Lagos slums are characterized by high levels of poverty—the state of not having enough resources to meet basic needs for living, such as food, water, shelter, health care and education.

Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is ...

POOR people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil ...

Moraa John, a determined woman who lived in Mathare, one of Nairobi’s toughest slums, has shared how she worked her way out ...

They have tested abject poverty to the fullest. Their five children have not reported back to school due to lack of levies and rent is still a bane. The husband says that efforts to look for ...

Crime feeds on the slums. This is where bosses recruit new thugs, this is where they sell drugs and profit, this is where they live, rule and hide. If we don't solve the problem of extreme poverty in ...

“We got a first-hand look at the extent of poverty among slum dwellers. I was deeply moved when I saw the people’s destitute conditions,” said deputy head prefect Adrian Ang Yu Wei. This ...

Founded by Sonal Kapoor, the Protsahan India Foundation is working to ensure girls living in situations of vulnerability have ...

Veteran Actor Irrfan Khan’s Hindi Medium is a Bollywood production that can be remembered as a sour-tasting lemon drop ...