In the picture, the people on the right need more support than the person on the left if they are to be able to get the same amount of fruit from the tree.<\/p>

If all three people were treated the same, then this would happen:
The people on the right would still have less access to the fruit than the person on the left.<\/p>

If we think about access to health, education, employment and other basic services\u2014not just fruit in a tree\u2014the same theory holds true. Some people have easy access to these things, other people do not.<\/p>

Extracted from Paung Ku – Bridging Divides.<\/p>

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