Pandemic puts up to 86-million children at risk of poverty: study
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could push as many as 86 million…
6 years ago
Poverty
Guterres warns virus could send millions in Africa into ‘extreme poverty’
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that millions of people could be pushed into extreme…
6 years ago
Nearly 1 in 5 US children left hungry since virus crisis: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Nearly a fifth of young children in the United States are not getting enough…
6 years ago
Starve or get sick’: Africa’s lockdown dilemma
by Fran BLANDY and AFP Africa bureaus Agence France Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- Women and children fell to the…
6 years ago
Coronavirus pandemic ‘amplifying’ poverty in UK
by Jean-Baptiste OUBRIER Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain,…
6 years ago
At US food banks, a cupboard increasingly bare
by Cyril JULIEN WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic…
6 years ago
Demand explodes for New York food banks
by Catherine TRIOMPHE NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- New York food banks have become inundated with newcomers deprived of…
6 years ago
Norway proposes UN corona fund to help poor countries
OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- Norway said Monday it wanted to start a United Nations donors' fund to help poor countries…
6 years ago
‘Green favela’ fights to live sustainably in Brazil
by Pascale TROUILLAUD SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- At first glance, it looks like any other shantytown in Brazil: a…
6 years ago
Poverty gap fueling north-south migration in Nigeria
by Joel Olatunde Agoi with Aminu Abubakar in Kano LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant…
6 years ago
China’s farmers reap rich harvest through video-sharing apps
by Ludovic EHRET HENGZHANG, China (AFP) -- "Do you want a piece?" beekeeper Ma Gongzuo says, looking into the camera of…
6 years ago
Fewer families consider themselves poor, SWS survey finds
(Eagle News)--Fewer families consider themselves poor, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The survey, conducted from September 27 to…
7 years ago
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