Tag: Poverty

The low-lying, heavily populated nation is regularly hit by flooding, but experts fear the impact this year may be worse due to job losses caused by the pandemic

Due to the quarantine measures, some of them were walking for hours each day just to get to work

70,000 jeepney drivers lost their income when govt suspended most public transportation due to the pandemic

Muslims are also unable to practice sacrifice that honors Prophet Abraham’s obedience to God’s will

Program gives more purchasing power to poor families while helping to protect them from COVID-19

Landfill site littered with used, plastic coronavirus test kits, protective gear and cotton stained with blood and pus

Despite social distancing and home quarantining being near impossible, the lack of infections in Dharavi is nothing short of a miracle, priest says

Envoy accuses Malaysian govt of ‘statistical sleight of hand’ in claiming it has a poverty rate of 0.4 percent

Livelihood generation programs in village areas provide money-making options to those made unemployed by pandemic lockdown

Women’s health is ‘adversely impacted’ during pandemic because of alteration of resources and priorities