How A Pencil Helped Indian Woman Teach Thousands Of Slum Kids, Win $1 Million-Prize . Twenty-six years ago, during one of her ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Children living in a slum in Argentina’s capital are playing cricket as part of an initiative to help them escape poverty and crime. Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is a ...

Today, Kenya joins the world in celebrating the World Habitat Day whose theme is; voices from the slums. While Kenya is ranked a middle income country, World Bank statistics show that 4 in every 10 ...

Australian influencer Pete Z has been accused of "poverty tourism" after filming himself "surviving" in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian ...

Every month, Jenifer Wangari (not her real name) has to choose between purchasing food and taking her three children to school. She stays in Kibera, one of the poorest slums in Nairobi. She and her ...

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Every month, Alice Shikuku has to choose between buying enough food for her family and buying sanitary pads for her daughter. Her family moved to Korogocho, one of the poorest ...

Residents in Venezuela's Petare, one of Latin America’s largest slums, are struggling amid chronic shortages and economic ...

South Sudan is currently home to the world’s largest slum population, with 94% of its urban population living in slum-like dwellings. The country suffers from extreme poverty, caused mainly by the ...

SHOFCO CEO Kennedy Odede engages with a SWEP member at the inauguration of the Bondo SUN Community Centre in Siaya County, Kenya. SHOFCO CEO Kennedy Odede engages with a SWEP member at the ...

From Connecticut to Kenya, fundraising is changing lives. It started when a local veteran made a trip to the African country in December. Now one act of kindness has evolved, and has the potential to ...

BIG ISSUE founder John Bird warned today that “poverty is destroying us” as he marked his 80th birthday.Lord Bird has been ...