(94) 474 Homeless People Died Due To Winter Exposure In Delhi, Claims NGO
Between November 15 2024 to January 10, 2025, 474 homeless people died in Delhi due to the ‘winter exposure’ and unavailability of essential protective measures such as warm clothing, blankets, or adequate shelter. People living on the streets face numerous health challenges, including respiratory infections, skin ailments, arthritis flare-ups, and deteriorating mental health. Chronic illnesses, […]
(93) Inside The Philippines’ Underground Surrogacy Industry
Driven by poverty, Filipino women are offering themselves as surrogates to agencies or prospective parents. The underground surrogacy industry is thriving although surrogacy is taboo in this highly religious nation. Meanwhile, reproductive health clinics are discreetly providing surrogacy services at great risk to their own business. There are no laws that specifically govern the practice […]
(92) Record Number of Migrants Cross the English Channel In a Single Day
A record 973 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel in a single day this year, according to official figures. The record surge in Channel migrants crossed on Saturday, in 17 small boats. It takes the total number of migrants reaching UK waters so far this year to 27,612 in more than 500 dinghies. […]
(91) Combatting Learning Poverty
Learning Poverty is a term refers to the inability of a child to read and understand a simple text by the age of 10. What is surprising is that the World Bank considers learning poverty as one of the key indicators of a country’s economic growth. Children across the world face barriers preventing them from […]
(90) Leftover Emeralds: The Dream Of Colombia’s Poor Miners
One man’s trash can very well become another man’s treasure in the Colombian town of Muzo, the emerald capital of the world. In this small community in the foothills of the eastern Andes mountains, multinational mining company Esmeralda Mining Services (EMS) deposits tons of earth it has processed from its operations into a cage-like enclosure. […]
(89) Ugandan Entrepreneur’s Solar Bags Help 12,000 Girls Stay In School
Jamila Mayanja, an entrepreneur from Uganda, has developed an innovative initiative to enhance education and the quality of life for African girls: the Solar Smart Bag. This waterproof, solar-powered bag is made from recycled materials and contains several useful tools to help girls stay in school. Each bag is equipped with a solar panel to […]
(88) Crossing the Darién Gap: Migrants Risk Death on the Journey
The Darién Gap is an imposing obstacle on one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes. Over the past few years, it has become a leading transit point for migrants in search of work and safety in the United States, as authorities have cracked down on other routes by air and sea. According to the […]
(87) 282 Million People Faced Acute Hunger in 2023 , UN report.
Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. Máximo Torero, chief economist for the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization, said 705,000 people in five countries are […]
(86) Boiling Weeds, Eating Animal Feed: People In Gaza Stave Off Hunger Any Way They Can
Israel’s siege of Gaza has created what aid officials are referring to as “man-made starvation”, with the territory facing the threat of mass deaths from famine in the coming weeks. Children are already dying from hunger. As part of its devastating war strategy against Hamas, Israel has restricted shipments of food and medicine to just […]
(85) Nigeria Facing the Worst Economic Crisis in Its 63-year History
Many poor Nigerians have had to skip meals and give up products such as meat, eggs and milk. A litre of petrol costs more than three times what it did nine months ago, while the price of the staple food, rice, has more than doubled in the past year. These two figures highlight the difficulties […]