Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community advocacy organization SHOFCO operates 22 libraries across Kibera, providing ...

Pastor John and his wife have spent the last decade working to break the cycle of spiritual and emotional poverty in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI, India -- India's poorest souls crowd the banks of the Yamuna in an early morning mist, dumping waste, washing clothes and bathing in one of India's holiest -- and most polluted -- rivers.

PARIS (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic nun who became one of France's most favorite personalities after battling poverty in the slums of Cairo, has died aged 99, her retirement home said Monday. Soeur ...

An Australian vlogger has drawn sharp criticism on social media after posting a video in which he claimed to have “survived” in Mumbai’s Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, for three days. The clip, ...