Tag: Poverty
3000 rubber ducks in the canal raise thousands of euros for children in poverty
Kooi does not yet know exactly how much money was raised. “That also depends on the costs, but if I have to estimate it off the top of my head,…
“Cooling poverty”, an anglicism to designate environmental inequalities
News Published on 11/08/2024 at 6:01 p.m. updated on 11/08/2024 at 6:01 p.m. Reading 2 min. We are not all equal when it comes to heat. Many studies have shown…
the detention of Gloria Sengha and Robert Bunda, from the “We are fed up with poverty” campaign, worries
A well-known figure in Congolese civil society has been languishing in the jails of the National Intelligence Agency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for nearly a month and…
for the 2024 Olympics, anti-homeless street furniture is multiplying in France
The La Cloche association and the Abbé Pierre Foundation fear a desire, with the Olympic Games approaching, to drive homeless people out of city centers. Near the Louvre Museum in…
with more than 12,500 people expelled, associations denounce “social cleansing”
After a year of observation, 102 associations united within the collective “The other side of the medal” report in a report a “social cleansing” in the French cities which will…
Ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris, expulsions increased by “almost 40%”, denounces a collective
As the Olympic Games approach, the Revers de la Medal collective is warning of the expulsion of precarious populations from Paris. The collective, which brings together some 80 associations helping…
Extreme poverty affects one in four Syrians
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS: Extreme poverty affects one in four Syrians The economic crisis with enormous poverty is hitting the people of Syria hard, and trade – like that…
between climate change and poverty, Afghanistan in chaos
Floods continue in Afghanistan. Dozens of people have died and many others are missing after a weekend of heavy rains in the north and center of the country, victims on…
Mayotte: a child dies of cholera, “a perfectly preventable disease”
The cholera epidemic in Mayotte caused the first death, a 3-year-old child. As of May 6, 58 cases had been identified on the island. The first cases were recorded in…
Nobody wants to be associated with poverty – when the economy is growing at record speed
Rats scurry around the street corners, on a bare concrete floor with a cloud of flies above her sleeps two-year-old Meena. In a mess of bicycles, mopeds and carts, a…