Tag: Poverty
SPOTLIGHT: “We didn’t die from COVID, but certainly, we are all...
Seva Kendra Silchar, a Catholic social service initiative is empowering women in India to cultivate their way out of poverty and starvation
40% of Filipinos say their quality of life ‘worse than before’
The survey results showed that 24 percent of the respondents said their lives got better while 36 percent said it remains unchanged
Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families
The practice has become so widespread in the western city of Herat that a nearby settlement is bleakly nicknamed "one kidney village"
Hunger remains a major problem in Laos, despite economic gains
Laos ranked 87th out of 117 countries on the 2019 Global Hunger Index
Number of jobless Filipinos up to 3.27 million in December, gov’t...
The unemployment rate also inched up to 6.6 percent, slightly higher than the 6.5 percent recorded in November
Penitential living and service
The pathway to the kingdom demands an uncomfortable recognition of the reality of one’s inadequacies and transgressions
New Delhi’s homeless shiver through harsh cold snap
The bracing chill and blustery rains this month have been an ordeal for many, with Delhi recording its coldest January day in nearly a decade
India’s slum dwellers laud work of religious brother in uplifting lives...
Brother Varghese takes comfort in the words of St. Louis de Montfort who said that “those whom the world rejects must move you the most”
Poverty pushes thousands of people in Myanmar to Thailand
With borders closed since March 2020, migrants have no choice but to make the journey illegally
Pandemic pushes 26.14 million Filipinos to live below poverty threshold
About 26.14 million Filipinos live below the poverty threshold, estimated at US$242, during the first half of 2021
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