Tagged: poverty

South South Cooperation

South by Southwest: developing countries forge a new consensus on cooperation

Social policy

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When it comes to what actually delivers improvements in the lives of poor children in developing countries – and what doesn’t – the people who know best tend to live in developing countries. They live with the problem and their lives are directly affected by their success – or failure – in developing the solutions. South-South… Read more →←
Naranzul (centre) with her family outside their home in Arbulag soum

Picture imperfect: helping Mongolian families access social services

Health and nutrition

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Someone is missing from four-year-old Naranzul’s family. She lives in a wooden house in Arbulag soum (village) with her mother Otgontsetseg, grandmother and 11-month-old baby sister Saranzul. But she has no father. He was killed in a traffic accident over a year ago, when Otgontsetseg was three months pregnant with Saranzul. “It was… Read more →←
Life in a Jakarta urban slum

The dark of day: life in a Jakarta urban slum

Child protection

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Neng is fourteen years old. She lives and works on Venus Alley, a lane in the notorious Jembatan Besi slum in Jakarta, Indonesia. Unlike other children her age, she rarely gets to see the sun. The slum is one of the most densely populated in Indonesia, rising to four stories in places. The ground floor homes are reasonably well… Read more →←
Child poverty in Cambodia

Local heroes: Cambodian communes fight poverty

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Twelve year old Kong Leak used to sleep with his mother and two brothers underneath other people’s houses. The family was homeless and didn’t have enough money for food and shelter. “It was a very difficult time for us,” his mother Soun Nai, 42, says with tears running down her face. “I couldn’t find enough food for the… Read more →←

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