Child poverty on LI: These single moms make $45G a year, too much for aid
The federal government's low poverty threshold — $30,900 for a family of two adults and two children — masks the true need ...
Pupils go to school with rotting teeth and dirty uniform as 'hygiene poverty' grips UK
A survey of 500 school staff has found that a majority have seen pupils arrive for lessons with dirty uniforms, unwashed hair ...
The Express Tribune3h
Silencing the voiceless little souls
Another major reason behind "unwanted children" ending up in garbage dumps are births out of wedlock. Such night-time garbage ...
Mission Network News6d
Young girl discovers the healing power of prayer at Children’s Bible Club
Illness was pushing Vinati’s family into financial instability. A year-long Bible club gave Vinati a chance to study and to ...
Japan Today4d
Children in poverty in Japan tell their stories
If poverty could speak – poverty as Japan today experiences it – it might say something like this: “Since her divorce mother ...
Mena FN3d
WFP: Many Girls In Afghanistan Forced To Leave School Early Due To Poverty
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that in addition to restrictions on girls' education in Afghanistan, many are forced to leave school early due to poverty.
KPCW3d
Save the Children charity focuses on domestic poverty
Park City resident Betsy Zorio, who oversees all U.S. programming for Save the Children, explains how the charity aims to ...
107 kids diagnosed with severe anaemia from April to Aug: Govt data
According to the data, the 107 kids included 64 girls and 43 boys. Officials from the centre said that so far, 58 students ...
Fact Check: Child poverty comparison for northern Europe uses old and inaccurate data
A misleading comparison of child poverty rates across Nordic countries and the UK has been made on social media by using ...
USA Today23d
Poverty in the U.S. increased last year, even as incomes rose, Census Bureau says
The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up ... who also runs the nonprofit Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, the first ever citywide cash assistance program for prescriptions for pregnant ...
The New York Times9d
We Need a New Global Measure for Poverty
Sept. 24, 2024 Until fairly recently the majority of humanity lived in what we would now consider extreme poverty. Just two centuries ago, about three-quarters of the world were extremely poor.