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Tour of North Carolina's poverty areas heads West

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WTW) — An effort by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and other groups to spotlight poverty across North Carolina is hitting the road again. The third part of the tour of North Carolina's poverty-striken [...]

Posted On : May, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty in North-East and UT-s

The debate about poverty and poverty numbers is, for legitimate reasons, focused on mainstream and large States. In the process, one often forgets about smaller States and UT-s. Consider the press release issued on 19th March and po [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

More Nigerians Slip Into Poverty, Particularly in North

Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and its biggest oil producer. The West African country exports more than two million barrels of crude oil a day. Despite its oil wealth, however, a new government study says the number of Niger [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Spotlight turned on North's shocking child poverty

Northland's shocking poverty levels have been highlighted by the Salvation Army's state of the nation report, which warns of a permanent and dangerous fracture in society if more is not done to help the country's poor. The [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty drives deforestation in northern Bekaa Valley

HERMEL, Lebanon: With the beginning of winter, residents of villages and towns in northern Bekaa, many of whom are unable to afford fuel, are turning to wood from the area’s forests. While burning firewood is the only option for man [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

North Otago, Poverty Bay draw in try-fest

Wing John Stewart chipped in with an invaluable hat-trick of tries to enable Poverty Bay to earn a high scoring draw against North Otago in Heartland championship rugby action today. The 23-year-old marked his 20th appearance for the prov [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty growing problem in Northern Minnesota

New census data shows some of the state's poorest counties are in northwestern Minnesota, where living wage jobs are limited and geography isolates rural residents. Beltrami County is one region with concentrated poverty where officia [...]

Posted On : Jun, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Disease of poverty hits kids up North

There have been four cases of acute rheumatic fever confirmed in Northland in the past two weeks and the DHB is reminding people to get sore throats treated. According to Northland DHB's medical officer of health Clair Mills, the rec [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty reduction in Northern Ghana needs concerted efforts ...

Poverty reduction and the transformation of livelihoods in Northern Ghana can only be achieved through the concerted efforts of all stakeholders in the agriculture sector. This will help reverse the resultant low agriculture productivity [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty tightens grip on Northern Ireland One in three could...

Almost one fifth of Northern Ireland’s population is living on or below the breadline — and that grim statistic could rise to as much as one third.Figures obtained. By the Belfast Telegraph from a leading organisation charged w [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Northern govs urged to fight poverty

Alhaji Sani Sarkin-Gobir, a traditional title holder in the Sokoto Caliphate, has urged governors in the northern part of the country to initiate literacy and poverty-alleviation programmes. Sarkin-Gobir, who is the Turakin gobir” o [...]