Living in poverty

According to a recent UNICEF report, nearly a quarter of children globally face severe food poverty. This crisis affects 486 million children under 15, living in households with less than $1.90 per person per day for food. The report underscores the dire impact of food poverty on children's health and education. Malnutrition, stunting, and dropping out of school are common consequences. African nations are hit hardest, with over 40% of children experiencing extreme food…

I stare at this image a lot. I ask myself how . . . and why . . . and feel so helpless in making a difference. I know a lot of people care. I know a lot more people are living at the door's edge a paycheck away from homelessness on the streets. And that's a scary place to be. It's a scene each and everyone of us could end up in given a wrong set of circumstances or decisions.

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About a fifth of mankind still live in abject poverty, dispute the numerous national and global efforts during the past years on the first target of the Millennium Development Goals which aimed to decrease extreme poverty by one-half by the year 2015. Abdou Touray, Programme Specialist – Poverty and MDGs at the United Nations Development Programme country office in The Gambia said as of 2011 the poorest 40 percent of the world’s population account for 5 percent of global income and the…

Cleveland's child poverty rate is among the worst in the nation. And conditions aren't much better for adults.

With 38 million facing starvation, "business as usual will not do" On a scale not seen in Africa in nearly two decades, famine is once again stalking the continent. According to estimates by the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), as many as 38 million Africans are living under the threat of starvation, and many will succumb if emergency relief does not reach them in time. As of mid-2002, famine conditions were concentrated mainly in Southern Africa, but by the end of the year they had emerged…

Millions of Americans live in poverty. We need to re-think what that means.

The Campaign to End Child Poverty published figures today showing that 20.2 per cent of British children are classified as below the poverty line, before housing costs.