Tag: Poverty
Healthcare and social protection for all
There is hunger in the world not because we lack resources but because we lack generosity
Photo gallery: Manila’s urban poor endure lockdown
‘It is a time bomb waiting to explode,’ says community leader about the threat of COVID-19
India’s poor fear starvation more than COVID-19
Hunger and uncertainty haunt daily wage earners during lockdown
Malaysia’s lockdown leaves foreign workers going hungry
Millions of migrant workers face uncertainty as employers stop pay and the govt tries to shift responsibility elsewhere
Philippine Church shows how embracing the poor as allies can ease...
In the area of social justice, society’s betters have plenty to learn from the unnamed, often unheard voices on the peripheries
‘Why have you forsaken me?’
Beyond untold human sufferings, let us be certain that the Greatest Healer shall touch and heal humankind
Coronavirus crisis ‘could plunge half a billion people’ into poverty
Living day to day, the poorest do not have the ability to take time off work, or to stockpile provisions, Oxfam says
‘Let’s get our priorities right’
Or end up with an even darker future for humanity, warns Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle
Misplaced priorities spark protests by hungry poor
Casual laborers and day workers who eke out a living on the streets of Manilla are badly affected by govt’s quarantine orders
Lockdown leaves Malaysia’s poor in dire straits
As the country braces for the long-term financial impact of the coronavirus, one-off govt handouts will not suffice