FACS will provide some constituents or elements a foundation for a programme of work with our community on ways of building and developing financial security with these people and families.

The above gives a bit some flavour or general idea about the next issue of FACS, the 77th Issue of FACS Newsletter.

For any enquiries and or queries about this Issue, please do not hesitate to contact CENFACS.

 

 

Extra Messages

 

• Summer 2022 Humanitarian Appeal Projects: Only Week to Go!

 

All Poor, Poor Children, Young Carers and Families Need Your Support!

 

There is only one week to go before our Summer Humanitarian and Fundraising Campaign ends.

You can do something for poor children, young people and families in Africa, who are the potential beneficiaries of the following projects:

 

✔ CENFACS’ Distress-free Life from the Cost-of-living Crisis in Africa

✔ All Gifts for All Poor 

✔ International Networking and Protection against the Cost-of-living Crisis

✔ Iconic Young Carer 

✔ ELCLASSICO International.

 

For more details about ways of supporting the above initiatives and other ones, please contact CENFACS.

Please remember, the fundraising campaign about the above-mentioned projects will end by 22 September 2022.

CENFACS will accept any support given during and beyond the duration of this campaign.

Please do not wait to donate as the needs are pressing and urgent NOW.

We look forward to your generous support to make helpful difference for the All Poor, Poor children, Young People and Families in Africa

Thank you for your generosity.

 

 

 

• Taking Climate Protection and Stake for African Children at the Implementation with Installation Sub-phase (Phase 3.2)

Taking forward what was discussed during Africa Climate Week 2022

 

Under CENFACS’ CPSAC (Climate Protection and Stake for African Children) and its sub-phase 3.2., we are continuing to make the case for our demand to give a climate stake to children.

We are as well carrying out our preparation for follow-up of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), which will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) from Monday 07 November to Friday 18 November 2022 (4).

The slogan for this 2022 follow-up will be: Sharm El-Sheikh Makes Children’s Dreams Come True.

As part of this preparation, we followed Africa Climate Week 2022 (5) which was held from 29 August to 2 September in Libreville (Gabon).  At this platform, stakeholders discussed regional climate action solutions and forged regional partnerships.

We are considering the contents of this discussion and see how they can fit into CENFACS’ CPSAC and its sub-phase 3.2.  We are as well looking at how we can take forward what was discussed during Africa Climate Week 2022.

To support and or enquire about CENFACS’ CPSAC and its sub-phase 3.2, please contact CENFACS.

 

 

 

• Summer 2022 Reporting in Your Own Words, Numbers and Information Graphics

 

Last week, we started to unlock or unpack our Summer holiday data and to prepare to tell our Summer holiday stories.  This week, we are going further in putting into practice our unlocked or unpacked data in support of Summer experiences or stories.

 

• • Summer 2022 Experiences Reporting as an Additional Opportunity

 

From this week until Wednesday the 21st of September 2022, we are simply asking to those who can, to share with us and others their Summer experiences; experiences about what they did during the Summer break and think that it is useful for sharing.

The 2022 Summer Experiences Reporting activity is a further opportunity for reporting, sharing, learning and development for those who have not yet informed us about the outcomes of projects; projects pending for reporting, personal experiences to be shared, lessons to learn and development trends to spot.

 

• • Sharing Development Experiences, Stories, Tales and Reports about Summer 2022

 

As we are nearly reaching the end of Summer 2022, we would like our users and supporters as well as those who sympathise with CENFACS’ cause to share with us and others their experiences, stories and reports about the initiatives mentioned below.

 

a) Run, Play and Vote projects (Triple Value Initiatives)

You can feedback the outcomes or Action-Results of your RunPlay and Vote projects.

b) Volunteering and Creation Stories

You can also share your volunteering stories with us and others if you did volunteer during the Summer break.

c) Summer programmes: Happiness, Healthiness and Appeal projects

You may prefer to report on your use of Happiness and Healthiness projects and your response to our Humanitarian Relief Appeal projects.

d) August 2022 Trending Activities

You can as well report on your experience of following the direction of poverty reduction through Terrestrial Ecosystem Services provided by Forests.

e) Knowledge Year’s Activities/Tasks

As we are in CENFACS’ Knowledge Year, we would be more than happier to hear any uplifting stories related to this year’s dedication.

f) Journal of Happiness and Healthiness

You can share the contents of your happiness and healthiness journal relating to happy, healthy and trustful Summer 2022; as well as help build a better Summer holiday experience.

g) Other Experiences and Memorable Stories Reporting

You can feedback on any moving experience or transformative story you have had during Summer 2022.

 

You can report your experience via e-mail, over phone and through social media networks or channels of communication (e.g., Twitter).

Thank you for supporting us with your Summer 2022 experience, story and report In Your Own Words, Numbers and Information Graphics.

 

 

Message in French (Message en français)

 

• Rapports de l’été 2022 dans vos propres mots, chiffres et graphiques d’information

La semaine dernière, nous avons commencé à déverrouiller ou à déballer nos données sur les vacances d’été et à nous préparer à raconter nos histoires de vacances d’été.  Cette semaine, nous allons plus loin dans la mise en pratique de nos données déverrouillées ou déballées à l’appui des expériences ou des histoires d’été.

• • Rapports sur les expériences de l’été 2022 en tant qu’opportunité supplémentaire

De cette semaine jusqu’au mercredi 21 septembre 2022, nous demandons simplement à ceux/celles qui le peuvent de partager avec nous et avec d’autres leurs expériences estivales; sur ce qu’ils/elles ont fait pendant les vacances d’été et pensent que c’est utile pour le partage.

L’activité de rapport sur les expériences d’été 2022 est une autre occasion de rendre compte, de partager, d’apprendre et de développer pour ceux/celles qui ne nous ont pas encore informés des résultats des projets; les projets en attente de rapports, les expériences personnelles à partager, les leçons à tirer et les tendances de développement à repérer.

• • Partager des expériences, des histoires, des contes et des rapports sur le développement de l’été 2022

Alors que nous approchons la fin de l’été 2022, nous aimerions que nos bénéficiaires et soutiens ainsi que ceux/celles qui sympathisent avec la cause du CENFACS partagent avec nous et d’autres leurs expériences, histoires et rapports sur les initiatives mentionnées ci-dessous.

a) Projets Courir, Jouer et Voter (Initiatives à triple valeur)

Vous pouvez commenter la différence que vous avez faite ou les résultats d’action de vos projets Courir, Jouer et Voter.

b) Histoires de bénévolat et de création

Vous pouvez également partager vos histoires de bénévolat avec nous et d’autres personnes si vous avez fait du bénévolat pendant les vacances d’été.

c) Programmes d’été: Projets de bonheur, de santé et d’appel

Vous préférerez peut-être rendre compte de votre utilisation des projets de bonheur et de santé et de votre réponse à nos projets d’appel à l’aide humanitaire.

d) Activités de tendance d’août 2022

Vous pouvez également rendre compte de votre expérience de la réduction de la pauvreté grâce aux services écosystémiques terrestres fournis par les forêts.

e) Activités/tâches de l’Année de la connaissance

Comme nous sommes dans l’Année de la connaissance du CENFACS, nous serions plus qu’heureux d’entendre des histoires édifiantes liées au dévouement de cette année.

f) Journal du bonheur et de la santé

Vous pouvez partager le contenu de votre journal du bonheur et de la santé relatif à l’été 2022 heureux, sain et confiant; ainsi que pour aider à construire une meilleure expérience de vacances d’été.

g) Reportage des autres expériences et histoires mémorables

Vous pouvez commenter toute expérience émouvante ou histoire transformatrice que vous avez eue au cours de l’été 2022.

Vous pouvez communiquer votre expérience par e-mail, par téléphone et via les réseaux sociaux ou les canaux de communication (par exemple, Twitter).

Merci de nous soutenir avec votre expérience, votre histoire et votre rapport de l’été 2022 dans vos propres mots, chiffres et graphiques d’information.

 

 

Main Development

 

Reduction of Back-to-school Poverty in 2022

 

In order to approach back-to-school poverty, the following items will be considered:

 

∝ Back-to-school challenge

∝ Back-to-school poverty

∝ Back-to-school disrupted by the cost-of-living crisis

∝ Back-to-school support

∝ Back-to-school budget adjusted for inflation 

∝ Extra Investment Linked to Back-to-school Preparation and Children’s Education 

∝ Back to school is NOT a one-day event 

∝ Go net zero in your back-to-school approach.

 

Let us summarise each of these elements explaining our way of approaching back-to-school poverty.

 

• • Back-to-school time as a challenging period for a basic human right and a deserving cause

 

For some, back to school/college is a normal time to prepare and do normal purchase whether it is for school uniforms or books or even any other school items.  However, for those who are struggling to make ends meet, back-to-school time could be a very challenging moment as they may not always have enough financial resources or support to cope with the requirements of the start of the new school year.  Yet, education is a basic human right and a deserving need for children and all society.

Back to school/college for the poor is characterised by the following:

 

∝ The struggle to afford the educational costs linked to school/college

∝ The inability to meet basic life-sustaining needs (including of education, food, fuel, shelter, skills development, etc.)

∝ Deprivation of cleaning and disinfecting household items

∝ The lack of resources to deal with hygiene poverty

∝ The lack of or poor access to internet broadband

Etc.

 

This year’s back to school/college is still painful as the cost-of-living crisis is posing problems to many low-income or poor families and households.  Already, many of them have been struggling to come out of the legacies of the coronavirus.  Now, this struggle has increased with the cost-of-living crisis, which has even complicated and disrupted the back-to-school organisation as well as the start of academic year for most of these families and households.

 

• • Back to school disrupted by the cost-of-living crisis

 

The rise in the prices of food, energy, water, rent and other basic necessities of life can only bring a lot of pain for those who are already struggling to make ends meet.  Back-to-school preparation and delivery are not exempted by this pain.

Back to school has been disrupted in many aspects and respects because educational life is linked to the satisfaction of other life-sustaining needs.  This is because without food, energy, water, home, hygiene and health; all operation of back to school and even afterwards can be jeopardised.

If there is any help to cover some of the costs of back to school, it would be great if this help could make up the difference linked to the cost-of-living crisis.  Otherwise, the needs relating to back to school would not be met.  Failing to meet those needs could even be worse where there is a situation of back-to-school poverty.

 

• • Back-to-school poverty

 

As we defined it in our last post (6), Back-to-school poverty is the inability to afford the educational requirements of the start of the new school year.  But how do we measure it?

 

 

• • • Indicators of back-to-school poverty

 

The following cases can indicate that there could be a situation of back-to-school poverty and hardships:

 

∝ If parents or carers of children going back to school do not have enough money or support to cover the expenses linked to back to school

∝ If households spend more than a certain percentage (let say 40 to 50 percent) of their incomes in back-to-school preparation and delivery compared to other items in their budget

∝ If households borrow money to cover expenses relating to back-to-school preparation and delivery

∝ If back-to-school expenses fiercely competing against other living expenses in household budgets.

 

Not having enough money, spending more in back-to-school expenses compared to other household expenses and borrowing money to prepare back to school for children are all indicators of back-to-school poverty and hardships.  There could be more indicators than the above mentioned.

These indicators (like household expenditure on back-to-school preparations), if they are not good, can express the inability for parents and carers to meet the basic life-sustaining needs of education for their children in terms of purchasing school items (such as uniforms, clothes, books, electronics, etc.) and providing the basic infrastructures and necessities (whether it is at home or outside) to support the education of their children.

This incapacity can include other expenses that compete against or with educational materials; expenses that are school fees, living expenses to start a new school year, transport cost to travel to schools, food, a place to study at home, family relocation, adequate meal to study, a proper bed to sleep well, basic healthcare and hygiene at home, etc.

 

• • • Back to school for families and parents living in poverty

 

Families and parents living in poverty or on a tight family budget may not be able to afford these additional expenses budget.  They are forced to currently deal with two types of poverty: back-to-school poverty and hygiene poverty.

The first type of poverty is related to the start of the new school year whereas the second is caused by the lack of hygiene.

Since we have already considered back-to-school poverty, we are going to only explain hygiene poverty.

 

• • • • Explaining hygiene poverty

 

To elucidate hygiene poverty, we are referring to what ‘povertyimpactnetwork.com’ (7) argues about that which is:

“Hygiene poverty is an inability to afford everyday hygiene products, such as shampoo, toilet paper, grooming products, dish soap, etc.”

On the website ‘povertyimpactnetwork.com’, it is further stated that

“Children who grow up in hygiene poverty households can struggle to end the cycle of poverty through successful employment after starting life on rocky ground”.

There could be support for them for some of the vital educational and hygiene needs to be met; just as there is no support for others.

 

 

 

• • Back-to-school support at CENFACS

 

Any type of poverty needs response.  As far as CENFACS is concerned, we can support those falling into back-to-school poverty trap by providing advice through our advisory package under the back-to-relief programme.  This package includes activities such as advice, advocacy, information, guidance, signposting, etc.

During the coronavirus pandemic, we enhanced health and safety aspects in this programme.  To support the community during this challenging time of the cost-of-living crisis, we have included in this programme the advice service for the impacted of the cost-of-living crisis.

Although our support to fight both back-to-school poverty and the cost-of-living poverty is small and limited, it can nevertheless help beneficiaries to get something and keep moving towards of a BIG relief.

Our Back-to-school support can be accessed as follows:

 

√ Virtually and in-person on a one-to-one basis or as a group

√ Over phone 

√ Via e-mail 

√ and by filing the contact form on our website saying the type of support you need.

 

Where beneficiaries have access to video technology, we can arrange a meeting via a video scream.

Where in-person meeting with beneficiaries is the preferred or unavoidable option, an appointment needs to be made for this meeting to happen.  Also, extra precautionary health and safety measures will be taken before the advice can happen.

To seek advice or support regarding your back-to-school poverty or hardships, please contact CENFACS.

 

• • Back-to-school budget adjusted for inflation 

 

The 2022/2023 Back-to-school Budget would include the cost-of-living crisis for many parents and families as they have to cost and integrate the rise in the costs of living into the educational budget of their children.  They are forced to do so since many of them have been told that inflation will continue to rise in 2023.  It is also a budget of building forward from the coronavirus to deal with the lingering effects of the coronavirus.

For those parents and families who are struggling to write their back-to-school budget, we can help them to do that.  We can as well advise on some of the aspects related to the back-to-school budget preparation and delivery.  Furthermore, we can lead them to specific advice services related to back-to-school matters.

To seek advice or support regarding your back-to-school budget, please contact CENFACS.

 

• • Extra Investment Linked to Back-to-school Preparation and Children’s Education 

 

There are some levels of investment that parents and families may have to do to keep the education of their children to an internationally agreed standard.  They may have to proceed with the following initiatives:

 Invest in distance learning technologies (such as tablets, laptops, mobile phones, etc.)

 Improve their access to internet and broadband supplies

 Reorganise space at home to create an office-like desk environment for remote learning and video calling for the educational purpose of their children

Improve or upgrade existing home infrastructures for e-education.

 

All these types of investment will create additional costs in the back-to-school plans, although some of these costs will not be at the start of the school.  Unfortunately, many poor families would struggle to meet this extra investment.

 

• • Back to school is NOT a one-day event 

 

Back to school is not a one-day event of the day children go back to school.  Back-to-school expenses and needs can last longer until parents and carers are able to complete the expenses relating to the return of their children to school and their stay at school.

For poor families and parents, it is even more difficult for them to keep the educational level of their children to a good standard unless they get financial support to their back-to-school budget.  Only a few of them are able to complete the requirements of back to school on time.  Many of them would not have other choice than to spread back-to-school expenses over months in order to complete the back-to-school plan.

 

• • Go net zero in your back-to-school approach

  

Back to school in 2022 is also subject to the requirements of greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and targets as well as clean environment.  It means that for parents and children whether well-off or less well-off, they need to make sure they take an eco-friendly path in the back-to-school preparation and delivery.

In climate terms, it connotes going net zero.  What is net zero?

The Institute for Government (8) argues that

“Net zero refers to achieving a balance between the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere. There are two different routes to achieving net zero, which work in tandem: reducing existing emissions and actively removing greenhouse gases”.

In practical terms, it signifies that in parents’ and carers’ preparation and delivery of back to school, there should be a zero-waste consumption, recycling items, following the principles of circular economic model, avoiding depleting the environment, etc.  Likewise, in their approach to reduce back-to-school poverty, it is better for them to adopt nature-based solutions to back-to-school poverty; solutions that do not adversely affect the nature and environment.

To support CENFACS’ back-to-school initiative, please also contact CENFACS.

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References

 

(1) https://eachother.org.uk/tackling-socio-eoconomic-inequality-in-the-uk-is-an-urgent-human-rights-issue/ (Accessed in September 2022)

(2) Stiglitz, J. E. (2013), Price of Inequality, Penguin Books, London, England

(3) https://www.quicken.com/what-financial-security (Accessed in September 2022)

(4) https://unfccc.int/event/cop-27 (Accessed in September 2022)

(5) https://unfccc.int/ACW2022 (Accessed in September 2022)

(6) cenfacs.org.uk/blog/september7, 2022 (Accessed in September 2022)

(7) https://www.povertyimpactnetwork.com/blog/hygiene-poverty/what-is-hygiene-poverty# (Accessed in September 2022)

(8) https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/net-zero-target (Accessed in September 2022)

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