Poverty Drives Child Labour
In an informal settlement of 10,000 people on the outskirts of Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, Tembari Children’s Care – a new grassroots initiative – is providing protection, food and...
View ArticleClimate Adaptation Troubles Karachi’s Planners
Climate proofing this bustling port city is a daunting task for planners who must consider factors ranging from proneness to flooding and administrative malaise to the fact that 60 percent of its 18...
View ArticleExtreme Weather Hits the Poor First – and Hardest
The old adage ‘nature is the great equaliser’ no longer holds true in countries like Sri Lanka, where the poor bear the brunt of extreme weather events. Gamhevage Dayananda, a farmer from the remote...
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Unemployed Youth Turn to Drugs
The air is heavy with the smell of marijuana as Gibrilla (23) expertly rolls a large joint at the Members of Blood (M.O.B) gang base in a poor neighbourhood of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. He is...
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Targeting Hard-core Urban Poverty with a Female Face
Participants in Ellas Hacen share their experiences in the programme. Courtesy of Social Income with Work Programme in MorónBy Marcela ValenteBUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 2013 (IPS) A new social programme...
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Housing Crisis Worsens Urban Inequality in Pacific Islands
Chief Maki Massing stands outside his modest dwelling built of cement and corrugated iron in an informal housing settlement in Freswota, outside of Port Villa. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine...
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Urban Slums a Death Trap for Poor Children
Children on their way to school in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi. Credit: Save the ChildrenBy Valentina IeriUNITED NATIONS, May 5 2015 (IPS)It’s called the urban survival gap – fuelled by the...
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The Neglected Street Vendors of India
There are an estimated 10 million street vendors in India. Credit: Neeta Lal/IPSBy Neeta LalNEW DELHI, Jun 2 2015 (IPS)For the past nine years, 27-year-old Jignesh has been hawking bed sheets on the...
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The Slum Dwellers of the Pacific
In Port Vila, capital of the southwest Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, low incomes and lack of housing has resulted in many of the 8,000 residents of the Freswota area building their own homes from...
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