Poverty News
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Caracas -
Venezuelan authorities on Tuesday began moving residents out of the Tower of David, a Caracas skyscraper so notorious as a haven for squatters and gangs it was depicted in the US TV series "Homeland.
In the Media
by Patricia Clarembaux (AFP)
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In his words, Eric Elliott lost everything in 2008 and had to sell his house in 2009, resorting to couch surfing with friends. But by 2010, he had turned all of that around by entering one of the highest-paid industries of all right now: web development.
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Dallas -
More than 1,000 unaccompanied children who crossed illegally into Texas earlier this month are on their way to shelters in Dallas, Texas.
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Valparaiso -
A Republican candidate for the Indiana House of Representatives is defending a controversial Facebook comment about poor people in which he lamented that "no one has the guts to just let them wither and die."
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Mumbai -
The nine-year-old boy dressed in blue lay listlessly on the pavement in the scorching Mumbai summer afternoon, his ankle tethered with rope to a bus stop, unheeded by pedestrians strolling past.
In the Media
by Rachel O'Brien (AFP) - 1 comment
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Edmonton -
An estimated forty men and women died in Edmonton in 2013 as a direct or indirect result of not having adequate shelter.
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"Falling Into Place" is a memoir about how finding faith in a higher power and oneself can bring out inner strength and peace. Hattie Kauffman’s trials become lessons of perseverance and hope for all of us.
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Lagos -
Can investors get rich by backing Nigerian agriculture?
In the Media
by Ben Simon (AFP)
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Washington -
The International Monetary Fund has changed and no longer imposes tough "structural adjustment" programs as it did in poor countries two decades ago, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Saturday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Nike has been accused of selling the England team’s shirt for £90 ($150), while the workers in its factories in Indonesia are paid 30 pence (50 cents) per hour to produce the t-shirt.
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Manila -
Single mother Christina Bantasan clutched her baby in the shadows of a sprawling Philippine slum, wishing that a controversial birth control law had come earlier so she could have planned her future better.
In the Media
by Mynardo Macaraig (AFP)
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Manila -
The Philippines' highest court approved Tuesday a controversial birth control law that supporters said would transform the lives of millions of poor Filipinos, despite bitter opposition from the powerful Catholic Church.
In the Media
by AFP
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Port-au-prince -
The World Food Program sounded an alarm Friday over arid conditions in northwest Haiti that have worsened an already dire food shortage in this impoverished country.
In the Media
by AFP
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Abidjan -
The fruit of the shea tree has long been considered sacred by many in Western Africa because of its myriad health benefits.
In the Media
by Christophe Koffi (AFP)
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Athens -
Welfare cuts ordered in the wake of Europe's economic crisis are hitting the poor disproportionately hard, with child poverty rising and people's health at risk, a leading Catholic charity warned on Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Paris -
A Paris court on Monday ordered nearly 12,000 euros ($16,500) in compensation to be paid to a man who rented a "broom closet" for 15 years.The court in Paris's 11th district said the owner of the tiny flat and its property manager had violated city byl...
In the Media
by AFP
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Washington -
The International Monetary Fund came out Wednesday in support of the fight against income inequality, with Fund economists saying income redistribution efforts can strengthen economic growth.Plunging into a debate over the gap between rich and poor tha...
In the Media
by AFP
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Glasgow -
The largest food bank in Scotland, which exists to help feed the poverty stricken, has run out of food. The food bank in Glasgow has been cleaned out because the number of families asking for help has reached record levels.
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New York -
Inequality and discrimination, particularly towards women, are among the world's biggest obstacles to development, a UN report published Wednesday said.The study, which collected data from 176 countries, stressed that growing inequality may undermine p...
In the Media
by AFP
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Well, the groundhog spotting its own shadow may be a bummer, as the furry forecaster predicts a long winter, but why not warm up with a cup of hot chocolate at participating vendors in this year's first ever national Hot Chocolate Festival?
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Bill Gates has predicted that by 2035 there will be virtually no poor countries in the world. According to information from the World Bank there are officially 35 poor countries in the world today where citizens live with low or no income.
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With The New York Times and NBC's "Meet The Press" seeking to tether him to his father's Libertarian positions, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) defended his cause and his father alike.
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The World Economic Forum's annual conference in Davos concluded this weekend during a turbulent period in emerging markets and yielding questions on the impact the WEF is making globally.
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London -
The welfare system was the pride of post-war Britain, but the reaction to the incendiary reality television programme "Benefits Street" is showing how much times have changed.
In the Media
by Alfons Luna (AFP)
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President Obama's "promise zones" very much resemble Senator Rand Paul's ideas on "economic freedom zones" the Republican introduced in Detroit in December. Is imitation flattery, as Paul insists?
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Paris -
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that his government will not copy British economic policies as they had created poverty and inequality.
In the Media
by AFP
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Jinja -
War, poverty, and HIV create hundreds of thousands of orphaned children in the small African nation. Digital Journal talks to Mutebe Moses, a native Ugandan, about efforts to cope with the mounting crisis.
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The stress of poverty can literally change our appearance. "Manos Unidas" (joined hands), a Catholic organization providing aid to Third World countries, has produced a campaign highlighting just how poverty can etch itself into our faces.
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Detroit -
Speaking at the opening of the Republican Party office in Detroit, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stressed the need for the GOP to infiltrate markets the party has largely ignored.
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Denver -
Research using brain imaging hardware demonstrates that childhood poverty makes adults less able to cope. It is the first data to confirm what seems like common sense.
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Poverty Image
A man is looking for bottles that can be turned in for money.
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This bridge is called "bridge of monkeys". Especially not to be drunk when we cross it.
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File photo: About 50 individuals and five nonprofit organizations are suing (PDF) the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, claiming that the process is illegally denying benefits to Texans.
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Edmonton Homeless Memorial 2014
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Live Beyond the Line
Live Below the Line recipes
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A bridge made of flimsy materials through the swamp.
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Ahmed and Fatma receive BD30 (approx. £49) per moth in government support each month.
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Edmonton Homeless Memorial 2014
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A young man begging for food money in Guelph, Ontario, February 2010.
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Carol Mitchell
Near the Chandi Chawk metro. If you make only a rupee from the lemon water you sell, you work hard for a living.
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Toronto mayor Rob Ford and his aides.
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MORE Project
Canadian Michele Yakashiro volunteers for MonaVie's MORE Project in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Live Beyond the Line
Live Below the Line recipes
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Edmonton Homeless Memorial 2014
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With permission by Reuters
A typhoon victim holds a placard asking for food while standing amongst the ruins of houses destroyed by super typhoon Haiyan in Tanauan, Leyte in central Philippines
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Fatma is paralysed and has been sitting on the mattress in this bedroom for eight years.
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A homeless and unemployed man in Guelph, Ontario.
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Steve Crane
A woman on the streets of South Africa
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