Here's the remarkable life journey of Pinki Haryan, who once begged on the streets of Mcleodganj and scavenged for food from ...

Nearby a Médecins Sans Frontières triage centre is the only reminder that this slum area is the epicentre of the mpox ... city’s many overcrowded areas where people live in extreme poverty. Kinshasa, ...

It is against this background that President Bola Tinubu, in his Renewed Hope Agenda, promised during the election campaigns to target providing a cumulative 24 million housing units by 2028, which ...

IN the dark corners of just about every developing country, you will find a slum or two. These are residential areas with little or no regular water supply; little or no electricity; no wide access ...

The African Children's Choir celebrated its 40th anniversary of providing access to quality education for children across Africa at Desert Hope Lutheran Church.

In graphic terms, the president has focused on three areas he says make the city an embarrassment and nightmare: its ...

Using the case study of the Kibera slums, this paper takes a medical anthropological approach to discuss and explain the untold and common practice among the urban poor in developing countries that is ...

Investopedia / Daniel Fishel The federal poverty level (FPL) is an economic measure used to decide whether the income level of an individual or family qualifies them for certain federal benefits ...

At least 242 million students had their education disrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, floods and other extreme weather events, the United Nations children’s agency has said.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world’s political and ...

The Dharavi Redevelopment Project aims to transform Mumbai's sprawling Dharavi slum into a modern district. Former vacant land tenure owners will benefit from the redevelopment. The Adani Group, in ...

DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2025: Amidst heated campaigning for the upcoming Delhi polls on February 5, all three parties – AAP, BJP and Congress – are vying for a share of the sizable vote from the city ...