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Why are our attitudes to poverty at home and abroad so diffe...

The soundtrack to Tom Beard's three-part BBC documentary, Welcome to India, is eclectic beyond reason. In Wednesday's second film I thought I heard Django Reinhardt, Nino Rota's theme for Fellini's Amarcord, and a burst of [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Anti-poverty groups target job loss, homelessness

John Hough sacrifices time with his family to work 12 hour days, seven days a week as a cab driver in Philadelphia. After paying for his cab, radio and taxi medallion, he earns slightly more than $4 an hour. Luis Larin was willing to do any [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Slumdog star's home is demolished

Reports say that police smacked the boy, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, with a bamboo stick before ordering him out. The authorities claim he and other families were squatting on land that was owned by the government. He played a younge [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

W brings awareness to women's poverty, homelessness in commu...

W (Power in Women) arose from a need, but has gone on to fill the needs of many. In April 2007, Amanda Snyder said she realized Texas A&M was missing a greater focus on women's needs. "I noticed a lack of women's organizations in c [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Five more children abandoned at Edhi Home

Hardly a day had passed since three unfortunate mothers had taken back their children they had earlier abandoned at the Edhi Home due to abject poverty, when five more children were brought to the centre. A father hailing from Tharparkar br [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Three million homes face fuel poverty

More than three million households in England will be living in 'fuel poverty' this year because of rising energy bills, a report warns today. It reveals the number in fuel poverty will reach its highest level for nearly a decade in the co [...]