A 2023 study on access to healthcare in the rural Eastern Cape found that poverty, unemployment, long distances, poor roads ...
SAN DIEGO — A nonprofit that started here in San Diego, helping people on the other side of the world, has grown tremendously since its start in 1987. In fact, Village Enterprise is leading the ...
In Africa, rural poverty and hunger are grim companions and often overlap with agricultural employment. Africa is also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and a significant proportion ...
Acting Mayor Hlengiwe Nkosi says Big Five Hlabisa used its entire R300,000 gender-based violence budget on one Women's Day event. Big Five Hlabisa Municipality says poverty in Mnqobokazi leaves it ...
Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in extreme poverty (that is, on less than US$2.15 a day). Nearly 67% of these ...
In recent decades, there has been increasing focus on individual responsibility for health. The emphasis for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has long been on screening, early diagnosis, and timely ...
The causes of rural poverty are complex and multidimensional. They involve, among other things, culture, climate, gender, markets, and public policy. Likewise, the rural poor are quite diverse both in ...
For millions of Africans today, doing homework by candlelight like Malamba did remains a present-day reality. So is spending ...
As Nigeria battles with escalating number of people living in extreme poverty, policy and development experts are proffering solutions on how to tackle rural poverty. In this interview with Victor ...