L. Muthoni Wanyeki, the executive director of the Kenya Human Rights, recently wrote about an international call for action against poverty taking place tomorrow: This Wednesday, October 17, marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This year, once again, the Global Coalition Against Poverty is trying to make it into the Guinness Book […]
Category Archives: Poverty News
We Need To Start Organizing More
We need to move beyond researching and discussing poverty. That builds the foundation for action but does not constitute action itself. We cannot end poverty without researching it and discussing it, but we cannot end poverty only by doing that. We also need to organize and take action. We need to form local grassroots groups […]
Looking for Interviewees
Do you or do you know someone who works to reduce world hunger, poverty, or homeless? If so, I want contact me to schedule an interview. I want to interview anyone who works to make a difference in their community. We will publish the interviews on this blog. You can contact me through my Hunger […]
National Fund for Workforce Solutions
A recent Boston Globe editorial talked about organizations helping enable homeless, low-skilled, and low-income people to take care of themselves mainly through education and better employment. I include an excerpt: There’s an emerging cure for dead-end jobs and unemployment. Instead of letting people languish in homelessness or despair, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions is […]
Poverty and Racism Continue
The Daily Times published an article about recent poverty data from the US Census Bureau. I include an excerpt: More than one in ten Americans, or 36.5 million people, live in poverty in the United States, with children and blacks the worst hit, an annual report by the US Census Bureau showed Tuesday. According to […]
Disabled Children Face Poverty
SocietyGuardian.co.uk recently reported that many families with disabled children live in poverty. I include an excerpt: Almost all families with disabled children are suffering from financial difficulties, according to a report published today. Many struggle with the extra costs of raising disabled children, which is calculated to be three times higher than other children, and […]