Poverty is an attitude problem. Stated this way, without preamble, does come off as rather arrogant and insensitive. However, simple observation of programs and projects over the past twenty years in El Salvador shows that socio-economic underdevelopment is not caused by lack of financial resources, nor by lack of opportunity. The hope for a new era of progress and development generated by the ending of the Salvadoran conflict was frustrated as it faced the reality of perpetual and traditional cycles of poverty. Transforming the condition of chronic underdevelopment depends mainly on building a positive attitude, displacing the characteristic complacency of the population designated under t... read more Poverty is an attitude problem. Stated this way, without preamble, does come off as rather arrogant and insensitive. However, simple observation of programs and projects over the past twenty years in El Salvador shows that socio-economic underdevelopment is not caused by lack of financial resources, nor by lack of opportunity. The hope for a new era of progress and development generated by the ending of the Salvadoran conflict was frustrated as it faced the reality of perpetual and traditional cycles of poverty. Transforming the condition of chronic underdevelopment depends mainly on building a positive attitude, displacing the characteristic complacency of the population designated under the category of "poor." Socioeconomic development depends then on the quality of human development; education of a quality that deters the transfer of negative attitudes to the new generations. Faced with this challenge, Perkin Educational Opportunities Foundation, Inc (PEOF) was formed in 2007 with the objective to develop proposals, contribute to the construction of solutions and with the mission of community enrichment through education.
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