From Right- Simon Tongi REPSSI country advisory, Rosemary Ayiera, Country Rep - Repssi and Joseph Songa, Chief, Sarang'ombe Kibra, at Olympic Primary School marking World Suicide day on September 13, ...

When people hear “slum,” they imagine poverty and despair, but Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the world, tells a completely different story. In this video, we explore the real Dharavi, located ...

Protesters carry a banner saying “No cuts to Medicaid!” at a rally to save health care in Washington, D.C., in March. Rising health care costs have pushed millions into poverty nationwide. Michael ...

One in every five Kenyans lives in slum areas without access to basic amenities, according to the government. This is fuelled by the influx of people to urban areas as they look to better their lives ...

Faced with a lack of running water, unsanitary conditions and poverty, the Kinshasa neighbourhood of Pakadjuma has struggled to end a cholera epidemic that has claimed hundreds of lives in the ...

As a teenager in the late 1970s, Steve Richardson was sweeping and stocking shelves at a toy store on the edge of L.A.’s Skid Row when he noticed the first signs of a monumental change in the city.

pt. I. The slum. The nature of the slum -- Historical perspectives on the slum -- Types of slum and slum dweller -- The Indian slum -- pt. II. Approaches to the slum problem. Slum clearance, welfare ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...