Tag: Poverty
Carlito’s Way: A journey from Manila’s streets to a chapel for...
‘They helped and cared for me. Now, I want to stay and work here so that I can help and care for others,’ Carlito says
Once heroes, India’s ex-Gulf workers forge new futures
Once they came home wealthy and revered, bearing gold, sunglasses, clothes and funds to buy homes, now they return penniless
Children suffer the most as pandemic pushes millions of Indians into...
Millions of children live in a precarious situation, many of them will never enter the gates of a school again
Watch: Up Close with Father Flaviano ‘Flavie’ Villanueva
Father Villanueva reflects on his mission to provide dignified care for the least in society
Pakistani Catholic families face eviction from their homes
Houses of at least 450 Catholic families have already been destroyed in the past week
Watch: Farmers face unsure future as one of Phnom Penh’s last...
Govt plans to turn lake into an urban area with shopping malls, apartments and business buildings
Soaring food prices due to political crisis worsen situation of Myanmar’s...
Political situation has seriously impacted supply chains and markets, resulting in steep rise in food and fuel prices
Picking wild edibles gave villagers options during India’s COVID-19 lockdown
Church-run group taught villagers how to make a living from the sustainable exploitation of ‘non-timber forest products’
Photo gallery: Urban poor community in Quezon City
'Slums are the most visible expression of the polarization of wealth and power in the city'
SPOTLIGHT: Cambodian migrant workers return home to find few opportunities
Since the pandemic began more than 150,000 migrants have returned to Cambodia
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