(84) Ghana’s Economic Crisis Deepens: Soaring Inflation and Poverty
Ghana’s low-income households and working class are feeling the effects of the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. Ghana is currently grappling with severe economic challenges that have pushed its population into deeper poverty and worsened the cost of living. General inflation has hit 40.7%, with food inflation reaching an unprecedented 122%. Fuel prices have […]
(83) Hong Kong’s Wealth Gap Reaches Record High of 57 times: Over 1.36 Million People Struggling In Poverty
Oxfam Hong Kong released its ‘Hong Kong Poverty Report 2023: A Polarised Recovery in the Post-Pandemic Era,’ on the state of poverty in Hong Kong today, revealing that the wealth gap has surged from 34.3 times in 2019 to a staggering 57.7 times in the first quarter of this year, reflecting the severity of poverty […]
(82) Pakistan Chulahs: The Smokeless Stoves Empowering Women And Changing Lives
Low-cost smokeless stoves is helping to improve women’s health and alleviate poverty in rural Pakistan, where four in every five households lack access to a clean, safe cooking resource. Smoke from traditional open-flame wood-burning stoves can cause serious respiratory infections and eye problems, while food cooked on these floor-mounted stoves is easily contaminated leading to […]
(81) 1.7 Million Afghan Refugees Forced To Leave Pakistan Say They Have Nothing
Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in 2021 scrambled to leave Pakistan on Tuesday, hours before the end of a deadline after which Islamabad plans to arrest or deport undocumented immigrants, a move that has drawn international criticism and fears of a humanitarian crisis. The Pakistan government has set November 1 […]
(80) Ininnawa: Indonesia’s Remote Island Nurses
A retired nurse volunteers to return to remote Indonesian islands to help her patients during a healthcare crisis. The world’s largest archipelago, Indonesia, relies on dedicated nurses and volunteers to deliver care to patients living on remote islands. Indonesia has more than 17,000 islands. Nurse Rabiah works for long periods away from her family on […]
(79) Argentina Inflation Hits 124% As Cost-Of-Living Crisis Sharpens
Argentina’s annual inflation rate shot up to 124.4% in August and hit its highest level since 1991, stoking a painful cost-of-living crisis in the South American country. It is pushing poverty levels past 40% and stoking anger at the traditional political elite ahead of October elections. A central bank analyst poll, released after the data, […]
(78) 122 Million More People Were Hungry in 2022, Bringing The Total to 813 Million
The number of people facing hunger around the world has increased by more than 122 million from 2019, according to the newly released annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, This translates into roughly 9.2 percent of the global population experiencing hunger (measured as prevalence of undernourishment) in 2022, up from […]
(77) World’s Slum Populations Set To Surge As Housing Crisis Bites
The UN says 3 billion people will live in slums by 2050 unless the world tackles poverty and inequality. More than one billion people globally reside in overcrowded urban slums such as Kibera, where they live a precarious existence, struggling to access basic amenities such as adequate housing, water, sanitation, power and waste collection, said […]
(76) Title 42 Ends With 90,000 Migrants Waiting Near U.S.-Mexico Border
In the lead-up to the end of Title 42, which was triggered by the expiration of the national COVID-19 public health emergency, border officials have already seen a spike in migration, recording around 10,000 daily apprehensions on some days this week. Title 42 was created to address public health and social welfare and grants the […]
(75) Millions Are Trapped In Modern-Day Slavery At Brick Kilns In Pakistan
Families in Pakistan work dangerous jobs at brick kilns to pay off loans they take out from kiln owners. Many never escape the cycle of debt. Millions of people in Pakistan are trapped making bricks to pay off loans borrowed from kiln owners. But working at kilns is dangerous. Workers, including young children, inhale dust […]