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Glimpses of Hope in Impoverished Kibera
Corrugated jungle that is Africa's second largest slum was one of the flashpoints of ethnic violence following Kenya's 2007 election. By Blake Evans-Pritchard - International...
Slum is Transformed by Art
Simple. Stunning. Stupendous. Three words which immediately come to mind when contemplating the photos that accompany this article on telegraph.co.uk which describes the transformation by some very creative artists of a favela or slum in Rio de Janeiro. An... When a filmmaker turns a changemaker
Rihana lives in Juhapura slum of Ahmedabad. It’s this slum she was born and grew up in as well. Poverty and hunger had been her constant companions, like everyone else around her. There were days when there would be no food at home and to suppress the hunger clawing inside,... Caught on film: India ‘not shining’
Arundhati Roy, India's celebrated writer of the novel 'The God of Small Things', that received a Booker Prize in 1997, is also India's very vocal social activist. Below is her piece on Slumdog Millionaire, which...
created by rumana husain | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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834 views | 29 recommendations | 10 comments
Slumdog team welcomed with cheers and tears of joy in India
Resul Pookutty, India's Oscar winner for Slumdog Millionnaire, arrived in Mumbai airport along with actor Irfan Khan. There was a grand reception planned for awaiting him. As crowds celebrated his homecoming,... Slumdog Millionaire's child stars to miss Oscars due to money
The two children who played the young Latika and Salim in the Blockbuster hit Slumdog Millionaire will not be attending the Oscars next week in Hollywood because their parents have complained about their children... Ten killed in Brazilian slum raid
In a raid conducted by about 300 police officers in the slums using armed vehicles and a helicopter in search of drugs, weapons and stolen cars, Police in Brazil have killed at least 10 suspected drug dealers in operations in four slums in the city of Rio de Janiero. " Ten... Proposed Rio slum barrier likened to Israeli security barrier
The slums of Dona Marta in Rio, Brazil, are encroaching too much on the famous Atlantic Rainforest that surrounds it, according to the Brazilian government, and their solution is to build a three-foot high wall... Foreign workers 'earn 7p an hour'
Foreign workers making clothes for high street fashion chain Primark are existing on as little as 7p an hour as living costs soar, a charity has alleged. Skip related content The anti-poverty charity War on Want said Primark was ignoring the rise in basic living costs in...A New House Kit for Slum Dwellers that is Safe and Easy to Build
By 2030, some 5 billion people around the world will live in cities. Next year, 2008, is predicted to be the tipping point, when urban dwellers (3.3 billion people) will outnumber rural residents for the first... Jamie Oliver launches attack on British booze culture
Jamie Oliver, the man who's nicknamed the Naked Chef along with the successful show and a bunch of others, has made some comments on what he thinks of British alcohol culture and the lack of tradition in households. "Oliver, 33, said Britons used to create "fabulous dishes"...
created by Marcel Pellerin | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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490 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
In a Rio slum, armed militia replaces drug gang's criminality with its own
"Brazil is undergoing an economic boom that is lifting millions out of poverty. But here in Rio, the incident, which came to light through a series of articles in O Dia, has become a prominent sign of the strains...Asia's biggest Slum face ruin in development blitz
Asia's biggest slum is in difficult times. Home to more than million residents Dharavi came up around a railway track on a mangrove swamp. But now city government wants to demolish these slum and wants to...
created by Sanjay Jha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Two Harvard Grads work to bring change in Kenya's largest slum
"Nairobi's Kibera slum is home to as many as a million people, struggling to survive in a community of tin huts, dirt roads, and garbage. To make matters worse, ethnic tension periodically boils over, adding...Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?
"Slum tourism, or 'poorism,' as some call it, is catching on. From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the townships of Johannesburg to the garbage dumps of Mexico, tourists are forsaking, at least for a while,...Top Members Today
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