One way to define poverty is the situation in which individuals and groups are unable to maintain a minimal quality of living due to a lack of resources. These consist of financial resources, infrastructure, good drinking water, basic healthcare and education, and so on. Poverty has historically been defined as having too few material belongings to support oneself or as being severely impoverished. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation defines poverty as the inability to pay for rent, heat your home, or buy necessities for your children. It entails having to deal with uncertainty, insecurity, and difficult financial decisions every morning. It entails being subjected to discrimination and marginalization due to your financial situation.

Children look to the adults in their lives to give them stability and safety; regrettably, it is frequently difficult for adults who are poor to provide for their offspring. Because of this, certain kids who live in poverty have developmental difficulties that could have a long-term negative impact on their wellbeing. Among these difficulties are the consequences that inadequate nutrition, clothes, housing, and care during childhood can have on an adult's development, especially in terms of the brain. The circumstances a kid experiences as they grow up might affect the state of their brain years later since a significant portion of brain formation takes place relatively early, within the first six years of life.
Children from low-income families typically perform worse academically. Early on, even before kids enter school, gaps begin to appear, and they continue to do so and even get wider. Children from the lowest economic families are far less likely to enroll in the most prestigious higher education institutions, advance more slowly in secondary school, and are less likely to meet the criteria at age 11. This affects educational attainment levels as well as future employment prospects and pay. Educating children of the next generation will help overcoming poverty.  

Poverty-stricken individuals have a harder time maintaining good health, have more difficulty accessing NHS services, experience more illness, and pass away earlier than other people. Although the impact of poverty on health and the National Health Service (NHS) is not new, recent rises in extreme poverty, rising living expenses, and increased demand on NHS services are all aggravating the issue and driving up costs for the NHS.Combating poverty is a national need. Several organisations have intiated the bringing up of poor people by setting up trusts for them .every citizen must be a part of this work and should help for the betterment of the society.'Giving one hand for help is sometimes better than joining two hands for praying '.