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Sample 1]: Essay on Basic Needs (390 words)
What a
person needs to survive is a basic need. In other words, the most important and
fundamental things that we require to live are our basic needs. Clearly, basic
needs are, therefore, food, clothes, shelter, health, education, and
employment.
The right to
survive is a person's first natural human right. To survive, we need food to
eat, clothes to wear, shelter to live in; health to be fit, education to
develop skills, and employment to make money. In the absence of any one of
them, we are sure to suffer. We can never imagine a happy person without these elementary
necessities.
The present
world's population is so high that most of the people in the world are below
the poverty line, always struggling for food, clothes, and shelter. The
question may arise: is present food growth not enough for the world's population?
No doubt, it has been sufficient until now, but there has been no proper
distribution. Moreover, many governments are unable to buy food for their
paralyzed citizens. Above all, rich countries do not like to help them.
On the other
hand, people deprived of basic needs do try to find their way on their own.
There is a proverb: "Need makes the old wife trot". Like in the
saying, people start clearing the forest to meet their demands. To cut down the
trees means, on the one hand, getting wood and, on the other, receiving fertile
land free of cost. As most people, deprived of basic needs, are usually
uneducated and environmentally unaware, they have never heard the words
"pollution," "ecosystem," or "environment." Even if
they have heard, they are far behind on what these words mean; even if they
knew, "need" doesn't know what is wrong or right.
No parent
has the right to give birth to a child if they are unable to fulfill that
child's basic needs. If marriage and bearing children are their rights, it is
the state's responsibility to take on their children's responsibilities. A
state must guarantee its people's survival. It's the state that should provide
its people with food, clothes, shelter, health services, education, and
employment. The state shouldn't turn a blind eye to its people.
In
conclusion, everybody has the right to live. While living, they must not suffer
from basic requirements. The state must ensure its people's survival.